Question

When I was eight, I wrote my first poem. My mother read and cried, “Buddy, you didn't really write this 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 _____ wait to show my work to him. I spent quite some time ____ for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest flourish(花體字), drew a fancy border around it and ____ I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to _____ my poem.

At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed ____. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees. _____ he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He’s reaching for my poem. “Ben, Buddy has written his first 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 encouragement.” “I don’t know why.” My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough _____ poetry in the world already?” 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 disappointment out of me.

That may have been the end of the story, but not of its ______ for me. I realized how ____ 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 awful.” Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all creation flows; and yet the mother force alone is _____. It needs the balance of the force that _____, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”

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

1.A. proudlyB. slowlyC. anxiouslyD. honestly

2.A. praiseB. surpriseC. criticismD. belief

3.A. seldomB. hardlyC. frequentlyD. instantly

4.A. waitingB. planningC. prayingD. preparing

5.A. embarrassedlyB. confidently

C. nervouslyD. casually

6.A. readB. reviseC. appreciateD. polish

7.A. allergicB. fragileC. tiredD. upset

8.A. ExcitedlyB. SuddenlyC. SurprisinglyD. Instantly

9.A. shookB. raisedC. turnedD. lowered

10.A. truthB. struggleC. discussionD. decision

11.A. wetB. wideC. darkD. blank

12.A. terribleB. elegantC. fluentD. inaccurate

13.A. stopB. seeC. standD. control

14.A. seatedB. threwC. stuckD. kept

15.A. difficultyB. developmentC. significanceD. challenge

16.A. enthusiasticB. fortunate

C. desperateD. ridiculous

17.A. incompleteB. contradictoryC. inappropriateD. constructive

18.A. ordersB. persuadesC. cautionsD. announces

19.A. conflictingB. warning

C. disturbingD. inspiring

20.A. InB. BetweenC. AmongD. For

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