My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. __21__, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __22__ real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.
Bonus and I weren’t scholars either. __23__, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __24__ to spend time with our schoolbooks---out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum __25__ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.
I left __26__ college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __27__ my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __28__ for her.
Then started another __29__ for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing __30__ my mother would be having a tough time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __31__ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __32__ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard...__33__ will change.”
Things did change, but very slowly and __34__, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me __35__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had __36__ the exam with honors and was __37__ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I __38__ Mum: “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __39__ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a __40__ of time.”
小题1: | A.However | B.Thus | C.Otherwise | D.Besides |
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小题2: | A.devoted | B.spent | C.taken | D.wasted |
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小题3: | A.In that case | B.In this way | C.On the other hand | D.On the contrary |
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小题4: | A.pleased | B.annoyed | C.forced | D.advised |
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小题5: | A.demanded | B.concluded | C.promised | D.mentioned |
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小题7: | A.announcing | B.reading | C.knowing | D.saying |
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小题8: | A.shame | B.challenge | C.pride | D.honor |
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小题9: | A.experiment | B.research | C.conflict | D.trial |
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小题10: | A.though | B.while | C.as | D.unless |
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小题11: | A.determined | B.astonished | C.satisfied | D.concerned |
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小题12: | A.predict | B.imagine | C.guess | D.feel |
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小题13: | A.Environment | B.Society | C.Circumstances | D.Impressions |
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小题14: | A.quickly | B.extremely | C.smoothly | D.gradually |
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小题15: | A.made up | B.paid off | C.took on | D.burst out |
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小题16: | A.attended | B.received | C.passed | D.failed |
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小题17: | A.accepted | B.allowed | C.admitted | D.permitted |
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小题18: | A.questioned | B.convinced | C.persuaded | D.called |
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小题19: | A.nodded | B.laughed | C.shouted | D.joked |
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小题20: | A.matter | B.period | C.waste | D.length |
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