Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully   36  their mother until it was too late to tell them.

I am  37 with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each  38  . My mother does not change, but I  39  . As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am  40  to speak these words in her  41 , but they flow easily from my pen.

How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for  42  itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into  43  a child? For running after toddler ( a very young child who is just learning to walk), for understanding a moody  44  , for tolerating a college student who knows,  45  for waiting for the day when a daughter realizes what her mother  46  is like?

How does a (n)  47  woman thank a mother for contributing to be a mother? For being ready with advice (when asked) or  48  silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying: “I told you so”, when she could have  49  these words dozens of times? For being essentially herself---loving,  50  patient, and forgiving.

I don’t know  51 , dear God, except to bless her as  52  as she deserves and to help me  53 the example she has set. I pray that I will look as good in the  54  of my children as my  55    looks in mine

 

36.     A. understood

B. thanked

C. appreciated

D. greeted

37.     A. blessed

B. concerned

C. angry

D. pleased

38.     A. moment

B. month

C. week

D. day

39.     A. change

B. do

C. know

D. agree

40.     A. unwilling

B. unafraid

C. uncontrolled

D. unable

41.     A. ears

B. absence

C. presence

D. memory

42.     A. experience

B. life

C. success

D. happiness

43.     A. bringing up

B. bringing out

C. bringing about

D. bringing back

44.     A. baby

B. adult

C. boy

D. teenager

45.     A. everything

B. nothing

C. everybody

D. nobody

46.     A. truly

B. certainly

C. really

D. sincerely

47.     A. honest

B. grown

C. young

D. beautiful

48.     A. remaining

B. going

C. becoming

D. turning

49.     A. heard

B. saw

C. read

D. said

50.     A. violent

B. bitter

C. thoughtful

D. indifferent(漠不關心)

51.     A. why

B. how

C. when

D. where

52.     A. highly

B. selfishly

C. richly

D. publicly

53.     A. add up to

B. come up to

C. look up to

D. live up to

54.     A. eyes

B. ears

C. minds

D. souls

55.     A. daughter

B. mother

C. grandmother

D. granddaughter

36-40:CADBD      41-45:CBADA      46-50:CBADC     51-55:BCDAB 

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