“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.”

A．excited B．angry C．disappointed D．surprised

A．ever B．mostly C．never D．once

A．woman B．worker C．wife D．student

A．comfortable B．proud C．shameful D．silly

A．hated B．loved C．respected D．forgave

A．where B．how C．before D．when

A．honesty B．use C．importance D．praise

A．promise B．order C．expectation D．curiosity

A．made B．encouraged C．forced D．advised

A．compared B．matched C．explained D．introduced

A．interesting B．bad C．modern D．good

A．support B．love C．honour D．ignore

A．reason B．explanation C．excuse D．consideration

A．helped B．taught C．raised D．affected

A．slightly B．generally C．actually D．gradually