My father died when I was a baby, and my mother had to go out to work. I was the only 36 so I had no brothers and sisters to play with at home. I used to play in the street with other children, or ride my bike down to the park, but I remember I 37  a lot of time just sitting at home reading. We had a television, I think, but don’t remember   38 it very much. My grandparents lived with us and we used to do a lot of things together.I remember we played cards a lot. At the weekends, my mother always 39 -- We often went down to the sea and swam, and I 40 to swim when I was quite young. We didn’t have a car, so we went everywhere by bus. Occasionally（偶尔），one of my uncles used to come and take us out in his car, which was a great 41 .For holidays we always went to the seaside, but never far away maybe a short train journey. My mother wasn’t very 42 , and I don’t remember her ever 43 me. In fact（事实上），I got my way too much. I was given small pocket money because we weren’t very 44 and I probably spent most of it on sweets, as far as I remember I don’t think anyone thought they were 45 for you then. 小题1: A．child B．father C．friend D．mother 小题2: A．used B．kept C．took D．spent 小题3: A．repairing B．listening to C．watching D．looking at 小题4: A．let me in B．took me out C．told me stories D．went shopping 小题5: A．hates B．learned C．stopped D．forgot 小题6: A．game B．chance C．pain D．pleasure 小题7: A．strict（严格的） B．kind C．interested D．worried 小题8: A．playing with B．staying with C．beating D．loving 小题9: A．busy B．happy C．rich D．well 小题10: A．good B．bad C．important D．delicious