“Tell me what you were like when you were my age,” I asked my mother one afternoon. She looked up, 21 at my question. After a long time she answered, “I was 22 like you. Then, there was only one career for girls — being a hard-working 23. To tell the truth, it is 24 for me to tell you that I 25 my mother when I was growing up. I did so much for her. Besides doing lots of housework, every night I would go into my parents’ bedroom, and wash their feet with warm water. Not once did my mother ever said, ‘thank you’."
I stared out of the window, remembering 26 I grew up, always wanting to hear a word of 27 from her, but getting only the rule and 28 I could never live up to (做到). I remembered the years when she 29 me to get up at six every morning and cook breakfast for the family before leaving for school. Least of all, I remembered the times she’d 30 me to other girls who were as old as me and found me useless.
“Nothing was ever 31 enough for my mother,’’ continued my mother, “ but now I know she did 32 me, even if she never said so. I told you this just for a 33. Yes, I love all my children, but you are my first child, the first in everything to me. I have been very strict and hard on you, but I 34 you in the only way I knew. I am 35 proud of you.”
小题1:
A．excited
B．angry
C．disappointed
D．surprised小题2:
A．ever
B．mostly
C．never
D．once小题3:
A．woman
B．worker
C．wife
D．student小题4:
A．comfortable
B．proud
C．shameful
D．silly小题5:
A．hated
B．loved
C．respected
D．forgave小题6:
A．where
B．how
C．before
D．when小题7:
A．honesty
B．use
C．importance
D．praise小题8:
A．promise
B．order
C．expectation
D．curiosity小题9:
A．made
B．encouraged
C．forced
D．advised小题10:
A．compared
B．matched
C．explained
D．introduced小题11:
A．interesting
B．bad
C．modern
D．good小题12:
A．support
B．love
C．honour
D．ignore小题13:
A．reason
B．explanation
C．excuse
D．consideration小题14:
A．helped
B．taught
C．raised
D．affected小题15:
A．slightly
B．generally
C．actually
D．gradually