Mama,
I wonder if you will ever really understand me. I
________your anger at my grades today, but Mama, I try, I really do. I think there must be something wrong with me. However much I try, I
________manage to get it right. I want to make you happy, Mama. I want you to be as
________of me as John’s mom is when he tops in the class, or Sherry’s ma is when she wins the first prize in singing. I wish I were the kind of son you could be proud of. But sadly I am not.
But, Mama, when you say I will never be a “good” person, I don’t know what you
________. Is it only good
________that make a person good or bad? Miss White says that I have beauty of
________, but I wonder why you never notice it. I wonder how many times you noticed me helping an old neighbor cross the street, or slipping my week’s pocket money to the old beggar down the street. I thought I was doing
________to be proud of, but when I came running home to tell you about it, you just curtly nodded your head and told me to go to do my homework. I guess what I did wasn’t something very great.
Mama, I love you and wish you could be proud of me. Proud of what I am. Proud of the little things I achieve. I have no one other than you, and I want to make you happy. But I guess I am not
________ enough for that. Watering grandpa’s garden every week and buying groceries for grandma isn’t as
________as doing math. But, Mama, I wish you could understand, they’re so old and frail, I couldn’t resist offering to help them a bit.
I just wish you would understand me and be proud of me when you noticed me
________my seat in the train to an elderly lady.
Your sad son
Mike
16. A.guess | B.understand | C.know | D.think |
17. A.always | B.often | C.never | D.usually |
18. A.afraid | B.tired | C.proud | D.excited |
19. 20. A.actions | B.words | C.grades | D.parents |
21. A.head | B.heart | C.face | D.eyes |
22. A.nothing | B.everything | C.something | D.anything |
23. A.well | B.good | C.patient | D.friendly |
24. A.bad | B.interesting | C.important | D.beautiful |
25. A.sending | B.bringing | C.taking | D.offering |