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Question

 “Remember your father is only one year   61     (old) than you.” That was Mum’s usual excuse when Dad said the wrong things or did something    62   (fool).

Dad quitted drinking exactly one year before I was born. He joined a group of other people. He said they      63    (stop) drinking too. I loved my dad   64  I hated the way his weekly meetings took him away    65    me. It seemed that they were more    66   ( importance) to him than I was. But with my birthday coming up I thought Dad would make an exception. “Can’t you miss it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! ” I begged him but   67  (refuse). He said “I am chairing the meeting this Saturday. We will have your party on Sunday.”

Saturday evening I sat on my bed   68   (feel) sorry for mys elf. Dad started to leave then paused and said ” Why not come with me together tonight? It’s an open meeting. All are welcome”.   69  would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad every week mattered so much.

After we arrived Dad announced the the theme of the meeting was going to be gratitude. He told his story about giving up smoking. Later a man   70    (call) Dave also told his story. Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking. Showing up week after week and meeting with people Dad was changing lives. Shame washed over me.

Answer 1

61. older 句中出现 than ，用比较级。

62. foolish 形容词修饰不定代词 something 一些愚蠢的事。

63. had stopped 戒酒的事情在爸爸说话前已经发生，故用过去完成时。

64. but 前半句说爱爸爸，后半句又说讨厌 ….. 前后句意转折，用 but 。

65. from  take sb. away from sb. 把某人带走；让某人远离

66. important

67. was refused 我祈求他但是被他拒绝了，前后时态一致，都用过去时，这里表被动，故用一般过去时的被动。

68. feeling feel 的逻辑主语是 I ，这里表伴随。

69. What
东西 do 缺少宾语，用 what 。

70. called 过去分词做后置定语，一个叫 Dave 的人，相当于定语从句 that/who was called 。