Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___36___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___37___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___38___. As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___39___ an exceptional person she is. How ___40___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___41___, but they flow easily from my pen. How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___42___ hard work that go into ___43___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___44___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___45___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___46___ how wise her mother really is? How does a ___47___ woman thank a mother for ___48___ to be a mother? For being ready ___49___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___50____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___51___? For being ___52___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___53___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___54___. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___55___ in mine. 小题1: A．as B．that C．until D．when 小题2: A．approve B．appreciate C．need D．resemble 小题3: A．do B．have C．did D．will 小题4: A．how B．that C．who D．what 小题5: A．sad B．glad C．comic D．tragic 小题6: A．absence B．presence C．appearance D．existence 小题7: A．common B．plain C．normal D．usual 小题8: A．raising B．rising C．developing D．training 小题9: A．childish B．energetic C．fearless D．moody 小题10: A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing 小题11: A．detects B．discovers C．recognizes D．realizes 小题12: A．pretty B．foolish C．green D．grown 小题13: A．failing B．intending C．continuing D．keeping 小题14: A．by B．with C．for D．on 小题15: A．silent B．quiet C．cool D．noiseless 小题16: A．dozen times B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time 小题17: A．valuably B．essentially C．naturally D．virtually 小题18: A．devotes B．deserts C．deserves D．desires 小题19: A．set B．settled C．placed D．fixed 小题20: A．sees B．finds C．is D．looks