At the airport, I looked closely at the face of my son, Daniel, his backpack by his side. We were saying good-bye. In a few hours he would be flying to France to     a different life. It was a transitional（过渡期的）time in Daniel’s life. I wanted to leave him some words of  . But nothing came from my  and this was not the first time I had let such a moment    .
When Daniel was five, I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He looked at me -- as he did now. “What is it going to be like, Dad? Will I be okay?” And then he walked up the      of the bus and disappeared inside. And the bus    . And I had said nothing.
A decade or so later, a similar          played itself out. I drove him to college. I tried to think of something to say to give him          and confidence as he started this new life. Again, words       me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those     opportunities. How many times have we all let such moments pass?
My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always     never hearing him put his       into words and never having the memory of that moment. Now, I could feel my palms（手掌）      and my throat tighten. Why is it so      to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words     . “Daniel," I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked you." That’s all I could say. I wasn’t sure he understood what I     . Then he came toward me and threw his arms around me. For a moment, the world and all its people vanished（消失）, and there was just Daniel and me. He was saying something,     my eyes misted（视线模糊）over, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying. All I was         of was the stubble（胡子茬）on his chin as his face pressed       mine. And then, the moment ended. What I had said to Daniel was clumsy. It was nothing. And yet, it was     .

A．experience B．spend C．enjoy D．shape

A．consultation B．significance C．necessity D．difference

A．head B．lips C．thoughts D．mind

A．fly B．remain C．pass D．last

A．windows B．chairs C．handles D．steps

A．pulled up B．pulled down C．drove away D．drove up

A．sign B．scene C．scenery D．sight

A．interest B．opinion C．courage D．influence

A．failed B．discouraged C．struck D．troubled

A．valuable B．embarrassing C．obvious D．lost

A．wondered B．regretted C．tried D．minded

A．feelings B．views C．actions D．attitudes

A．freeze B．hurt C．sweat D．burn

A．important B．essential C．complex D．hard

A．approximately B．obviously C．clearly D．carefully

A．counted B．meant C．valued D．care

A．but B．and C．instead D．so

A．sensitive B．convinced C．aware D．tired

A．by B．against C．on D．with

A．none B．all C．anything D．everything