阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I stood in
the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag.
I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that
I was there, Rocky turned towards me with a sad smile.
"I'm
leaving tomorrow," he said.
"I
know." My 2 was almost a whisper (低声). I was 3 with myself for being so weak, but I wasn't
about to cry.
"My
flight is early, but there is still enough time to the airport," he said.
Seeing the 4 look
on my face, he quickly added, "I promise I won't leave without saying
goodbye."
I tried to
say 5,
but I didn't. It's always 6 to keep quiet if you're about to cry. "You
promised you wouldn't cry," he said to me, thinking that I was close to 7.
I remember
the day he taught me how to ride a bike. At first I thought he was always right
behind me, holding the seat to keep me from 8.
I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn't hold me up all my life. He told
me that one day he would have to let go.
His coughing
stopped my thinking. What was left to say? How could I say goodbye to the person
who taught me everything?
The next
morning I 9, looked at my alarm clock, and realized
he had left hours ago. We never even said goodbye.
Goodbye,
Rocky! 10 he
may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an
answer in his heart.