Hearing the front door open, I ran down to the kitchen and waited. I saw my dad come in, with the white envelope in his hand. I had waited all day for this, so I reached over him for it as soon as he set foot into the house. Angrily, he
41 the envelope on the table and said that it was nothing to get excited about, and that it was just a piece of paper. I grabbed (抓取) it and ran upstairs. I wondered why my dad did not understand how
42 I was to see my mid-year report card for my first year in middle school. I was really
43 by how he refused to consider all my hard work.
I saw my class rank (等級): 1/139. I did not behave what I saw. I felt my lips (嘴唇) form a smile and wanted to run downstairs to tell everyone. Then I
44 what my dad had said--- it was nothing to get excited about. I wanted to share my happiness with someone, but felt lonely.
I realized that I had become distant (遠隔的) from my family. We used to ___45______late watching Disney movies, and my brothers, sisters and I would play tennis in the backyard all the time. I wondered when all that had
46 . I just no longer took part in them. My school work
47 all my time and energy.
While I had been busy with my study, I had also built a
48 between me and my family. I was only trying to become a person everyone could be
49 of.
I wanted to go downstairs, say sorry for my rude behavior and for every refused movie and tennis game, and be
50 of my family again, I knew I had to do something--because without their support, my achievement meant nothing.
小題1:A, caught B. cleaned up C. pinked up D. threw
| 小題2: | | A．anxious | B．scared | C．sad | D．frustrated |
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| 小題3: | | A．beaten | B．hurt | C．bothered | D．troubled |
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| 小題4: | | A．remembered | B．realized | C．forgot | D．listened to |
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| 小題5: | | A．come back | B．go down | C．stay up | D．keep out |
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| 小題6: | | A．begun | B．stopped | C．improved | D．appeared |
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| 小題7: | | A．set up | B．gave up | C．used up | D．put up |
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| 小題8: | | A．wall | B．bridge | C．road | D．house |
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| 小題9: | | A．famous | B．careful | C．proud | D．afraid |
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| 小題10: | | A．hope | B．pride | C．child | D．part |
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I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and I am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and I had to get a job taking care of a woman to make a living. She had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated(沮喪) and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to do it herself. But she never shouted or scolded. She
only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.