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I'd be 16 in six days and was already prepared to deal with failure.I remember when my mum __1__
me up that morning, her voice wasn't as __2__ as it usually was.
I stayed in bed for a few minutes.I was __3__ to leave its warmth and comfort, and didn't want to
face the problem that I'd let myself __4__ for the past six months.Finally, I dragged myself out of __5__.
I finished getting ready and tried to __6__.It didn't work, so I decided that my __7__ should go with
me.We had a little time, so I thought we could practice parking.I __8__, with the wheel hitting the fence.
After that, the little bit of confidence I'd had was __9__.I tried two more times, but didn't __10__ much.
Then we headed to the test site.
I went into a room for some paperwork.And I waited for 20 minutes-just __11__ time to make myself
believe that I was going to fail.Then, finally, it was my __12__.I just wanted to get it over and make sure
that I had to come back next Thursday.
I stepped outside and the sky was the light blue I love.It offered me some __13__ and I realized
something: something between when I pulled myself off the seat and when I got outside.I had become
__14__ and confident.
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite __15__.The confidence that came with it
hit me like a wave.The rest of the test went well too and I __16__ it all.As I drove back, the instructor
told me I would not be coming back for a second __17__ next Thursday.
Back in the building I didn't have to say a word.My mum knew just by looking at me.Her __18__
made her face softer.And I'm sure it was at least as big as the smile on my face.Her eyes, __19__,
looked kind of tear.I knew she was __20__ for me.

(     )1. A. got   (     )2. A. loud   (     )3. A. unable   (     )4. A. mention   (     )5. A. house   (     )6. A. set down   (     )7. A. mum   (     )8. A. succeeded   (     )9. A. missing   (     )10. A. work   (     )11. A. enough   (     )12. A. ability   (     )13. A. belief   (     )14. A. calm   (     )15. A. badly   (     )16. A. passed   (     )17. A. practice   (     )18. A. words   (     )19. A. however   (     )20. A. sad

B. woke   B. weak   B. unhappy   B. forget B. kitchen   B. take down   B. dad   B. failed   B. lost       B. improve   B. little   B. performance B. advantage   B. anxious   B. well       B. went   B. paperwork   B. smile B. therefore   B. happy

C. turned   C. noisy   C. unwilling   C. leave   C. garage   C. calm down   C. instructor C. managed C. disappeared   C. change   C. more     C. time   C. anxiety   C. excited   C. unsuccessfully C. failed   C. test     C. look     C. although   C. nervous

D. brought         D. strong         D. unavailable     D. put             D. bed             D. put down       D. teacher         D. attempted       D. gone           D. get             D. less           D. turn           D. comfort         D. cautious       D. hardly         D. tried           D. parking         D. anger           D. but             D. sorry

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