As time goes on, I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away.  I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers   1   it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I   2   her more each day. My mother does not change, but I   3  . As I grow older and wiser, I realize   4   an extraordinary' person she is. How   5   that I am unable to speak these words in her   6 , but they flow easily from my pen.
As a daughter, how to thank her mother for life itself?? For the love, patience and just   7   hard work that go into   8  a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a   9   teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows  10 ? For waiting for the day when a daughter   11   how wise her mother really is?
How does a   12   woman thank a mother for   13   to be a mother? For being ready   14   advice when asked or remaining   15   when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have said these words  16  ? For being  17  herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don' t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she   18   and to help me live up to the example she has   19 . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother   20   in mine.
1．A．as             B．that           C．until               D．when
2．A．approve        B．appreciate     C．need               D．resemble
3．A．do             B．have           C．did              D．will
4．A．how            B．that          C．who               D．what
5．A．sad             B．glad           C．comic              D tragic
6．A．absence          B．presence       C．appearance         D．existence
7．A．common        B．plain          C．normal            D．usual
8．A．raising          B．rising           C．developing         D．training
9．A．childish         B．energetic      C．fearless            D．moody
10．A．anything       B．something     C．everything          D．nothing
11．A．detects        B．discovers      C．recognizes          D．realizes
12．A．pretty         B．foolish         C．green           D．grown
13．A．failing        B．intending      C．continuing         D．keeping
14．A．by          B．with           C．for                D．on
15．A．silent        B．quiet          C．cool               D．noiseless
16．A．dozen times   B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times   D．dozen of time
17．A．valuably     B．essentially     C．naturally           D．actually
18．A．devotes      B．deserts        C．deserves            D．desires
19．A．set         B．settled          C．placed             D．fixed
20．A．sees         B．finds           C．is                 D．looks