When we are little we do all kinds of foolish things,sometimes unwillingly and sometimes premeditated(有预谋的). And parents’ next behaviour is to punish us and make sure that we won’t repeat that nonsense(愚蠢的行为)again.

Therefore,at an early age parents punish their children as follows:firstly,they don’t allow children to watch TV for a couple of days;secondly,parents don’t permit their children to go out and play with their friends;thirdly,children are given different tasks to do—they have to write something several times or they have to stay in the corner of the room,until parents decide to“free”them.

Moreover,when in their adolescence(青春期),children can receive other types of punishment. Most parents punish children by not giving them pocket money,which is the best form of punishment for them. Then,they forbid children to go out on weekends or return home after a certain hour. Not to forget the fact that parents also refuse to give them food,which means that children have to prepare meals alone as they have no other choice.

Sometimes,these forms of punishment have positive results and children won’t repeat the bad things they have done. Anyway,if a child is used to doing nonsenses then all his or her parents’ punishments will be of no importance to him or her. He or she will carry out the punishment and after a short period of time will commit another one.

I had no idea she would be there. My apologies for her _______ had been prepared.

When my teacher announced that we would be having a (n) _______   mother-daughter tea, I felt _______ I would not be serving my mother at this special event. So I will never forget _______ the beautifully decorated gym—and there she was, sitting calmly and _______ ! As I looked at her, I imagined all the arrangements this _______ woman must have had to make to be able to be with me for that one hour.

Who was _______ Granny? She was ill in bed, and Mom had to do everything for her. How did she get here? We didn’t own a car, and she couldn’t _______ a taxi. It was a long walk to get the bus, plus at least five more blocks to the _______ .

And the pretty dress she was ________ , red with tiny white flowers, was just right for the tea. There was no money for extra clothes, and I knew she had gone into ________ again at our coal company store to have it.

I was so proud! I served her tea with a ________ , thankful heart, and introduced her to the group when our ________ came. I sat with my mother that day, just like the rest of the ________ , and that was very ________ to me. The look of love in her eyes told me she ________ .

I have never forgotten. One of the ________ I made to myself and to my children was that I would always be there for them. That promise is ________ to keep in today’s busy world. But I have a (n) ________ before me that puts any ________ excuses to rest. I just recall (想起) again when Mother came to tea.

Every Saturday night the whole family would get together and count out their money. If Mama could put a little money     25     a box as their “Little Bank”, they wouldn’t need to reach for Mama’s Bank Account,     26    always existed in the downtown Bank, as their mother told them. And they all felt it was their strong support. Every time some     27     (expect) thing happened, they usually     28     (gather) around. The money in the “Little Bank” would be taken out and counted. If it was not enough, everyone would figure out their own measures     29     (collect) the money, even giving up their free time or hobby. When they     30     (final) got enough money, they felt relaxed for     31    (keep) Mama’s Bank Account untouched again. In this way, they went through countless     32    (emergency). However, when the child named Katrin asked her mother to put her first salary into the Account, to     33     (they) surprise, there was no Account at all. In fact that is only     34     white lie, which their mother makes up to spark the whole family to struggle ahead.