2014高考英语（暑假基础训练（4）附答案
(一)
It's a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Although I've received fancier, more expensive cards over the years, this is the only one I've __1__. One summer，it spoke volumes to me.
I received it __2__ the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single __3__， I even had difficulty in the simplest housework ：leaky taps, oil changes, even barbecues. Those had always been my husband's __4__. I was embarrassed every time I __5__ my thumb with a hammer. My uncertain attempts only __6__ the fear inside me：How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly，I __7__ the tools and skills.
That morning，my girls pushed me into the living room to see something. (I prayed it wasn't __8__ repair job. )The“something”turned out to be an __9__ and several wrapped things on the carpet. My __10__ must have been plain as I stared from the colorful packages to my daughters' __11__ faces.
“Go ahead! Open them！” they urged. As I __12__ the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill and all the necessary __13__ including a green kitchen glove.
“But why？”I asked.
“Happy Father's Day！”they shouted together.
“Moms don't get presents on Father's Day，”I said.
