I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son 36 up at me and said,“I love you.”I didn't know what to say. For several   37  all I could do was to  38 there and looked down at him.My first thought was that he must need   39 with his homework or he was trying to  40 me for some news.
Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said.“My teacher said we should   41  our parents that we love them and see what they say.It is  42 .”
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment”and how the other parents had  43
“Most of the fathers had the   44  reacting（反应）as you did ,”the teacher said.“When I first  45we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say . Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.“The 46 is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of  47.It is something all people 48 .What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too  49 we don't all express those feelings.A boy should be  50 to tell his dad he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man , understands how  51 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening ,I held on to(抱着)him for  52 second.And just before he  53  away, I said in my deepest, most manly(男子气慨)voice,“Hey, I love you ,too.”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good(感觉很好)，Maybe next time one of my children said“I love you”，it wouldn't take me a whole  54 to think of the right 55 .

A．watched B．observed C．looked D．noticed

A．weeks B．days C．hours D．seconds

A．stand B．sit C．see D．play

A．rest B．time C．help D．paper

A．report B．prepare C．answer D．excuse

A．help B．tell C．ask D．make

A．a matter B．an experiment C．a word D．a sentence

A．said B．reacted（反应） C．done D．explained

A．same B．different C．usual D．common

A．suggested B．agreed C．allowed D．planned

A．point B．idea C．way D．cause

A．boy B．health C．life D．study

A．have B．know C．take D．require

A．bad B．good C．late D．early

A．fit B．ready C．worth D．able

A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult

A．a more B．a full C．an exact D．an extra

A．pulled B．ran C．walked D．escaped

A．day B．week C．afternoon D．morning

A．answer B．key C．reason D．experiment