tep in the door and said, ‘Dad, I just came over to tell you that I love you. ’
“Dad's face softened, the wrinkles seemed to disappear and he began to cry, He reached out and hugged me and said, ‘I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it. ’
“Mom came over with tears in her eyes. I waved and blew her a kiss, Dad and I hugged for a moment longer and then I left. I hadn't felt that great for a long time.
“
But that's not even my point. Two days after that visit, my dad, who had heart trouble but didn't tell me, had an attack and ended up in the hospital, unconscious. I don't know if he'll make it.
“So my message to all of you in this class is this: Don’t wait to do the things that you know need to be done. Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!
51. To whom did the teacher assign the class to say, “I love you”?
A. Their father of mother whom they had once fiercely disagreed with.
B. An elderly member of their family they hadn't spoken to for a long time.
C. Someone they loved but had never, or for a long time expressed their love.
D. Their nearest and dearest whom they had offended but not yet apologized to.
52. Why was the man angry with the teacher when the latter gave the class that assignment?
A. The teacher treated adult students as if they were children.
B. He felt that he didn't have to say these words to anyone he knew.
C. He thought the teacher shouldn't tell the class to do such a thing.
D. The assignment reminded him of something he felt guilty about.
53. The man made up his mind to say to his father “I love you”after
A. he thought about the assignment.
B. class while he was driving home.
C. his anger with the teacher died down.
D. he talked it over with his wife at home.
54. “It's odd, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.” The sentence means that
A. the man was relieved of his guilty conscience because of the decision.
B. though he didn't speak to his father the man had been worrying about him.
C. the man had been suffering from lung disease since he quarrelled with his father.
D. the vicious disagreement five years before had severely affected the old man's hear.
55. If the man hadn't said those words to his father, he might have never had a chance to do it because
A. shortly after that his father was taken to hospital.
B. his father died of heart failure just two days later.
C. his father lost consciousness and might never regain it.
D. after a heart attack, his father couldn’t recognize anyone.
Passage 2
All of us communicate with one another verbally as well as non-verbally. Most of the time we are not aware that we're doing it. We knit our eyebrows or wave a hand, meet someone else's eyes or look away, shift positions in a chair. We make these movements unconsciously. But researchers have discovered in recent years that there is a system to them almost as consist
