通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,D)中选出一个最佳选项。

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said, "Pay attention. I'm going to teach you to iron."

Mom clearly explained her______for this lesson. I was going to be______and needed to learn this important______. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good_______

"Learn to iron a_______," Mom said, "and you can iron anything."

But ironing shirts was not________work. It didn't make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball, and it wasn't a________operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. Moreover, an iron produced steam and it might carry _______. If you touched the wrong part of it, you'd get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you________, you might burn down the house.

As for the secret of the skill, Mom______ me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皱的) parts. Collars(领子)had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would________them.

Over the years, I've learned to iron shirts______, which gives me a sense of________. Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.________, through ironing I've learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. "Make up wrinkles one at a time,"______Mom might have said, "and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1.A.rules B.reasons C.feelings D.ways

2.A.helpful B.confident C.powerful D.independent

3.A.skill B.solution C.problem D.lesson

4.A.suggestion B.impression C.instruction D.direction

5.A.skirt B.tie C.shirt D.trousers

6.A.useful B.easy C.special D.hard

7.A.direct B.single C.smooth D.strange

8.A.doubt B.pressure C.surprise D.danger

9.A.went away B.fell down C.jumped off D.looked up

10.A.taught B.chose C.forced D.sent

11.A.touch B.design C.see D.admire

12.A.skillful B.simply C.useful D.thankful

13.A.honesty B.freedom C.patience D.pride

14.A.Instead B.Besides C.anyway D.However

15.A.Though B.As C.When D.Since

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