I never know how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died. I discovered something I had    1  forgotten, something that happened to me as a child.

One night, as I lay in bed   2  my sister and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how   3  I had behaved towards Mother. “I must make things right before going to sleep,” I thought.

Quickly I  4  out of bed and picked up a pencil and paper, then tiptoed into the hall. The   5  from the living room shone dimly. I knew Mother was downstairs mending socks.

I quickly   6  a note asking Mother to forgive me for being so   7  . I didn’t want my brothers and sisters to know our  8  so I added a postscript: “Please don’t let anyone see this.” Then I quietly moved   9 my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow.

The next morning, when I   10  my bed after breakfast, I unexpectedly   11  a note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and   12  me.

This became my  13   of apologizing whenever I talked back or disobeyed. Mother always left a note, but she never  14  our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were   15 , she never mentioned them when we brothers and sister recalled our childhood.

When Mother  16  , I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon （布条）. On top was a message in her handwriting. It read, “In the event of my death, please  17  these.”

I   18  the packet and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my surprise, I 19  my childish writing, “P.S. Please don’t let anyone see this. Love, Edie.”

I gently placed the unopened bundle in the   20   along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me like my mother.”

1. A. long                         B. just                   C. never                D. often

2. A. before                  B. after                  C. until                  D. since

3. A. well                   B. politely              C. happily              D. badly

4. A. jumped                 B. fell                    C. moved                     D. slipped

5. A. moon                   B. light                  C. needle               D. thread

6. A. found           B. sent              C. wrote                D. took

7. A. lazy                   B. late                   C. careless             D. naughty

8. A. mistake                 B. business            C. relation              D. love

9. A. out of                   B. around                     C. into                   D. behind

10. A. searched             B. left                    C. made                D. went to

11. A. wrote                  B. left                    C. found                D. gave

12. A. missed                B. understood        C. supported          D. forgave

13. A. way                    B. secret                C. favorite             D. trick

14. A. spoke about         B. passed round     C. gave out            D. read aloud

15. A. happy                 B. curious              C. grown               D. interested

16. A. went away          B. passed away      C. die away           D. break away

17. A. destroy               B. keep                  C. hide                  D. read

18. A. picked up            B. handed in           C. looked through   D. turned over

19. A. recognized          B. lost                   C. realized             D. liked

20. A. drawer                B. wastebasket              C. bedroom           D. bookshelf