My husband and l were talking about possible colours because it was time for painting the kitchen again. The children, sat nearby and suddenly shouted, "Not the measuring（测量）stick!”

    The measuring stick isn't a real stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and the dining room. Along the edge we have    each child's growth by making a mark showing his or her     on every birthday. Over the ten years so many     pens, pencils and markers were used that the door came to be    like a painting.

    Names and dates    different hand-writing, and I can    by the script(手迹)who measured whom. An eight-year-old brother measured his three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At parties, when this door swings, friends stop to      the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to leave their marks, they usually had a smile.

    Many of these listed on the door are still     While some have stopped. Some is still with us only in memory. When my mother came to see our eldest daughter graduating from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our home.

    We haven't decided on the new kitchen colour plan yet, but one thing is    :Whether we paint the trim curry gold, Chowning's Tavern red or Federal blue, the back of the kitchen door will be always      with lots of names and dates in different colors.

1.A. celebrated        B. explain       C. encouraged       D. congratulated

2.A. progress    B. weight                       C. height                  D. size

3.A. new        B. coloured             C. long                     D. short

4.A. simply    B. clearly                 C. unusually            D. unclearly

5.A. make      B. show                    C. give                      D. keep

6.A. tell                    B. understand        C. remind      D. think

7.A. find         B. notice                  C. read                     D. write

8.A. changing           B. adding                 C. putting       D. growing

9.A. curious            B. certain                C. ready                   D. common

10.A. white             B. red                       C. gold                     D. blue

I had the meanest mother in the whole world.  While 1 kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast.When others had coke and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich..  But at least, I wasn't  alone when I was 2  My sister and tow brothers had the3 mean mother as I did .
 My mother 4 to  know where we were at all time. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a  5  every day . The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days . We could not lie in bed  “sick” in order to 6 school .
 The  worse  is yet to7 We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.  We couldn't  sleep till noon like our friends.  So 8 they slept , my mother  was brave to 9 the Child Labor law.  She made us work..  We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to  cook and all 10 of  things at home.  I believe she lay awake thinking 11 all things  for us to do at home.
 My mother was a complete failure as a mother .Two of her children received12 education .13 of us have ever been arrested  or divorced . She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults .I am trying to14 my three children this way . I am 15 with  pride when my children call me mean. Because, you see, I thank God, He gave me the meanest mother in the whole world.        

1A all           B.another       C.other         D.some

2 A happy        B.sad          C.ill            D.excited

3 A different      B.lovely        C.kind          D.same

4 A preferred     B.liked         C.seemed        D.didn’t want

5 A a walk       B.a schoolbag    C.a pair of shoes  D.a bath

6 A go to        B.leave          C.miss         D.finish

7A to come      B.to go         C.to lose        D.to happen

8A when        B.while         C.before        D.during

9A obey         B.follow       C.break         D.catch

10  A all the        B.some        C.much         D.all sorts

11 A about        B.up           C.over          D.of

12 A, l ower        B. different      C. higher        D. worse

13 A None        B No one       C. Nobody       D. E veryone

14 A raise        B.feed          C.keep          D.have

15 A full         B. .fill          C. satisfied       D. filled

I had the meanest mother in the whole world.  While 1 kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast.When others had coke and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich..  But at least, I wasn't  alone when I was 2  My sister and tow brothers had the3 mean mother as I did .
 My mother 4 to  know where we were at all time. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a  5  every day . The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days . We could not lie in bed  “sick” in order to 6 school .
 The  worse  is yet to7 We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.  We couldn't  sleep till noon like our friends.  So 8 they slept , my mother  was brave to 9 the Child Labor law.  She made us work..  We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to  cook and all 10 of  things at home.  I believe she lay awake thinking 11 all things  for us to do at home.
 My mother was a complete failure as a mother .Two of her children received12 education .13 of us have ever been arrested  or divorced . She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults .I am trying to14 my three children this way . I am 15 with  pride when my children call me mean. Because, you see, I thank God, He gave me the meanest mother in the whole world.        

1A all           B.another       C.other         D.some

2 A happy        B.sad          C.ill            D.excited

3 A different      B.lovely        C.kind          D.same

4 A preferred     B.liked         C.seemed        D.didn’t want

5 A a walk       B.a schoolbag    C.a pair of shoes  D.a bath

6 A go to        B.leave          C.miss         D.finish

7A to come      B.to go         C.to lose        D.to happen

8A when        B.while         C.before        D.during

9A obey         B.follow       C.break         D.catch

10  A all the        B.some        C.much         D.all sorts

11 A about        B.up           C.over          D.of

12 A, l ower        B. different      C. higher        D. worse

13 A None        B No one       C. Nobody       D. E veryone

14 A raise        B.feed          C.keep          D.have

15 A full         B. .fill          C. satisfied       D. filled

I had the meanest mother in the whole world.  While 1 kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast.When others had coke and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich..  But at least, I wasn't  alone when I was 2  My sister and tow brothers had the3 mean mother as I did .
 My mother 4 to  know where we were at all time. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a  5  every day . The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days . We could not lie in bed  “sick” in order to 6 school .
 The  worse  is yet to7 We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.  We couldn't  sleep till noon like our friends.  So 8 they slept , my mother  was brave to 9 the Child Labor law.  She made us work..  We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to  cook and all 10 of  things at home.  I believe she lay awake thinking 11 all things  for us to do at home.
 My mother was a complete failure as a mother .Two of her children received12 education .13 of us have ever been arrested  or divorced . She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults .I am trying to14 my three children this way . I am 15 with  pride when my children call me mean. Because, you see, I thank God, He gave me the meanest mother in the whole world.        

1A all           B.another       C.other         D.some

2 A happy        B.sad          C.ill            D.excited

3 A different      B.lovely        C.kind          D.same

4 A preferred     B.liked         C.seemed        D.didn’t want

5 A a walk       B.a schoolbag    C.a pair of shoes  D.a bath

6 A go to        B.leave          C.miss         D.finish

7A to come      B.to go         C.to lose        D.to happen

8A when        B.while         C.before        D.during

9A obey         B.follow       C.break         D.catch

10  A all the        B.some        C.much         D.all sorts

11 A about        B.up           C.over          D.of

12 A, l ower        B. different      C. higher        D. worse

13 A None        B No one       C. Nobody       D. E veryone

14 A raise        B.feed          C.keep          D.have

15 A full         B. .fill          C. satisfied       D. filled