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Ⅰ.完形填空 For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my 8－year－old boy would ask __1__ of his mother to take his black dog and his daddy's walking stick, to make the half－mile __2__ from the house to the fence which __3__ the beginning of the dirt driveway. One day, I was __4__ in my business for about an hour, __5__ forgetting about the faithful little boy down the road who might be __6__ for his daddy. On my way home, the rain was so thick that I __7__ not see ten feet in front of me. All I could __8__ was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. __9__， the downpour began to abate (减弱). It was only a drizzle (细雨) by the time my car turned the last __10__ and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal. All of a sudden, I __11__ sight of my little boy, who was holding an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in __12__， and was __13__ the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to grace the face of a little boy. As I stopped the car and __14__ the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and | 
