Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way（退让）to 1.     
One day the father 2  to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3    his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t 4  enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of  5 would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t 6  yet. I can’t wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the 7   with his son. So he left his friends at home ,and went to town 8   his son.
“You may first take the 9  home for my friends .Let me 10    here against him instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.

When I had something difficult to do， I used to ask my mother for help. But she always said， “Do it yourself，dear.” I was not     1    at all. I thought she was the 2    mother in the world!
For example，one day， I decided to     3   some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order. Books were everywhere. And I didn’t make the bed. I asked my      4   to help me clean it，   5      she still said，“Do it yourself，girl.”
Because of my “lazy mother”，I have to     6    my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents      7    I even have to go to the dentist by myself. It is really hard for me to do everything well，but I have learned     8   .
As time goes by， I understand my mother. She makes me clever and diligent (勤奋的)    9   a great mother! A     10  mother is worth（等值于） one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?
【小题1】A. old             B. glad             C. thin
【小题2】A. tallest           B. most foolish      C. laziest
【小题3】A. leave            B. invite           C. visit
【小题4】A. mother          B. father           C. brother
【小题5】A. or              B. when           C. but
【小题6】A. wash           B. lead            C. knoc
【小题7】A. do housework    B. go swimming     C. go camping
【小题8】A. on show         B. by mistake       C. a lot
【小题9】A. Which          B. What            C. Who
【小题10】A. young         B. good             C. happy