Asateenager,Iwasprettylazywhenitcametodoingthingsformyf...

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As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the urge to 41 out at home with even the simplest things.

Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother 42 me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she’d rush to the nearby store and Buy a week’s worth of 43 . Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back, 44 for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you’d think I’d be very 45 to help her bring the groceries into the house. 46 I wasn’t. I generally just brought in an armload and left the 47 for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying.

Don’t get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt 48 about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my 49 . But I also realized that once I did change, there’d be no going back. 50 I took on more responsibility, my parents would start 51 more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would 52 something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled （被宠坏的） child to a more 53 , caring and giving young man.

I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a（n） 54 to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the 55 , I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning 56 . Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and 57 back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day!

Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the 58 I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could 59 on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone.

Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest 60 out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.

41. A. help B. handle C. start D. work

42. A. transported B. walked C. drove D. guided

43. A. fruits B. groceries C. flowers D. vegetables

44. A. paid B. fought C. applied D. planned

45. A. nervous B. grateful C. confident D. unwilling

46. A. So B. And C. Thus D. But

47. A. one B. other C. next D. rest

48. A. anxious B. guilty C. curious D. doubtful

49. A. ambition B. aim C. way D. shape

50. A. Since B. Though C. Unless D. Once

51. A. expecting B. banning C. warming D. informing

52. A. differ B. mark C. tell D. educate