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 ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , 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 ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is? How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine. 小题21: A．as B．that C．until D．when 小题22: A．approve B．appreciate C．need D．resemble 小题23: A．do B．have C．did D．will 小题24: A．how B．that C．who D．what 小题25:A.sad           B.glad              C.comic            D tragic 小题26: A．absence B．presence C．appearance D．existence 小题27: A．common B．plain C．normal D．usual 小题28: A．raising B．rising C．developing D．training 小题29: A．childish B．energetic C．fearless D．moody 小题30: A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing 小题31: A．detects B．discovers C．recognizes D．realizes 小题32: A．pretty B．foolish C．green D．grown 小题33: A．failing B．intending C．continuing D．keeping 小题34: A．by B．with C．for D．on 小题35: A．silent B．quiet C．cool D．noiseless 小题36: A．dozen times B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time 小题37: A．valuably B．essentially C．naturally D．virtually 小题38: A．devotes B．deserts C．deserves D．desires 小题39: A．set B．settled C．placed D．fixed 小题40: A．sees B．finds C．is D．looks