“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