One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been   21  me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly   22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could   23  my moves, because she   24   to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I   25   she had strict sleeping habits,   26   I thought she ought to be able to    27  some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked  30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it  31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 32  for another ten minutes, until  33  my daughter burst into tears, and  34  that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made   35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a  36time with my daughter but had   37  my desire to win to become more   38 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win   39  me well. As a parent, I   40  that it got in my way. So I had to change.
 

小题1:A. guiding 小题2:A. allowed 小题3:A. change 小题4:A. agreed 小题5:A. knew 小题6:A. so 小题7:A. put up 小题8:A. As usual 小题9:A. patience 小题10: A. excited 小题11: A. well 小题12:A. discussed 小题13: A. nervously 小题14:A. promised 小题15:A. a mistake 小题16:A. free 小题17: A. managed 小题18:A. important 小题19:A. offered 小题20:A. realized

B. asking B. expected B. repeat B. needed B. learned B. for B. take up B. Go ahead B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized B. attractive B. served B. apologized

C. training C. replied C. hurry C. begged C. guessed C. but C. pick up C. By the way C. fun C. anxious C. fairly C. counted C. strangely C. wondered C. an attempt C. full C. allowed C. practical C. controlled C. imagined

D. advising D. accepted D. pass D. hated D. heard D. or D. give up D. Come on D. success D. angry D. regularly D. argued D. suddenly D. discovered D. an effort D. happy D. reduced D. interesting D. taught D. explained