“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.” 小题1: A.excited B.angry C.disappointed D.surprised 小题2: A.ever B.mostly C.never D.once 小题3: A.woman B.worker C.wife D.student 小题4: A.comfortable B.proud C.shameful D.silly 小题5: A.hated B.loved C.respected D.forgave 小题6: A.where B.how C.before D.when 小题7: A.honesty B.use C.importance D.praise 小题8: A.promise B.order C.expectation D.curiosity 小题9: A.made B.encouraged C.forced D.advised 小题10: A.compared B.matched C.explained D.introduced 小题11: A.interesting B.bad C.modern D.good 小题12: A.support B.love C.honour D.ignore 小题13: A.reason B.explanation C.excuse D.consideration 小题14: A.helped B.taught C.raised D.affected 小题15: A.slightly B.generally C.actually D.gradually