Finally I asked, "What was that all about?" "Nothing." He said. "My teacher said we should 5 our parents that we love them and see what they say. It's an(a) 6 ."

　The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this "experiment" and how the other parents had reacted.

　"Basically, most of the fathers had the 7 reaction as you did". The teacher said, "When I suggested(建议) we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble." "The point is, the teacher explained, " 8 loved is an important part of health. Human beings (人类) 9 to be loved. What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too 10 we don't all express(表达) that feeling. A boy should be 11 to tell his dad that he loves him."

　The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how 12 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

　When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for an extra second. And just 13 he pulled away, I said in deepest, most manly voice, "Hey, I love you, too."

　 I don't know if saying that made either of us 14 but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children says, "I love you." It would not take me a whole 15 to think of the right answer.

1. A. down B. away C. out D. up

2. A. After B. For C. At D. On

3. A. sit B. get C. look D. knock

4. A. report B. prepare C. answer D. tell

5. A. help B. tell C. ask D. make

6. A. thing B. experiment C. work D. sentence

7. A. same B. different C. usual D. ordinary()

8. A. Feeling B. Getting C. Turning D. Looking

9. A. have B. know C. take D. need

10. A. bad B. good C. late D. early

11. A. easy B. ready C. friendly D. quickly

12. A. often B. much C. difficult D. fun

13. A. before B. after C. because D. if