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　　Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life．“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom．“Plea se speak to me in 　　1　　, ” I interrupted．She paid no attention and 　　2　　 speaking in Spani sh．The word s 　　3　　 me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be 　　4　　 if she learned to speak Engli sh．We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty 　　5　　 to store owner s and my teacher s．I wa s determined that she should try．“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I 　　6　　．“Don't you want to be 　　7　　 to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered．Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me．“What? ” I wa s not 　　8　　 with her, either．She 　　9　　 for the Engli sh word s．“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting．” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I 　　10　　 her, but now she refu sed to an swer．In 　　11　　, we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot．I wa s 　　12　　．I had expected a meeting at someone' s 　　13　　-a garden club or a parent s’ group．Then I 　　14　　 a sign on a door．My mother wa s 　　15　　 night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

　　“I don't under stand．　　16　　 you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked．“You'll learn fa ster if you 　　17　　 with me．” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent．She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home 　　18　　 you．”

　　I 　　19　　 under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and 　　20　　 of Mexico．I said, “O．K．, Mama, e stabien．”

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　　I contributed one of, what I believed to be, my best stories titled Symbol of Success to my school paper．One month later, I sat in the classroom 　　1　　 waiting for the school paper to be passed around, knowing that 　　2　　 I received it, I would know how good a writer I really was．

　　Before, Professor Cullen had read my story and confirmed that she would include a(n) 　　3　　 of my story in the school paper．Professor Cullen was known for he 　　4　　 and strictness．Though 　　5　　 her was very hard, I still wanted to do so．

　　When the paper arrived at my classroom, I 　　6　　 knocked down five of my classmates to get the first paper．Then I returned to my seat, 　　7　　 for what was about to tell the truth behind my 　　8　　．I read through many stories’ reviews, and there wasn't a story getting more than three stars．When I 　　9　　 saw the title of my story on the last page, I 　　10　　．I believed there was no way that my story would be any better than the other stories in the paper．

　　It was long after that I heard someone yell out “Five stars! ” from behind me．I 　　11　　 and saw the shocked 　　12　　 of a classmate．“Your story got five stars! ”

　　I quickly turned my 　　13　　 back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review．The 　　14　　 of the five stars kept my eyes wide open．I was 　　15　　．“Could it be true? ” I thought to myself．When I saw Professor Cullen's review that I was blessed with a capacity for story writing, I felt 　　16　　．

　　For so long I believed that I wasn't as 　　17　　 as I thought, and my talents were a mere fa?ade(假象)I made to cover up my lack of 　　18　　．However, this review 　　19　　 that I was truly good at writing and that there was a future ahead for me in the field of writing．The five stars became the 　　20　　 of my success．

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