A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 　1.　lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 　2.　. Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew 　3.　, and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.

No  4. was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having 　 heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 　5.　of her daughter. She stopped at 　6.　of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to 　7.　this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 　8.　at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 　9.　listening to the service, all the while letting her 　10.　wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

She couldn’t 　11.　until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!”　12.　she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 　13.　to be true.

It was night, but she was so 　14.　by the message that she started walking home.　15.　the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 　16.　her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 　17.　open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 　18.　, the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s 　19.　. The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 　20.　.”

I lived in America with my teenage son Karl. After his father died, Karl became very shy, quite and only concerned about his own thoughts. As a 1 parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he　 2 . When his report card arrived during his third year , it said that he had been 3 　95 times from classes and had six　 4 　grades for the year. At this rate he would never 5 . I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. 6 worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down 7 my knees and pleaded for help. "Please God, I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to　 8　 ."

One day, I was at work when I got a (an)　 9 . A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absence ." 　10 he could say another word, I was very upset and all my 11 and sadness over Karl came 12 into the ears of this stranger. " I do　 13 my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of my 14 　. "For a moment there was (a) 15 on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time", and hung up.

Karl's next report card showed an obvious 16 in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his 17 year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his 18 　were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, 19 　that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's 20 I knew I had to make you proud. ”

1. A. happy　　 B. single　　　　 C. excited　　　　 D. young

2. A. moved away　　　 B. took away　 C. pulled away　　 D. died away

3. A. present　　 B. lost　　　　　 C. late　　　　　 D. absent

4. A. falling　 B. improved　　　　 C. worst　　　　　　　 D. better

5. A. accomplish　 B. graduate　　　 C. compete　　　　　　　　　 D. achieve

6. A. Something　 B. Nothing　　　　 C. Anything　　　　　　　　 D. Everything

7. A. to　　　　　　 B. with　　　 C. on　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. below

8. A. him　　　 B. me　　　　　　　 C. you　　　　　 D. them

9. A. message　　 B. phone call　　 C. email　　　 D. letter

10. A. Before　 B. When　　　　　 C. After　　　　　 D. As

11. A. joy　 B. disappointment　　　　 C. hatred　　　　 D. emotions

12. A. pouring out　 B. flooding back　　 C. crowding out　 D. squeezing out

13. A. hate　　　 B. upset　　　　　 C. love　　　　　　 D. disappoint

14. A. reach　　　 B. mind　　　　　 C. hand　 　　　　　　D. luck

15. A. silence　　 B. laughter　　　　 C. cry　　　　　　　 D. sigh

16. A. improvement B. backwardness　 C. preference　　　　　　　 D. strength

17. A. third　　 B. second　　　　 C. fourth　　　　　　　　　　 D. first

18. A. classmates　 B. teachers　　　　 C. friends　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. directors

19. A. recall　　　　 B. memorize　　　 C. know　　　　　　　　　　　 D. remember

20. A. how　　 B. what　　　 C. why　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. when