WhenIwasachild，myfatherhadtodothreejobsforafamilyofseven．EverytimeIsawhimcomebacklate，lookingtired，IpromisedmyselfthatsomedayIwouldshowmy（16）___tomyfatherforwhathehaddone．Overthenexttwentyyear
When I was a child，my father had to do three jobs for a family of seven．Every time I saw him come back late，looking tired，I promised myself that someday I would show my （16）___ to my father for what he had done．
Over the next twenty years，my father worked hard to （17）___ our big family and suffered （遭受）a lot from a heart problem．One morning，my father's old car （18）___ and he asked me to pick him up after his medical examination．He had （19）___ refused when I offered to replace（取代） his old car．He said that he did not want something that he was unable to pay himself．
As he stepped out of the doctor's office，he looked unusually（20）___．We drove in silence and he made me promise to keep the medical report as a （21）___．I did this with a heavy heart．
At that time，I was（22）___ a new car．I asked my father to go with me to pick one out．（23）___ I startedtalking with the salesman，I noticed my father admiring a brown car．I （24）___ chose a white car．My father took one final look at the brown car and seemed kind of （25）___before leaving I heard him muttering （嘀咕） to himself，"Really like that car．Wish I could （26）___ it．
Several days later，I asked my father if he could go with me to pick up （27）___ new car．As we arrived，the salesman （28）___ him a key to his new car-the brown one-and explained that it was for him，（29）___me．My father looked at me in great（30）___．I explained it was my childhood promise and smiled at this man，who had given up everything for his family．
16．A．thanksB．dreamsC．talentsD．regrets17．A．buildB．saveC．protectD．support18．A．set offB．came backC．broke downD．went by19．A．stronglyB．rudelyC．shylyD．happily20．A．angryB．movedC．seriousD．friendly21．