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Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) [2016·河北省名校联考]The phone call came one cool winter day. I was __1__ that my father was seriously ill. It had been long since I had seen my father. Ever since his __2__ from my mom, my father had lived alone in a small trailer (房车) in California, 500 miles away from me. The real __3__ between us seemed so much greater. I was in no hurry to __4__ that, but somehow I heard myself __5__ to the owner of the trailer to be there the next day. The whole drive down, __6__ flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine. He made sure the first song I __7__ was the Marine Hymn (美国海军陆战队队歌). He snatched off (扯下) the Christmas __8__ all the decorations the rest of us had__9__ and rehung them so there was __10__ the same space between them. But we need not __11__ those military orders, as we were not soldiers. I remembered __12__ the battles he had with my mother. I remembered hoping to hear my father say __13__ once, “ I love you, Patty”， only to have him __14__ at me, “You can't do anything right！” And now here I was standing outside his trailer, trying to __15__ my courage to face him once more. I knocked on the door, my hand and my whole body __16__. No answer. Slowly I opened the door. I took a few __17__ inside and stopped, too shocked to believe my eyes. | 
