My father was 14 drilling me on proper speech. Before I was 3, he was reading aloud to me from the Bible, Shakespeare and Mark Twain. 15 , I read aloud to him so he could work on my diction(遣词用字). By the time I was 10, I could recite from a whole range of classical literature and poetry. Once, 16 we happened to meet near the church, he swept me inside, stood me up in the pulpit(讲道坛)and said, “Go ahead, ”I immediately launched into a 17 while he kept coaching from a pew(教堂内的靠背长凳), “Louder! Put more fire into it! ”
Of course, there were times when I 18 studying. But Father would always remind me 19 my duty by quoting Shakespeare, “If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. ”
Obviously, his efforts 20 , for my voice has enabled me to earn a good livelihood. But that’s just one small part of the enormous debt I owe to my father.
1. A. car
B. room
C. work
D. dollar
2. A. Mother
B. Father
C. Sister
D. Brother
3. A. foods
B. pictures
C. fruits
D. books
4. A. scholar
B. worker
C. lawyer
D. doctor
5. A. found
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