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My Forever Valentine
Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly(天真地) thought__1__him as my “Valentine Man”.
My first recollection of the__2__he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a giftwrapped package at my chair.
The card was__3__“Love, Dad”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to __4__my birthstone, a ruby(红宝石). There is __5__difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember__6__that ring with pride that all the cards in the world__7__not surpass(超越).
__8__I grew older, the gifts gave__9__to heartshaped boxes filled with my__10__chocolates and always included a __11__card signed“Love，Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became__12__of a perfunctory(敷衍的)response. The cards seemed less__13__，and I took it for granted that the Valentine would__14__be there. I had__15__my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from“significant others”and“Love, Dad”just didn't seem quite__16__.
His final card remains on my desk today. It's a__17__of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a __18__of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never__19__，nor does the memory of a man who never__20__being my Valentine.
文章大意：提到情人节，人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。其实情人是一个古老而广泛的概念，包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人，比如我们的父母。
1.A.of B.about
C.up D.over
答案：A think of...as...是固定短语，意为“把……视为/看作……”。
2.A.memory B.magic
C.puzzle D.presents
答案：B 句意：在“我”6岁那年的情人节，他给我带来了第一次“美妙的”回忆。
3.A.read B.written
C.shown D.signed
答案：D 卡片上有父亲的“签名”。该选项从下文11空后可得到提示。
4.A.recover B.resemble
C.represent D.replace
答案：C 戒指上的红玻璃“象征/代表”着我的诞生石——红宝石。
5.A.much B.little
C.great D.less
答案：B 对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。
