I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked ____at me and said, “I love you.” I didn't know what to say. ____ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and ____  down at him . My first thought was that he must need ____ with his homework or he was trying to __5 __ me for some news.
Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said. “My teacher said we should____  our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s ____
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had ____.
“Most of the fathers had the___ reacting as you did,”the teacher said. “When I first ___ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The _     is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of ___It is something all people__. What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too ___ we don't all express those feeling. A boy should be ____ to tell his dad he loves him.
The teacher, a middle - aged man, understands how ____ 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 him for ____second. And just ____ he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too . ”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you”, it would not take me a whole ____to think of the right ____.

A．down B．away C．out D．up

A．After B．For C．At D．On

A．sit B．get C．look D．knock

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 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．body B．health C．life D．study

A．have B．know C．take D．need

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．after C．an exact D．an extra

A．before B．after C．because D．if

A．day B．week C．afternoon D．night

A．answer B．result C．reason D．experiment