第一节 完形填空
At a gathering，we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments．It came around to Frank．
Frank began to tell us of his childhood．"I （41）___in San Pedro．My Dad was a fisherman，and he
loved the sea．He had his own boat，but it was（42）___ making a living on the sea．He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to （43）___ the family．"
He looked at us and said，"I （44）___ you could have met my Dad．He was a big man，and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the （45）___．When you got close to him，he （46）___like the ocean．He would wear his old coat and his overalls．No matter how much my mother（47）___them，they would still smell of the sea and of fish．"
Frank's voice dropped a bit．"When the weather was bad he would （48）___ me to school．He had this old truck that was older than he was（49）___ he would drive toward the school，I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear．He would（50）___right in front of the school gate，and it seemed like everybody （51）___be standing around and watching．Then he would （52）___ over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy．It was so （53）___ for me．I was twelve years old，and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"
He（54）___and then went on，"I remember the day when I said'No'"
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that（55）___，and he had this surprised look on his face．I said，'Dad，I'm too（56）___ for a goodbye kiss．'
My Dad looked at me for the longest time，and his eyes started to tear up．I had never seen him（57）___．
He turned and looked out the windshield（挡风玻璃）．'You're right，'he said．'You are a big boy…a man．I won't kiss you anymore．'"
Frank got a sad look on his face，and the tears began to （58）___ in his eyes，as he spoke．"It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back．"
Tears
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