I’d been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure.
I remember that, when my mum
me that morning, her voice wasn’t as screaming as it usually was. She had been
for more than one hour getting everything ready, and I could feel she was
me at the same time.
I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I was
to leave its warmth and
to face the suffering that I’d rather let myself forget for the past months. Finally, I dragged myself
.
The first thing I thought of after getting up was to
. I went to the kitchen and prepared a breakfast that was fairly
, but was still too big for my appetite that day. I kept telling myself that I
eat. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this wasn’t a(n)
day. Besides maybe it would
me a little. But I doubted it. I left the kitchen because even the
made me feel sick.
I finished getting ready and tried to settle down. It didn’t
, so I decided that my mum and I should go. We had
time, so I thought we could practise parking. I
, with the wheel hitting the pavement. After that, the little bit of confidence I had was
. I tried two more times, but did not improve much. Then we went towards the driving
site.
I waited twenty minutes---just enough time to make myself believe that I was going to fail. Then, finally, it was my
. I wasn’t sure of myself at all. I just wanted to get it over and make sure that I had to come back next Thursday.
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite well. The
that came with it hit me like a wave. The rest of the test went well and I passed it.
The
of my mum made her face softer. I knew her worry was gone and she was happy for me.
| 小题1: | | A．cried | B．woke | C．told | D．shouted |
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| 小题3: | | A．smiling at | B．worrying about | C．looking at | D．talking with |
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| 小题4: | | A．sad | B．eager | C．unwilling | D．willing |
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| 小题5: | | A．convenience | B．friendship | C．quiet | D．comfort |
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| 小题6: | | A．out of bed | B．onto bed | C．into bed | D．in bed |
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| 小题7: | | A．eat | B．rest | C．drink | D．work |
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| 小题8: | | A．large | B．small | C．delicious | D．good |
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| 小题9: | | A．might | B．could | C．should | D．hated |
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| 小题10: | | A．important | B．necessary | C．lucky | D．ordinary |
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| 小题11: | | A．calm | B．hurt | C．stop | D．like |
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| 小题12: | | A．milk | B．bread | C．smoke | D．smells |
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| 小题14: | | A．little | B．plenty of | C．no | D．a little |
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| 小题15: | | A．cried | B．succeeded | C．failed | D．left |
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| 小题16: | | A．back | B．gone | C．there | D．greater |
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| 小题17: | | A．start | B．office | C．race | D．test |
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| 小题19: | | A．happiness | B．pride | C．confidence | D．disappointment |
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| 小题20: | | A．tears | B．lines | C．smiles | D．eyes |
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