Question

When I was a kid, I used to lie, cheat and steal.It is a_________ memory to hold on to as a parent. There’s not very much my _________ can do that I have not already done. There came a time when I began to find things in my daughter’s pockets—crayons_________ money. I chanced upon a packet of biscuits in the drawer of her study desk.

I stayed_________. It’s all right, all kids steal. It is normal for a very young child to take something which _________his or her interest.

There was no doubt that a moment of _______went through my mind. Though I made decisions to_________ the family script, I had to shout at my child ._________, I walked into the park nearby to breathe out a silent scream.

When I was 12, I pasted an article in my diary, titled, “The_______gift you can give your child: self-esteem”. I know I wanted it badly at that time.

With three children, I get several____________to trip and fall. One evening, at my parents’ home, when our kids were being kids, I ____________shouted at them to calm down. The children were frightened. My father was watching. He will be ____________ of me, I thought. I’m showing him how well I have learnt to be a strict parent.

Mum called me the next day. “Your father was saying, ‘Tell Natasha not to be so strict, these____________ are not easy to heal. Why repeat our mistakes?’”

I believed my father was the original____________ parent. And here he was telling me not to be like him. He spoke______________Mum, yet something inside me healed. My father was giving me permission to be the change.

1.A.useful B.useless C.hopeful D.hopeless

2.A.parents B.sons C.daughters D.teachers

3.A.nor B.so C.as D.or

4.A.healthy B.calm C.happy D.sad

5.A.attracts B.avoids C.reduces D.improves

6.A.fear B.anger C.excitement D.happiness

7.A.rebuilt B.rewrite C.reuse D.restart

8.A.Otherwise B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Instead

9.A.worst B.worse C.greatest D.greater

10.A.changes B.challenges C.chances D.choices

11.A.finally B.suddenly C.carefully D.successfully

12.A.proud B.afraid C.tired D.fond

13.A.hurts B.feelings C.memories D.thoughts

14.A.lion B.cat C.tiger D.sheep

15.A.to B.through C.with D.on

Answer 1