One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been   21  me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly   22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could   23     my moves, because she   24      to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I     25         she had strict sleeping habits,     26      I thought she ought to be able to     27  some of this strictness. I said to her, “    28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having    29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked  30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it  31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 32     for another ten minutes, until        33  my daughter burst into tears, and        34  that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made     35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a     36time with my daughter but had     37     my desire to win to bee more     38    than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win   39  me well. As a parent, I   40  that it got in my way. So I had to change.
    
【小题1】A. guiding
【小题2】A. allowed
【小题3】A. change
【小题4】A. agreed
【小题5】A. knew
【小题6】A. so
【小题7】A. put up
【小题8】A. As usual
【小题9】A. patience
【小题10】 A. excited
【小题11】 A. well
【小题12】A. discussed
【小题13】 A. nervously
【小题14】A. promised
【小题15】A. a mistake
【小题16】A. free
【小题17】 A. managed
【小题18】A. important
【小题19】A. offered
【小题20】A. realized
B. asking
B. expected
B. repeat
B. needed
B. learned
B. for
B. take up
B. Go ahead
B. luck
B. proud
B. again
B. continued
B. immediately
B. admitted
B. a decision
B. different
B. recognized
B. attractive
B. served
B. apologized
C. training
C. replied
C. hurry
C. begged
C. guessed
C. but
C. pick up
C. By the way
C. fun
C. anxious
C. fairly
C. counted
C. strangely
C. wondered
C. an attempt
C. full
C. allowed
C. practical
C. controlled
C. imagined
D. advising
D. accepted
D. pass
D. hated
D. heard
D. or
D. give up
D. Come on
D. success
D. angry
D. regularly
D. argued
D. suddenly
D. discovered
D. an effort
D. happy
D. reduced
D. interesting
D. taught
D. explained
B