When his wife, Dorothy, died more than 30:years ago, Joseph Natale was left to raise threechildren on his own. Recently, he l with his son Greg about the years
follOWjng his wife'sdeath. .汽车脚垫生产线
"I spent a couple years overcompensating(8F偿过度) as a 2 ," Natale tells his,son. Forinstance, he was. 3 afraid of running low on milk.
, :'I'd open.the refrigerator door and _4_ two gallons of milk, and have to run to the store 5we\ were running short of milk, buy three mo re gallon s," he says. "I was s0 6 0f not being agood parent"-and _7 nof filling in for his children's mother well enough. . .
Over time, Natale got past that _8 .
I realized that I had t0 9 to do something for myself," he
says, "as well as my kids." He became 10 in local theater, and that was 11 he met a woman who would becomeKelli Bocock Natale.
Natale told his son that he was seeing someone and that it was
getting 12 .
"The amazing thing was, I didn't 13 to get married. But it just seemed s0 14 ," he says"By the time we got married, we were deeply
in 15 .". "Through your example you 16 'me forlife," Creg Natal e says, 17 to his father's abilityto cope with 18 the love of his life. "You made me able to _ 19 with my own ups and downs." . "I wasn't'trying
to be an 20 ," Natale responds.
"Tha t's the best kind of example," his son says: "I just wanted to
say thanks."
1. A. spoke B.
argued C. discussed D.
quarreled ;
2. A. milkman B.
teacher C. manager . D.
father .
3. A. mildly B.
terribly . C. absolutely D.
mentally
4. A. drink B.
measure C.
see . ' D. weigh
5. A. because B.
aft er . ' C.
冷轧辊unless D. before
6. A. proud , B.
fond C.
蓄电池模拟器ashamed D. afraid
7. A. at B.
of C.
for D. with .
8. A. hope . B.
prejudice C.
fear D. doubt
9. A. start B.
refuse C.
dare D. c ontinue自平衡两轮车
10. A. patient B.
active C.
silent D. popular
11. A. when B.
why C.
how D. where
12. A. formal , B.
worse C.
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13. A.long B.
attempt C.
afford D. hesitate
14. A. strange B.
natural C.
lucky D. funny
15. A. trouble B.
harm . C.
peace D.love
16. A. sac rificed . B.
educated C. prepared D.
trained
17. A. referring B.
leading C.
抗衡阀contributing D. sticking
18. A. winning B.
losing C.
appreciating D. quitting
19. A. work B.
cotnpete C.
deal D. struggle
20. A.idler , . B.
officer C.
expert . D. example