My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. __21__, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __22__ real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.
Bonus and I weren’t scholars either. __23__, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __24__ to spend time with our schoolbooks---out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum __25__ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.
I left __26__ college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __27__ my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __28__ for her.
Then started another __29__ for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing __30__ my mother would be having a tough time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __31__ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __32__ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard...__33__ will change.”
Things did change, but very slowly and __34__, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me __35__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had __36__ the exam with honors and was __37__ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I __38__ Mum: “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __39__ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a __40__ of time.”
| 小题1: | | A．However | B．Thus | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
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| 小题2: | | A．devoted | B．spent | C．taken | D．wasted |
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| 小题3: | | A．In that case | B．In this way | C．On the other hand | D．On the contrary |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleased | B．annoyed | C．forced | D．advised |
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| 小题5: | | A．demanded | B．concluded | C．promised | D．mentioned |
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| 小题7: | | A．announcing | B．reading | C．knowing | D．saying |
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| 小题8: | | A．shame | B．challenge | C．pride | D．honor |
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| 小题9: | | A．experiment | B．research | C．conflict | D．trial |
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| 小题10: | | A．though | B．while | C．as | D．unless |
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| 小题11: | | A．determined | B．astonished | C．satisfied | D．concerned |
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| 小题12: | | A．predict | B．imagine | C．guess | D．feel |
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| 小题13: | | A．Environment | B．Society | C．Circumstances | D．Impressions |
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| 小题14: | | A．quickly | B．extremely | C．smoothly | D．gradually |
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| 小题15: | | A．made up | B．paid off | C．took on | D．burst out |
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| 小题16: | | A．attended | B．received | C．passed | D．failed |
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| 小题17: | | A．accepted | B．allowed | C．admitted | D．permitted |
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| 小题18: | | A．questioned | B．convinced | C．persuaded | D．called |
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| 小题19: | | A．nodded | B．laughed | C．shouted | D．joked |
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| 小题20: | | A．matter | B．period | C．waste | D．length |
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