Istoodinthedoorway，watchingmyolderbrothercarefullyputtingclothesintohisbag．Icougheduneasily．Finally1thatIWasthere，Rockyturnedtowardmewithasadsmile.“I

Istoodinthedoorway，watchingmyolderbrothercarefullyputtingclothesintohisbag．Icougheduneasily．Finally 1 thatIWasthere，Rockyturnedtowardmewithasadsmile.

“I’mleavingtomorrow．”Hesaid．

“Iknow．”My 2 wasalmostawhisper(低声)．IwasangryatmyselfforbeingsoweakbutIWasn’tabouttocry．

“My 3 isearly，sothereisstillenoughtimetocometotheairport，”hesaid．Seeingthe 4 lookonmyface，hequicklyadded，“Ipromise(答应)1won’tleavewithoutsayinggoodbye．”

Itriedtosay 5 ，butdidn’t．It’salwaysbettertokeepquiteifyou’reabouttocry．“Youpromisedyouwouldn’tcry，”hesaidtome，thinkingthatIwasclosetotears(流泪)．

Irememberthedayhetaughtmehowtorideabike． 6 Ithoughthewasalwaysrightbehindme，holdingtheseattokeepmefrom 7 ．Iwashappywiththis，butheknewhecouldn’tholdmeupallmylife．Hetoldmethatonedayhewouldhavetoletgo．

Hiscoughingstoppedmythinking．Whatwaslefttosay?HowcouldIsay 8 tothepersonwhotaughtmeeverything?

ThenextmorningI 9 lookedatmyalarmclockandIrealizedhehadleft

10 ago．Weneverevensaidgoodbye．

Goodbye，Rocky!Althoughhemayhavebeenmanymilesaway，Iknewheheardme，evenifitwasonlyananswerinhisheart．

1．A．forgetting B．realizing C．watching D．learning

2．A．voice B．sound C．noise D．word

3．A．ship B．flight C．train D．bus

4．A．surprised B．excited C．sad D．happy

5．A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing

6．A．At1ast B．Fromnowon C．Atfirst D．Sofar

7．A．riding B．running C．walking D．falling

8．A．goodbye B．hello C．yes D．sorry

9．A．gaveup B．stoodup C．lookedup D．wokeup

10．A．minutes B．hours C．days D．weeks