My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人” Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”. My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越). 8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 . His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life. Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine. 小题1: A．of B．about C．up D．over 小题2: A．memory B．magic C．puzzle D．presents 小题3: A．read B．written C．shown D．signed 小题4: A．recover B．resemble C．represent D．replace 小题5: A．much B．little C．great D．less 小题6: A．having B．owning C．wearing D．watching 小题7: A．could B．did C．must D．should 小题8: A．Because B．Since C．When D．As 小题9: A．room B．way C．honour D．seat 小题10: A．favorite B．lovely C．dear D．precious 小题11: A．usual B．common C．strange D．special 小题12: A．less B．little C．more D．much 小题13: A．important B．beautiful C．familiar D．standard 小题14: A．surely B．always C．regularly D．often 小题15: A．let B．kept C．placed D．remembered 小题16: A．suitable B．enough C．effective D．sacred 小题17: A．signal B．certificate C．consequence D．reminder 小题18: A．tradition B．hobby C．habit D．custom 小题19: A．lose B．die C．miss D．appear 小题20: A．thought B．wanted C．tried D．stopped