“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