11．Finally I got my driving license（駕照） last summer．Mom decided to go with me to take my first trip around an empty parking lot．I knew my mother was an excellent （31）D．She had drivenover 20years without getting one ticket．However，I found that she was not the bestteacher for me．It wasn't that she shouted，or told me that I was doing poorly．Her"helpful instructions"（32）Bmanaged to make me more nervous．
Since I could no longer practice with her，the job was （33）C in the hands of my father．The idea of learning from Dad was not so （34）A．I loved him dearly，but I just did not see Dad as someone I could be comfortable learning from．He almost never talked．We shared a typical father-daughterrelationship．He'd ask how school was，and I'd say it was fine．Unluckily，that was the most of our（35）B．Spending several hours alone with someone who might as well have been a stranger really frightened me．
As we got into the car that first time，I was not surprisedat what happened．Dad and I drove around，saying almost nothing，except for a few instructions on how to turn．As my lessons went on，however，things began to （36）C．Dad would turn the radio （37）B so I could fully enjoy his favorite music．Then he actually began （38）A．I was soon hearing about past failed dates，"basic body"gym class，and other stories from his past，including some of his first meetingwith Mom．
I thought why Dad was telling me so much in the car．In all the years that I had （39）C why my father never spoke that much，I had never stopped to consider that it was because I had never stopped to listen．Homework，friends，and even TV had all called me away from him，and I never thought my（40）Dfather had anything to say．
Since I began driving with him，my driving skill has greatly increased．More important is that I got to know my father more and more．Just living with him wasn't enough-it took driving with him for me to get to know someone who was a mystery（神秘）．
| 31．A．doctor | B．worker | C．writer | D．driver |
| 32．A．ever | B．only | C．still | D．yet |
| 33．A．dropped | B．returned | C．placed | D．started |
| 34．A．exciting | B．surprising | C．moving | D．hurting |
| 35．A．instructions | B．conversations | C．introductions | D．competitions |
| 36．A．work | B．a(chǎn)ppear | C．change | D．continue |
| 37．A．over | B．up | C．off | D．down |
| 38．A．talking | B．singing | C．listening | D．thinking |
| 39．A．found | B．expected | C．wondered | D．understood |
| 40．A．strict | B．proud | C．honest | D．quiet． |
