Dear God， Now that I am no longer young，

问题：

Dear God，

Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never  2 1  appreciatedtheir mothers until it was too  22 to tell them．

I am  23 with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her  24 each day．My mother does not  25 ，but I do．  26   I grow older and wiser．Irealize what a(n)  27 person she is．How sad that I alil    28  to speak thesewords in her presence，29 they flow easily from my pen．

How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I  30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into  3 l  a child? For32 a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows  33？ For waiting for the day  34  a daughter realizes her mother really is？

How does a    35   wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or  36  silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I 37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of  38   ?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?

I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she  39 and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my  40  as my mother looks in mine．

A daughter

21．A fully             B．truly           C．painfully          D mainly

22．A．early           B．slow            C．1ate             D．fast

23．A．satisfied        B．prepared         C．worried           D blessed

24．A much            B．more            C．1ess             D．fewer

25．A．stand           B．move           C．change           D exist

26．A．As             B．With           C．For              D．Because

27．A．ordinary        B．usual           C．strict            D extraordinary

28．A．unable         B．able            C．eager            D ready

29．A．therefore       B．otherwise        C．but              D．however

30.A herself      B．itself       C．themselves    D．oneself

31.A．punishing    B．blaming     C．raising      D．praising

32.A．running after  B．running across    C．running out     D．running for

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

34．A．that          B．when             C．in which           D．where

35 A．grown         B．pleased            C．trained           D．well-behaved

36 A interrupting    B．disliking       C．representing    D．remaining

37．A．asked        B．told              C．ordered            D required

38．A．times       B．days              C．months             D years

39．A．gots        B．gives              C．deserves           D．delivers

40.A．husband   B．children        C．relatives     D．neighbours