阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思宅整、句子通顺，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My dad had to leave high school to support his mom and six brothers and sisters at the age of 16. He tells my brothers and me the stories of when he was our age.
One day, when he came home after school, he found a ___16___ on the door. It said that his family must move out of the house at once.
Smoking and drinking ___17___ all his dad’s money, but my dad wasn’t angry about it. Instead, when he remembered the happy times he had sat with his father enjoying football matches, he felt a little ___18___.
My dad’s little sister would cry at birthday parties ___19___ she could never have one of her own at home. My brothers and I have had ___20___ every year, but we had my dad’s first birthday party when he was forty.
He tell us to work hard and stay in school. We’ve heard it so much that sometimes we don’t take it ___21___ But now I often think of his words： “There’s ___22___ you can’t do if you stay in school and work hard.” I think my father’s fate（ 命运） would be changed ___23___ if he’d had just one person saying those words to him.
He works hard for 16 hours a day, so we can ___24___ a good home and do the things he never could.
My dad has always told me this, but now it’s my turn. I am so ____25____ of you, Dad.
16. A. map B. stamp C. notice D. menu
17. A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took
18. A. nervous B. afraid C. worried D. excited
19. A. because B. whether C. although D. after
20. A. theirs B. ours C. yours D. his
21. A. slowly B. quickly C. seriously D. simply
22. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
23. A. darkly B. politely C. differently D. carefully
24. A. catch B. lose C. join D. own
25. A. proud B. angry C. sad D. lucky
这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述作者的父亲在作者的年龄时的艰难的经历。