It was a cold November morning several years ago. My alarm clock had just gone off, but I was having trouble getting out of bed. My dad had died a few weeks before. I felt weighed down by sadness and depression.

Tough and strong, my dad had worked so hard all of his life to support us. He had a temper and would sometimes shout at my brothers and me, but I always knew that he loved me. Still, he had been raised in a traditional way and raised us that way too. I couldn’t remember, for example, ever being hugged(拥抱) by him.

But at last, my mom and grandma passed away. My dad moved into grandma’s home right up the road from where I lived. I was so happy to have him close by. I would often visit him and just talk with him about life. But we still seldom touched and never hugged. Finally his own health began to quickly fail and in a few months he left us. It was a cold morning when we had his service, but I was too cold and numb (麻木的) inside myself to feel it. I couldn’t remember when we’d had our last hug.

I sighed (叹气) and got out of my bed. I turned on the lights and walked into the hallway. I saw my son JJ walking down the hall to meet me. Suddenly, he opened his arms and gave me a heart-felt hug. And just as he did, I heard my dad’s voice deep inside of me say, “Joey, this hug is from me!” I cried and smiled at the same time. In that moment, in the place where heart, mind, and spirit all met, I felt loved. I felt loved by my dad. I felt loved by life.

【小题1】What does the underlined phrase “weighed down” mean in the first paragraph?

A．losing weight very suddenly	B．worried and unhappy
C．putting on lots of weight quickly	D．extremely bored

【小题2】What made the writer feel happier in Paragraph 3?

A．His mom and grandma stopped talking.	B．His dad moved out of his house.
C．His dad moved into a nearby house.	D．His dad could look after his grandma.

【小题3】Put the following events in the order in which they happened.
①The writer recalled his dad as he lay in bed.
②The mother and grandmother died.
③The father passed away a few months later.
④The father raised the children as he was raised.
⑤The writer felt like his dad was hugging him.
⑥The writer’s son came to give him a hug.

A．①④②③⑤⑥

B．①⑥⑤④③②

C．④③②①⑥⑤

D．④②③①⑥⑤

【小题4】Why does the writer write this passage?

A．To express that everybody needs a hug.	B．To thank his son’s hug.
C．To express that he dislikes his father.	D．To thank his father’s raising.