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Dad is a liar （说谎者）, definitely.
He never tells the truth about anything   36  , or anything that he thinks is bad to me, even though I   37  that I don’t mind hearing these things.
He is the kindest man I have ever met , who never   38  others, as well as the    39 man, for he’s always hard on himself. Every time I   40  home from college and asked Dad how his   41 was getting on, he would always reply. “Oh, couldn’t be   42  !”when I asked my mum the same question on the phone ,   43  , she honestly told me every   44 with Dad’s business. I didn’t blame Dad for his   45  . I felt a deep sympathy for him.
Dad is a miser (吝啬鬼), undoubtedly..
I hardly see Dad wear   46  clothes. In fact , his closet is half empty. Even in this half, two-thirds is occupied by Mum’s clothes and the other   47    belongs to him . I urged him to buy some new clothes ,   48  the simply shook his head, “The old clothes are still good enough.” Were they? I saw   49  in them.
It   50  my heart up when I saw had Dad  51  terribly with his hand covering his mouth. When the pains became unbearable, he   52 took some pills.
So it surprised   53   when the day came that Dad got sick . He was lying in bed. And all the family gathered around him. I knelt （跪）by his bedside , tears filling my eyes.
Dear Dad, you’ve been   54  yourself too hard, which you should not have. I know I might as well   55  a river to flow backward as hope to talk you out of working so hard. But I still want to say . “Dad , take better care of yourself!”
36．A．interesting                     B．good               C．bad                 D．valuable
37．A．emphasize               B．realize             C．decide             D．admit
38．A．envies                           B．blames             C．helps               D．hurts
39．A．noblest                   B．cruellest           C．most selfless     D．most diligent
40．A．phoned                   B．drove                     C．went                D．stayed
41．A．health                            B．business           C．experiment       D．treatment
42．A．better                    B．harder             C．easier                     D．healthier
43．       A．meanwhile              B．anyway            C．however          D．therefore
44．A．change                   B．incident           C．achievement     D．problem
45．A．belief                            B．carelessness      C．lies                  D．excuses
46．A．old                         B．new                 C．beautiful          D．cheap
47．A．one-third                B．half                 C．thing               D．closet
48．A．so                          B．but                  C．since               D．although
49．A．holes                      B．stains               C．hope                D．importance
50．A．woke                        B．warmed           C．cheered            D．tore
51．A．act                         B．shake               C．cry                  D．cough
52．A．still                        B．even                C．merely             D．seldom
53．A．somebody               B．anybody          C．everybody        D．nobody
54．A．controlling                     B．pushing           C．criticizing        D．fighting
55．A．beg                        B．allow               C．expect             D．cause