I once thought I would be a perfect(完美的) mother. It _41___ me 16 years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made some mistakes. If I could raise (抚养) my children again, I   42   repeat (重复) those mistakes. Maybe I would make new   43     .but I think I would do a better job.

I would try to understand my children. I often did what my   44   would have done. I __45___ their ways of raising children. For example , I had my 13—year—old son , David, come home early ,but he      46   this rule . He saw no reason(理由)for it As a girl ,I had to be home early .I want my son to do the47    things. Now I would think more about why I wanted things done in a certain way.

  My father was sick when I was young . So my sister , my brother and I were   48   all the time . We didn’t cry in anger and we didn’t laugh for happyness. I just wanted my children to be quiet, too. I never stopped    49    “why”.

It was hard for me to let my children show anger . I stop them when they start to get angry. Now I would tell my children ,“It is all right to show love and it is right to show anger .Your feelings are good. I love you __50___you feel.”

(   )41.A.cost            B. spend             C. took           D. used 

(   )42.A.would           B. wouldn’t          C. could          D. no longer

(   )43..A. ways           B. friends           C. rules           D. ones

(   )44.A.parents          B. children          C. teachers         D. friends

(   )45.A.went            B. found            C. followed        D. improved

(   )46.A.enjoyed          B. hated            C. agreed          D. improved

(   )47.A.same            B. different          C. difficult         D. excited

(   )48.A.strange           B. noisy            C. lively           D. quite

(   )49.A.to ask            B. asking           C. to answer        D. answering

(   )50.A.no matter how     B. no matter where   C. no matter who     D. no matter when

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my   31 . At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this,   32  it didn’t work.

As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become   33 . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some   34  on my computer while Mike was listening to music.  35  , I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I   36 . He was using my computer to play game. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program   37  saving it—all I had done had disappeared! I   38  him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.

Then I did my homework   39  . At 10: 00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the   40 , I saw the photo of my   41  that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how   42  he was when my mom beat him. I really felt   43 . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was   44  in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is   45 !” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

1.                A．clothes         B．food           C．room D．toys

2.                A．because        B．but            C．or   D．so

3.                A．dirty           B．empty          C．quiet D．tidy

4.                A．business        B．homework      C．reading   D．shopping

5.                A．Later          B．Instead         C．However  D．Sometimes

6.                A．danced         B．fell            C．returned  D．slept

7.                A．after           B．by             C．for D．without

8.                A．agreed with     B．heard from      C．looked after   D．shouted at

9.                A．as well         B．for ever         C．in the end     D．once gain

10.               A．computer       B．fan            C．radio D．TV

11.               A．brother        B．cousin          C．father     D．grandfather

12.               A．clever          B．happy          C．sad   D．silly

13.               A．bored          B．excited         C．proud     D．sorry

14.               A．jumping        B．sleeping        C．sitting     D．singing

15.               A．his            B．hers           C．ours D．theirs

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