One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been
21 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly
22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could
23 my moves, because she
24 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I
25 she had strict sleeping habits,
26 I thought she ought to be able to
27 some of this strictness. I said to her, “
28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having
29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked
30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it
31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we
32 for another ten minutes, until
33 my daughter burst into tears, and
34 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made
35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a
36time with my daughter but had
37 my desire to win to become more
38 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win
39 me well. As a parent, I
40 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
小题1:A. guiding
小题2:A. allowed
小题3:A. change
小题4:A. agreed
小题5:A. knew
小题6:A. so
小题7:A. put up
小题8:A. As usual
小题9:A. patience
小题10: A. excited
小题11: A. well
小题12:A. discussed
小题13: A. nervously
小题14:A. promised
小题15:A. a mistake
小题16:A. free
小题17: A. managed
小题18:A. important
小题19:A. offered
小题20:A. realized
| B. asking
B. expected
B. repeat
B. needed
B. learned
B. for
B. take up
B. Go ahead
B. luck
B. proud
B. again
B. continued
B. immediately
B. admitted
B. a decision
B. different
B. recognized
B. attractive
B. served
B. apologized
| C. training
C. replied
C. hurry
C. begged
C. guessed
C. but
C. pick up
C. By the way
C. fun
C. anxious
C. fairly
C. counted
C. strangely
C. wondered
C. an attempt
C. full
C. allowed
C. practical
C. controlled
C. imagined
| D. advising
D. accepted
D. pass
D. hated
D. heard
D. or
D. give up
D. Come on
D. success
D. angry
D. regularly
D. argued
D. suddenly
D. discovered
D. an effort
D. happy
D. reduced
D. interesting
D. taught
D. explained
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