单项选择题
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When my father was getting ready for work. our【C1】______was ruled by knocks and words. One【C2】______on the. table meant 'I am ready for my breakfast'. Two knocks on the table【C3】______I am ready for my breakfast.【C4】______he said, 'Boots'. The paper was【C5】______for him over the back of an armchair. Today's paper was put on the chair for his【C6】______. and his boots were brought to him, freshly brushed. He read【C7】______at the same time putting on his boots and lacing them【C8】______. After finishing one boot. he said. 'Bus.' At that【C9】______one of the girls went outside to the garden gate【C10】______waited there. Her job was to stop the bus【C11】______it came. It came early sometimes, and it had to【C12】______my father.
'Overcoat, hat.' One of my sisters had already【C13】______his overcoat. Now she held it【C14】______for him and guided his arms into it. Then she【C15】______his jacket down under the coat. Another girl【C16】______his hat, nicely brushed. 'Handkerchief, pipe.' They were brought and put, with his tobacco, into his pockets. He【C17】______the window and said either 'Walking stick' or 'Umbrella'. It was handed to him. Ready now, he was【C18】______reading the newspaper.
He didn't put it down【C19】______he heard the shout 'Bus coming!' then he kissed my mother and went out. The girls all breathed freely.
【C20】______lucky a man is to have a wife and five daughters at home!
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A.【C4】______he
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H.house
B.room
C.ears
D.mind