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ed 14. — Why did you stop writing? — My ink has________. A. been run out B. used up C. been used out D. given out 15. She had almost failed the exam, but her sister, ________had done very well. A. contrast with B. contrasting with C. by contrast D. by difference Ⅱ .完形填空 (2021 屆英語周報模擬四 ) For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5∶ 30 a. m., except Sunday, and went to my father home from work had no hobbies, __2__taking care of his family. For 22 years, __3__I left home for college, my father__4__me every Sunday at 9∶ 00 a. m..He was always interested in my__5__, or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__6__about his lot (生活狀況 ) in calls even came when he and my mother were in other states. Nine years ago when I__7__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__8__my would not__9__me to pay someone to have it he __10__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to I was had a law practice to run, and I could not take__12__to hold the brush, or talk to my happened several times later. The morning on Sunday, January 16,1996, my father telephoned me__14__, this time from my sister’ s home in the__15__came again at 4∶ 40 p. father was in the__16__in Florida with an aneurysm (動脈瘤 ). I got on an airplane__17__, and on the way,I__18__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my determined that when I arrived, I would__19__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 11∶ 30 p. m., my father had__20__at 9∶ 12 p. m..This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me. B. never C. always D. often 2. than B. rather than C. more than D. or rather 3. B. before C. although D. since 4. B. praised C. telephoned D. met 5. B. life C. study D. plan 6. B. care C. talk D. look 7. B. found C. purchased D. sold 8. B. painting C. cleaning D. decorating B. advise C. force D. allow 10. B. kept C. ordered D. served 11. B. upset C. busy D. tired 12. B. task