“Tell me what you were like when you were my age,” I asked my mother one afternoon. She lo

“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．excitedB．angryC．disappointedD．surprised【小题2】A．everB．mostlyC．neverD．once【小题3】A．womanB．workerC．wifeD．student【小题4】A．fortableB．proudC．shamefulD．silly【小题5】A．hatedB．lovedC．respectedD．forgave【小题6】A．whereB．howC．beforeD．when【小题7】A．honestyB．useC．importanceD．praise【小题8】A．promiseB．orderC．expectationD．curiosity【小题9】A．madeB．encouragedC．forcedD．advised【小题10】A．paredB．matchedC．explainedD．introduced【小题11】A．interestingB．badC．modernD．good【小题12】A．supportB．loveC．honourD．ignore【小题13】A．reasonB．explanation C．excuseD．consideration【小题14】A．helpedB．taughtC．raisedD．affected【小题15】A．slightlyB．generallyC．actuallyD．graduallyD