Dear God，

    Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never  2 1  appreciated their mothers until it was too  22  to tell them．

    I am  23  with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her  24 each day．My mother does not  25  ，but I do．  26   I grow older and wiser．I realize what a(n)  27  person she is．How sad that I alil    28  to speak these words in her presence，29  they flow easily from my pen．

    How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I  30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into  3 l  a child? For 32  a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows  33 ？ For waiting for the day  34  a daughter realizes her mother really is？

How does a    35    wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or  36   silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I  37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of  38    ?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?

I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she  39  and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my  40  as my mother looks in mine．

A daughter

21．A fully              B．truly            C．painfully          D mainly

 22．A．early            B．slow             C．1ate             D．fast

 23．A．satisfied         B．prepared          C．worried           D blessed

 24．A much             B．more             C．1ess             D．fewer

 25．A．stand            B．move            C．change           D exist

 26．A．As              B．With            C．For              D．Because

 27．A．ordinary         B．usual            C．strict             D extraordinary

 28．A．unable          B．able             C．eager             D ready

 29．A．therefore        B．otherwise         C．but              D．however

 30.A herself       B．itself        C．themselves    D．oneself

 31.A．punishing    B．blaming      C．raising      D．praising

 32.A．running after   B．running across    C．running out     D．running for

 33 A．something   B．everything     C．anything      D．nothing

 34．A．that           B．when              C．in which           D．where

 35 A．grown          B．pleased             C．trained           D．well-behaved

 36 A interrupting    B．disliking        C．representing    D．remaining

 37．A．asked         B．told               C．ordered            D required

 38．A．times        B．days               C．months             D years

 39．A．gots         B．gives               C．deserves           D．delivers

 40.A．husband   B．children         C．relatives      D．neighbours

Dear God,

    Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 36  it was too late to tell them.

    I am blessed with the dear mother who is still   37. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I  38  what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am   39   to speak these words in her presence(面前), but they  40   easily from my pen.

    How does a daughter begin to  41  her mother for life itself? For the love,  42 and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for  43 a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows  44  ? For waiting for the 45 when a daughter realizes her mother really is?

    How does a  46  woman thank for a mother for 47  to be a mother? For being ready with advice (when asked) or 48  silent when it is most appreciated? For not 49 : “I told you so”, when she could have uttered these 50 dozens of times? For being essentially herself―loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?

    I don’t know how, dear God,  51  to bless her as richly as she  52   and to help me  53 the example she has set. I 54 that I will look as good in the eyes of my  55   as my mother looks in mine.

A daughter

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___36___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___37___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___38___. As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___39___ an exceptional person she is. How ___40___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___41___, but they flow easily from my pen.
　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___42___ hard work that go into ___43___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___44___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___45___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___46___ how wise her mother really is?
　　How does a ___47___ woman thank a mother for ___48___ to be a mother? For being ready ___49___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___50____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___51___? For being ___52___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___53___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___54___. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___55___ in mine.

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___【小题1】___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___【小题2】___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___【小题3】___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___【小题4】___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___【小题5】___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___【小题6】___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___【小题7】___ hard work that go into ___【小题8】___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___【小题9】___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___【小题10】___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___【小题11】___ how wise her mother really is?
　　How does a ___【小题12】___ woman thank a mother for ___【小题13】___ to be a mother? For being ready ___【小题14】___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___【小题15】____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___【小题16】___ ? For being ___【小题17】___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
　　I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___【小题18】___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___【小题19】___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___【小题20】___ in mine.

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___1.___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___2.___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___3.___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___4.___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___5.___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___6.___ , but they flow easily from my pen.

　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___7.___ hard work that go into ___8.___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___9.___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___10.___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___11.___ how wise her mother really is?

　　How does a ___12.___ woman thank a mother for ___13.___ to be a mother? For being ready ___14.___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___15.____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___16.___ ? For being ___17.___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?

　　I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___18.___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___19.___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___20.___ in mine.

21.               A．as             B．that           C．until  D．when

22.               A．approve        B．appreciate      C．need D．resemble

23.               A．do            B．have           C．did   D．will

24.               A．how           B．that           C．who  D．what

25.A.sad           B.glad              C.comic            D tragic

26.               A．absence        B．presence       C．appearance    D．existence

27.               A．common        B．plain           C．normal    D．usual

28.               A．raising         B．rising          C．developing D．training

29.               A．childish        B．energetic       C．fearless   D．moody

30.               A．anything        B．something      C．everything D．nothing

31.               A．detects         B．discovers       C．recognizes D．realizes

32.               A．pretty          B．foolish         C．green D．grown

33.               A．failing          B．intending       C．continuing D．keeping

34.               A．by            B．with           C．for   D．on

35.               A．silent          B．quiet          C．cool  D．noiseless

36.               A．dozen times     B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time

37.               A．valuably        B．essentially      C．naturally   D．virtually

38.               A．devotes        B．deserts         C．deserves  D．desires

39.               A．set            B．settled         C．placed    D．fixed

40.               A．sees           B．finds           C．is    D．looks