I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for ________ , I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. While others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. _______ you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’ too. But at _______ , I wasn’t alone since my sister and two brothers had the same mean(刻薄的) mother as I did.

My mother knew where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and ___________ we were doing. And she always insisted upon us telling the truth. Now you can see how mean she was.

The worst is yet to come. We had to be in _________ by nine each night and up at eight the next morning. We couldn’t sleep ________ noon like our friends. So while they slept, she made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day. I believe she lay _______ at night thinking of mean things to do to us.

Through the years, things didn’t __________ a bit. When we didn’t want to _________ school, we could not lie in bed “sick” like our friends did. My mother, being as different as she was, would care only about our marks.

Out of four children, a couple of us received higher __________. None of us have ever done ___________ things. Each of my brothers devoted his time to this country. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am now trying to raise my three children_________ my mother. I will feel __________ when my children call me mean.

Mother’s love to ____________ can be rather deep, yet this very love must help children grow away from the mother, and to become __________ independent(獨(dú)立的). Now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world. I’m proud of my mother!

1.A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. dinner

2.A. While B. As C. If D. though

3.A. last B. first C. most D. least

4.A. when B. where C. what D. who

5.A. area B. bed C. home D. school

6.A. till B. at C. after D. in

7.A. afraid B. awake C. alone D. aware

8.A. improve B. grow C. move D. reduce

9.A. visit B. leave C. attend D. reach

10.A. level B. prize C. point D. education

11.A. good B. bad C. mean D. nice

12.A. for B. at C. from D. like

13.A. shame B. surprised C. proud D. stressed

14.A. parents B. friends C. relatives D. children

15.A. completely B. smoothly C. actively D. closely

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.D 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.D 15.A 【解析】這篇短文中作者記敘了她要求嚴(yán)格、刻薄的母親，正是有了媽媽的刻薄的要求，作者和她的兄弟姐妹們才成為了一個(gè)受過良好教育的、誠實(shí)的人。作者為自己有這樣一個(gè)“刻薄”的媽媽感到驕傲...
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