My dad was a very busy man. After he retired, every morning he’d get up, take a shower, prepare a breakfast, and then draw up his to-do ______ for the day.
In the summer he planted and ______ the garden. In the winter he made sure the pile of logs for the wood-burning stove never got too small. ______ at daylight saving time, he’d make sure to ______ every clock in the house, from the digital one to the old clock he’d ______ Mom on their 15th anniversary. Dad never let a task slip from his ______. Dad took care of everything around our house. If it was on his schedule, it got ______.
Dad passed away in mid-November, 2006. What would we do then? I ______ the clock. It was an hour ahead. Dad never had the ______ to change the time from then on. Both Mom and I ______ to fix every clock except for one — that anniversary clock. It was a ______ — the chimes (钟声) needed to ______ perfectly with the numbers on the face of the clock. If not, it would ring out the ______ number of chimes on the hour. We were about to begin our attempt ______ we heard a loud pop and all the lights went out.
My God! I thought. This ______ was already falling apart without Dad. It took the electric company about 40 minutes to come and ______ the lights. We were in no ______ to work on the clock. “Let’s just wait until tomorrow and try again,” I said to Mom.
The next morning the power went out again. ______, the electric company responded in half the time it had taken them the night before. With the lights back on we started getting ready for the day. A loud, musical sound ______ the silence. The anniversary chime now has been set to just the right time.
Dad may not be here anymore, I thought, but I should make a ______ for every day.

A．contract B．list C．address D．letter

A．tended B．defended C．visited D．admired

A．Moreover B．Yet C．Even D．Still

A．remove B．paint C．clean D．reset

A．promised B．bought C．told D．reminded

A．idea B．decision C．mind D．feeling

A．done B．known C．hidden D．taken

A．threw away B．showed off C．looked at D．forgot about

A．hope B．ability C．courage D．chance

A．advised B．hated C．managed D．permitted

A．challenge B．try C．lesson D．skill

A．run B．match C．prepare D．move

A．right B．same C．wrong D．opposite

A．because B．though C．so D．when

A．place B．country C．world D．time

A．buy B．produce C．repair D．study

A．doubt B．mood C．money D．sense

A．Curiously B．Particularly C．Strangely D．Thankfully

A．opened B．ended C．broke D．mixed

A．noise B．plan C．bid D．choice