Frank began to tell us of his childhood.“My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. It was hard making a living on the sea. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean.”

Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad, he would drive me to school. When his noisy old truck reached my school, it seemed that everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”

  He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean towards me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad. I’m too old for a goodbye kiss’. My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to have tears up. I had never seen him cry. ‘You are right’, he said, ‘You are a big boy...a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.’”

The tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke.“ It wasn’t long before my Dad went to sea and never came back. Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good bye kiss.”

56. Frank’s family used to make a living by ______.

A. driving a taxi       B. fishing    C. planting crops    D.buying and selling fish

57. How did Frank usually go to school when he was a boy?

A. His father drove him to school         B. He went to school by bus.

C. His friends gave him a lift.          D. The writer didn’t mention it.

58. What was Frank’s most embarrassing thing?

A. His father was a fisherman        B. His father used an old truck to drive him to school

C.His father gave him a good bye kiss   D.He told his father not to kiss.

59. Why did Frank’s father have tears up?

A. Because his father didn’t have a new truck.

B. Because Frank said he was too old for a goodbye kiss.

C. Because he knew he would die soon.    D. Because he felt he was too poor.

60. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Frank told an unforgettable experience that happened to him.

B. Frank didn’t love his father and hated his father’s kiss.

C. Frank hoped to be a man like his father. 

D. Frank’s father went to sea and never came back.

   56. B    57. D            58. C   59. B      60. A

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  The big Town Hall clock was striking midnight when Frank began to cross the bridge.The dark night air was cold and a little wet, and the street lamp gave little light.

  Frank was anxious to get home and his footsteps rang loudly on the avenue.When he reached the middle of the bridge, he thought he could hear someone coming near behind him.He looked back but could see no one.However , the sound continued and Frank began to walk more quickly.Then he slowed down again , feeling shame(羞愧)at having acted so foolishly.There was nothing to fear in a town as quiet as this.

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