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I was off back to work one evening and my two children were sewing things on the sewing machine.
My elevenyearold daughterwas, in the midst of her __1__, going to assist her older brother in a
little cushion. I left, and in a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen, front room, and __2__
children sitting in front of the television.
Having had a long day, I was very __3__ with my greeting to them and then I noticed the __4__ my
daughter had used. It had been __5__ to make a coloured baby blanket, and now had chunks (厚片)
cut out of almost every __6__ of it.Not stopping to listen, I __7__ at the children and explained how
__8__ I was at what had been done.
My daughter listened to me sheepishly (怯懦的), trying not to __9__herself at all, but the pain could
be seen __10__ across her face. She went back to her room __11__, and spent some time in there
alone __12__ she came out to say good night and once again __13__ for the mistake she had made.
A few hours later, as I was preparing to go to bed, there on my bed __14__ a beautiful little cushion
made out of the __15__ fabric (布料), with the words 'I LOVE MUM'. Alongside it was a note
__16__ again.
To this day, I still get tears in my eyes when I think of __17__ I reacted and still feel the pain of my
actions. It was I who __18__ sheepishly went to her and apologized for my actions. I display with great
__19__ the cushion on my bed, and use it as a constant __20__ that nothing in this world is greater than
a child's love.
( )1. A. assessment
( )2. A. all
( )3. A. informal
( )4. A. tool
( )5. A. invested
( )6. A. sort
( )7. A. exploded
( )8. A. glad
( )9. A. protect
( )10. A. passed
( )11. A. quietly
( )12. A. after
( )13. A. admitted
( )14. A. rolled
( )15. A. stored
( )16. A. apologizing
( )17. A. which
( )18. A. anyhow
( )19. A. satisfaction
( )20. A. sentence B. project
B. neither
B. long
B. wood
B. bought
B. kind
B. poured
B. disappointing
B. defend
B. sweeping
B. shyly
B. then
B. cried
B. lay
B. broken
B. apologized
B. what
B. then
B. regret
B. experience C. housework
C. both
C. unwilling
C. material
C. kept
C. part
C. accused
C. excited
C. control
C. painted
C. bitterly
C. before
C. regretted
C. stood
C. forbidden
C. intended
C. that
C. otherwise
C. pride
C. reminder D. task
D. either
D. short
D. fibre
D. stored
D. piece
D. congratulated
D. angry
D. express
D. written
D. instantly
D. when
D. apologized
D. hung
D. destroyed
D. delighted
D. how
D. later
D. care
D. lesson