题目内容：

A Letter to My Dad

Four years ago we found out about the cancer growing inside you. You told me the news that it had already spread and that you didn’t know how long you had ______.

I was still at university. A parent dying was something that happened to ______ people-people older than me. I spent the first few months in ______. For the first time I felt ______. I wished I could just ______ you and take the cancer out. But there was nothing I could do.

We’ve been ______. You reacted well to treatment and you’re still here, though we don’t know for how much ______.

I’ve always wanted to say that I love you, and that I’m ______ for everything you’ve given me. But I can’t. It feels like it is this unwritten ______ in our father-son relationship that ______ it. You’re a man conservative and guarded with your ______. You keep them to yourself and ______ others to do the same.

But I know you ______. I’ve seen your proud looks when I’ve told you about my ______ at work and school over the years. I’ve seen your ______ when things haven’t gone well. I remember all the offers of help.

I wish we could talk about what we ______ to each other. I wish you could tell me you’re ______ and I could tell you I love you. I wish these ______ concepts of masculinity (男子气概) weren’t so deeply ______ in both of us. Maybe we will still see our way to that ______ before you go. But whatever the case, I just need to say it—I love you, and thank you.

1.A. waited    B. left    C. suffered    D. stayed

2.A. any    B. few    C. other    D. all

3.A. doubt    B. anger    C. vain    D. shock

4.A. powerless    B. nervous    C. lost    D. bored

5.A. reach into    B. turn to    C. stand by    D. look into

6.A. confused    B. lucky    C. active    D. hopeless

7.A. better    B. deeper    C. longer    D. further

8.A. eager    B. grateful    C. regretful    D. desperate

9.A. letter    B. word    C. idea    D. rule

10.A. prevents    B. changes    C. destroys    D. transforms

11.A. illnesses    B. feelings    C. belongings    D. opinions

12.A. require    B. expect    C. allow    D. persuade

13.A. lie    B. understand    C. care    D. fear

14.A. achievements    B. difficulties    C. goals    D. experiences

15.A. power    B. anger    C. curiosity    D. concern

16.A. have    B. give    C. leave    D. mean

17.A. conservative    B. brave    C. proud    D. helpful

18.A. absurd    B. important    C. useful    D. popular

19.A. lost    B. trapped    C. rooted    D. covered

20.A. situation    B. solution    C. achievement    D. conversation