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Two years ago, Martin was a "problem child" and he often caused a lot of
1 . But he didn't usually give
his mother much trouble. However, after his father's death, Martin's life became much more
2 . His mother
didn't have enough money to
3 for his education. To do this, she had to work hard, and so she was not
often
4 with him.
His mother looked after him as
5 as she could, but Martin still caused problems. He was interested
in
6 and he was often in trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient (有耐心的), and
didn't give up trying to help him. In the
7 , she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boy's boarding
school (寄宿学校). But Martin
8 it very much. One day, he told his headteacher he wanted to leave the
9 . The headteacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his
10 . So Martin called his mother.
To his surprise, this phone call changed his life."
11 was really what I needed," he said later. "My mother
helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that my father was watching me,
12 he had died, and he would always be proud of everything good I did. I realized that after my father
died, I was
13 to be alone, and I tried to make my mother pay more attention (注意) to me."
Martin has really changed. And he is now a
14 student in his class. How was he able to change? His
mother's love helped
15 to feel good about himself. As Martin says it's very important for parents to be
there for their children.
( )1. A. fire
( )2. A. careful
( )3. A. pay
( )4. A. at home
( )5. A. fast
( )6. A. eating
( )7. A. end
( )8. A. improved
( )9. A. room
( )10. A. mother
( )11. A. I
( )12. A. if
( )13. A. nice
( )14. A. bad
( )15. A. it |
B. trouble
B. beautiful
B. ask
B. at school
B. well
B. playing
B. team
B. liked
B. library
B. father
B. It
B. than
B. glad
B. good
B. me |
C. water
C. difficult
C. look
C. in trouble
C. soon
C. reading
C. front
C. hated
C. street
C. teacher
C. He
C. though
C. afraid
C. big
C. her |
D. wood
D. wonderful
D. wait
D. in hospital
D. late
D. studying
D. school
D. missed
D. school
D. headteacher
D. One
D. whether
D. careful
D. lazy
D. him |