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My mother was the one who always beat me. I always cried loudly to let the neighbors
1 she was
killing me. For example, if she acted as though she was about to
2 her hand to me, I would open my
3 and let the world know about it. If anybody was passing by out on the road,
4 would either change her
mind or just give me a few light touches.
Thinking about it now, I feel certain that just as my father supported me for being
5 than the other
children, my mother gave me more shout for the
6 reason. She was very bright herself, but she liked the
ones who were
7 . Jimmy, my eldest brother, I knew, was especially her
8 . I remember that he would
tell me to get out of the house. "Let the sun shine on you so.you can get some color." He went out of his
way
9 to let me have a sense of color-advantage.
I learned early that crying out in disagreement could finish things. My older brothers and sister would
sometimes come in from school and
10 一a biscuit with butter or something. My mother impatiently, would
tell them no. But I would cry out and make a big noise until I got what I wanted. I remember well how my
mother asked me
11 I couldn't be a nice boy like Wilfred. But I would think to myself that Wilfred, for being
so nice and quiet, often stayed
12 . So early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better
make some noises.
( )1. A. hope
( )2. A. raise
( )3. A. door
( )4. A. he
( )5. A. happier
( )6. A. rright
( )7. A. darker
( )8. A. need
( )9. A. never
( )10. A. put down
( )11. A. how
( )12. A. silent |
B. see
B. show
B. window
B. she
B. luckier
B. wrong
B. cleverer
B. love
B. often
B. ask for
B. when
B. hungry |
C. think
C. pass
C. eyes
C. I
C. brighter
C. same
C. nearer
C. kind
C. sometimes
C. look at
C. where
C. healthy |
D. understand
D. hold
D. mouth
D. they
D. kinder
D. different
D. older
D. favorite
D. usually
D. sell out
D. why
D. pleasant |