“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.”

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“Tell me what you were like when you were my age,” I asked my mother one afternoon. She looked up,  1  at my question. After a long time she answered, “I was  2  like you. Then, there was only one  3  for girls — being a hard-working  4  . To tell the truth, it is  5  for me to tell you that I  6  my mother when I was growing up. I did so much for her. Besides doing lots of housework, every night I  7  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  8  I grew up, always wanting to hear a word of  9  from her, but getting only the rule and  10  I could never live up to (做到). I remembered the years when she  11  me to get up at six every morning and cook breakfast for the family before leaving for school.  12  , I remembered the times she’d  13  me to other girls who were as old as me and found me  14  .
 “Nothing was ever  15  enough for my mother,’’ continued my mother, “ but now I know she did  16  me, even if she never said so. I told you this just for a  17  . Yes, I love all my children, but you are my first child, the first in  18  to me. I have been very strict and hard on you, but I  19  you in the only way I knew. I am  20  proud of you.”
1. A. excited                   B. angry                  C. disappointed           D. surprised
2. A. ever                     B. mostly              C. never                 D. once
3. A. entertainment           B. career                  C. dream                D. concern
4. A. woman                  B. worker                 C. wife                D. student
5. A. comfortable             B. proud                C. shameful            D. silly
6. A. hated                    B. loved                   C. respected             D. forgave
7. A. would                  B. should                C. could                   D. might        
8. A. where                 B. how                C. before                 D. when
9. A. honesty                B. use                 C. importance          D. praise 
10. A. promise                B. order                C. expectation           D. curiosity
11. A. made               B. encouraged           C. forced               D. advised     
12. A. Least of all          B. After all              C. Most of all           D. In all
13. A. compared          B. matched             C. explained              D. introduced
14. A. useless               B. lacking                 C. better                D. foolish
15. A. interesting              B. bad                 C. modern                D. good
16. A. support             B. love                C. honour            D. ignore
17. A. reason                B. explanation             C. excuse                D. consideration
18. A. something             B. anything            C. nothing               D. everything
19. A. helped                B. taught                 C. raised                 D. affected
20. A. slightly              B. generally              C. actually              D. gradually 

After thinking thoroughly about it, I find that life is worth everything. For me, life is not just about having a relationship, companionship, good friends, money or a job that I like. Some people will be   1   with things like this because   2   them, it’s by far the best they can get. For me, that’s not all I can   3  from this world.

I believe in harps（竖琴）and violins and  4  and lightning. I believe in being in love and not just trying my best to make others  5  . I believe in “  6   in love” with my partner, not just “loving ” him.

Life is worth so much. Life is more than spending  7  hours in the gym and eating carrot to   8  a good figure, or wearing smart clothes   9  in the streets just to   10  praise from others. The praise of others could make me feel happy, but it is not the main   11  of my life. My life is not about living to realize someone else’s  12  but my own.

Life is more than  13  trying to achieve the norms（规范）of   14  but trying to be a good person by my own  15  . It is not about  16  running after dreams to be superior to others. What   17  in my own thoughts is such a life-it is more about long walks in the quiet green parks; it’s more about feeling the wind  18  my face, as I go through the   19  on my bicycle.

Life is about passion, freedom and love. I will only walk this road  20  ; I might as well make the most of it.

1．A．disappointed          B．excited                C．satisfied              D．worried

2．A．for                       B．of                       C．with                    D．in

3．A．know                    B．get                      C．search                 D．learn

4．A．loving                   B．raining                 C．wind                   D．thunder

5．A．sad                       B．comfortable         C．angry                  D．confident

6．A．falling                   B．giving                  C．being                  D．losing

7．A．endless                 B．several                C．valuable               D．regular

8．A．possess                 B．catch                  C．continue              D．keep

9．A．playing                  B．wandering           C．performing          D．running

10．A．seek                    B．receive                C．admire                D．accept

11．A．  excuse               B．chance                C．challenge             D．meaning

12．A．minds                 B．dreams                C．burdens               D．purposes

13．A．naturally              B．entirely                C．merely                D．particularly

14．A．society                B．world                  C．community          D．profession

15．A．condition             B．standard              C．situation              D．decision

16．A．normally              B．quickly                C．really                  D．wildly

17．A．builds                  B．exists                  C．resists                 D．disappears

18．A．touch                  B．cover                  C．blow                   D．clean

19．A．dream                 B．imagination          C．country               D．village

20．A．down                  B．again                   C．up                      D．once

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 　1 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 　2 his father could well 　3 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

　　　 On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 　4 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 　5 but slightly disappointed, the yonung man 　6　 the box and found a lovely book. 　7 ,he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a book?” and rushed out of the house 　8 the book in the study.

　　　 He did not contact his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father, he 　9 he had to go back home and see his father.

　　　 When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 　10 the hospital, he saw on the desk the still new book, just as he had left it one year ago. He opened it and began to 　11 the pages. Suddenly, a car key 　12 from an envelope flapped behind the book, it had a tag with dealer’s name, the 　13 dealer who had the sports car he had 　14 . On the tag was the date of his graduation and the 　15 　“PAID IN FULL”.