"Rememberyourfatherisonlyoneyearolderthanyou．"ThatwasMom'susualexcusewhenDadsaidthe36thingsordidsomethingfoolish．Dad37drinkingexactlyoneyearbeforeIwasborn．He38agroupofoth

　　"Rememberyourfatherisonlyoneyearolderthanyou．"ThatwasMom'susualexcusewhenDadsaidthe 36 thingsordidsomethingfoolish．

　　Dad 37 drinkingexactlyoneyearbeforeIwasborn．He 38 agroupofotherpeoplewhohadalsostoppeddrinking．IlovedmydadbutI 39 thewayhisweeklymeetingstookhimawayfromme．Itseemedtheyweremore 40 tohimthanIwas．Butwithmy 41 comingupIthoughtDadwouldmakeanexception．"Can"tyou 42 itjustthistime?Saturdayismybirthday!"Ibeggedhim．He 43 "I'mchairingthemeetingthisSaturday．WewillhaveyourpartyonSunday．"

　　SaturdayeveningIsatonmybedfeeling 44 formyself．Dadstartedtoleavethen 45 andsaid"Whynotcomewithmetonight?It'sanopenmeeting．Allare 46 ．"WhatwouldIdoatameeting?ButmaybeIneededtoseewhysomethingDaddideveryweek 47 somuch。

　　AfterwearrivedDadannouncedthe 48 ofthemeetingwasgoingtobegratitude．"TodayI'm 49 seventeenyearsofstoppingdrinking"hecontinued．"OneyearafterquittingdrinkingIreceivedthemost 50 giftofmylifemydaughter．I'msogratefulthatshehas 51 seenmedrunk．"Shamewashedoverme．

　　LateramancalledDavealsotoldhis 52．OnlythendidIknowitwasDadthatsavedhislifefromdrinking．Dadwasthe_53_hewasatthemeetingthatday．Showingupweekafterweekand 54 withpeopleDadwaschanginglives．Iwasso 55 ofhim．

　　1. A．wrong B．kind C．careful D．serious

　　2. A．considered B．enjoyed C．quitted D．practiced

　　3. A．encouraged B．joined C．respectedD．mentioned

　　4. A．forgot B．explored C．regrettedD．hated

　　5. A．important B．funny C．successfulD．helpful

　　6. A．exam B．chance C．fortune D．birthday

　　7. A．change B．replace C．missD．finish

　　8. A．declared B．promised C．continuedD．refused

　　9. A．sorry B．ready C．good D．gu