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 appreciatedtheir 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．Irealize what a(n) 27 person she is．How sad that I alil 28 to speak thesewords 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? For32 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 an
d 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．not
hing
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
