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The Worst Part
Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.
I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn't stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad's number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didn't，” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.
“Take it easy, kid，” he said. “I just didn't get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn't over yet.”
I thought about that.
“Something on your mind？” he asked.
“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.”Then I was sorry I said it.
“There was heavy snow in the morning，” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”
I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit？” I asked.
There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have happened to my dog.
“Well, kid”， he began. “My name is Leigh！” I almost yelled. “I'm not just some kid you met on the street！”
“Keep_your_shirt_on,_Leigh，” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truckers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back ... I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn't get an answer yet.”I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boy's voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we're going out to get the pizza？”
24．From the story we know that ________.
A. Leigh's dad never had a rest on Sundays B. Leigh's dad lived in another city
C. Leigh was a deserted boy D. Leigh's mother often went to golf games
25．What happened to Bandit?
A. It was frozen to death. B. It ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.
C. It was killed by a truck. D. It was let out of the cab and got lost.
26．The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on” probably means “________”．
A. calm down B. stop talking C. put on your shirt D. keep warm
27．The worst part in Leigh's eyes may be that ________.
A. his dad didn't love him B. his parents got divorced
C. his dad got remarried D. his mom didn't take him to pizza
