As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I found myself refusing to _________ out at home with even the simplest things.
Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother _________ me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she’d rush to the nearby store and buy a week’s worth of _________. Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back, and _________ for my lesson, you’d think I’d be very _________ to help her bring the groceries into the house. But I wasn’t. I generally just brought in an armload and left the rest for Mom as I ran to my room and shut the door.
Don’t get me wrong. Back in my room, I felt _________ about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my _________ . But I also realized that once I took on more responsibility, my parents would start _________ more from me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would mark something much bigger: my personal change from a spoiled(宠坏的) child to a more _________ young man.
I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n) __________ to try and see what would happen. Returning home from the lesson I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning __________. Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and __________ back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day! Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The more I helped out, the __________ I felt about myself. As Mom and Dad realized they could __________ on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too.
Sometimes the little things we put off dong for the longest time __________ out to be simplest things to complete. Feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.
49. 50. A.left | B.guild | C.walked | D.drove |
51. A.fruits | B.flowers | C.groceries | D.vegetables |
52. A.fought | B.paid | C.prepared | D.waited |
53. A.grateful | B.nervous | C.confident | D.unwilling |
54. A.excited | B.curious | C.doubtful | D.regretful |
55. A.way | B.world | C.career | D.build |
56. A.warning | B.encouraging | C.expecting | D.praising |
57. A.energetic | B.ambitious | C.outgoing | D.responsible |
58. A.excuse | B.decision | C.promise | D.mistake |
59. A.shame | B.anger | C.delight | D.pleasure |
60. A.called | B.looked | C.headed | D.handed |
61. A.smarter | B.better | C.warmer | D.stronger |
62. A.live | B.press | C.focus | D.depend |
63. A.make | B.turn | C.point | D.bring |