My mother has been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become   21  , that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my   22   to it.

As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came   23   to most. I had problems writing, reading and especially speaking. I did not talk the way   24   kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert to my surroundings. My reading was poor   25   with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to   26  . My writing was not at the   27   it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers were   28  .

My mother   29   all my challenges and, as a professor with a Ph.D., decided to   30   the situation early in my development. She did not want me to   31  . After a while,   32   did indeed conquer all the problems that had troubled me. She spent hours every day   33   me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn.   34   her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.

In addition, she gave   35   for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high   36   she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never   37   on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a   38   person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me to work for my   39   and attend college.

She used her gifts as a   40   to help a child - her child - and now I have the opportunity to become something.

In the character-training of children, what really ________ much is what their parents say and do.

A. matters             B. cares          C. considers          D. minds

The child should be punished. You shouldn’t let him ________ telling lies.

       A. keep away from                      B. keep away with

       C. get away from                        D. get away with

______ so delicious, the food in this market was sold out soon.

    A. Tasting           B. Tasted    C. Having been tasted    D. Being tasted

―Do you have anything more ________, sir?

―No. You can have a rest or do something else.

A. typing           B. to be typed            C. typed           D. to type

―Who knocked at the door?

―I’ve no idea. I just pretended nobody was at home, so I didn’t ask who ________ was.

    A. he             B. that                  C. she                   D. it

It is on this maglev train that is very comfortable _____ I have been to the People’s Square.

A. how           B. that                   C. where               D. when

Men and women should be treated equally according to the law, but ________ there is great room for improvement.

   A. in reality     B. above all            C. after all             D. in return

So amused ________ that I couldn’t help laughing when I saw the children dressed up as Santa Clauses on Christmas Day.

       A. did I feel           B. had I felt     C. I felt                    D. I had felt

Much of the farm is under water; ________ the grain, most of that has been ruined.

       A. owing to           B. thanks to                  C. as for                       D. as with