One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been
1 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly accepted. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could hurry my moves, because she
2 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I
3 she had strict sleeping habits,
4 I thought she ought to be able to
5 some of this strictness. I said to her, “
6 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having
7 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked
8 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it
9 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we
10 for another ten minutes, until suddenly my daughter burst into tears, and admitted that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made
11 . I had started the evening wanting to have a
12 time with my daughter but had allowed my desire to win to become more
13 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win
14 me well. As a parent, I
15 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
| 小题1: | | A．guiding | B．asking | C．training | D．advising |
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| 小题2: | | A．agreed | B．needed | C．begged | D．hated |
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| 小题3: | | A．knew | B．learned | C．guessed | D．heard |
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| 小题5: | | A．put up | B．take up | C．pick up | D．give up |
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| 小题6: | | A．As usual | B．Go ahead | C．By the way | D．Come on |
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| 小题7: | | A．patience | B．luck | C．fun | D．success |
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| 小题8: | | A．excited | B．proud | C．anxious | D．angry |
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| 小题9: | | A．well | B．again | C．fairly | D．regularly |
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| 小题10: | | A．discussed | B．continued | C．counted | D．argued |
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| 小题11: | | A．a mistake | B．a decision | C．an attempt | D．an effort |
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| 小题12: | | A．free | B．different | C．full | D．happy |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．attractive | C．practical | D．interesting |
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| 小题14: | | A．offered | B．served | C．controlled | D．taught |
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| 小题15: | | A．realized | B．apologized | C．imagined | D．explained |
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