Question

I wrote my first poem at seven and showed it to my mother．She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!” Shyly but ________, I said yes．She poured out her ________. “It was nothing short of talent!” “What time will Father be home?” I asked．I could hardly wait to ________ my work to him．I spent quite some time ________ for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting and ________ I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. I was sure he would ________ my poem.

At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed ________. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees. Suddenly he glared at his plate. “What is this?” “Ben, Buddy has written a poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaze…”

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said. I ________ my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of ________.“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting ________.

“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs ________.”

I couldn’t ________ it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I ________ myself on the bed and cried the worst of the ________ out of me.

That may have been the end of the story, but not of its ________ for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s ________.”

Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all ________ flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that cautions, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”

Those ________ voices of my childhood ________ in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ________ and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course．

1.A. typicallyB. proudlyC. anxiouslyD. honestly

2.A. motivationB. shockC. criticismD. praise

3.A. reciteB. describeC. showD. introduce

4.A. waitingB. preparingC. prayingD. planning

5.A. graduallyB. desperatelyC. confidentlyD. casually

6.A. appreciateB. reviseC. readD. polish

7.A. relaxedB. calmC. nobleD. upset

8.A. shookB. loweredC. raisedD. turned

9.A. decisionB. excitementC. determinationD. devotion

10.A. darkB. wideC. wetD. bright

11.A. arrangementB. judgmentC. encouragementD. adjustment

12.A. holdB. attainC. controlD. stand

13.A. threwB. seatedC. leftD. kept

14.A. confusionB. pressureC. disappointmentD. tiredness

15.A. challengeB. developmentC. difficultyD. significance

16.A. elegantB. awful

C. fluentD. controversial

17.A. failureB. creationC. limitD. improvement

18.A. inspiringB. warningC. disturbingD. conflicting

19.A. callB. soundC. ringD. hear

20.A. praiseB. restrictionC. distrustD. disapproval

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