One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (竞争). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

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We often hear that children wish they were grown—ups，and that old people wish they were young．  1  The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless regrets．

Childhood（童年）is a time when there are few duties．A child is fed，looked after and loved by all grown—ups like parents or grandparents． 2  However, for older people they often lose their interest in those things．

On the other hand（另一方面），a child may also have some pains with him．  3   He is often told not to do something．He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong．

When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes, room and many other things．   4  If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry．If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness．

A．What's more, life is always giving new things to him．

B．And he has to work if he wants to live comfortably．

C．He is not so free to do what he wishes to do．

D．Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains．

5．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Childhood Is a Happy Time                   B．No Pains at Any Age

C．Happy Position in Society                    D．Enjoy Your Whole Life