I once thought I would be a perfect(完美的) mother. It _41___ me 16 years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made some mistakes. If I could raise (抚养) my children again, I   42   repeat (重复) those mistakes. Maybe I would make new   43     .but I think I would do a better job.

I would try to understand my children. I often did what my   44   would have done. I __45___ their ways of raising children. For example , I had my 13—year—old son , David, come home early ,but he      46   this rule . He saw no reason(理由)for it As a girl ,I had to be home early .I want my son to do the47    things. Now I would think more about why I wanted things done in a certain way.

  My father was sick when I was young . So my sister , my brother and I were   48   all the time . We didn’t cry in anger and we didn’t laugh for happyness. I just wanted my children to be quiet, too. I never stopped    49    “why”.

It was hard for me to let my children show anger . I stop them when they start to get angry. Now I would tell my children ,“It is all right to show love and it is right to show anger .Your feelings are good. I love you __50___you feel.”

(   )41.A.cost            B. spend             C. took           D. used 

(   )42.A.would           B. wouldn’t          C. could          D. no longer

(   )43..A. ways           B. friends           C. rules           D. ones

(   )44.A.parents          B. children          C. teachers         D. friends

(   )45.A.went            B. found            C. followed        D. improved

(   )46.A.enjoyed          B. hated            C. agreed          D. improved

(   )47.A.same            B. different          C. difficult         D. excited

(   )48.A.strange           B. noisy            C. lively           D. quite

(   )49.A.to ask            B. asking           C. to answer        D. answering

(   )50.A.no matter how     B. no matter where   C. no matter who     D. no matter when