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My sister and I have been a headache for my mother, because my father was in the army, he was not around too often. __36__, my mother brought us up almost single-handedly and it must have __37__ real strength of mind to bring up such naughty and stubborn children who got out from one trouble only to get into another.    Bonus and I weren’t scholars（聪颖勤奋的学生） either. __38__, we hated studying from the very beginning. We were __39__ to spend time with our schoolbooks---out of the fear of Mum’s scolding. I almost did not make it to 10th grade. That entire summer Mum __40__ that I read my schoolbooks from the very first chapter till the last.    I left __41__ college at 18. In my second year of college, while I was studying for my final exams, I got a phone call from Mum __42__ my sister had failed her 9th grade exams. Mum was heartbroken. My mother was an English teacher in a famous school in the city and it was a(n) __43__ for her.    Then started another __44__ for my Mum. There always seemed to be people who would come and talk about how well their children were doing __45__ my mother would be having a hard time making sure we stayed on the right path. Mum was __46__ that we would do well for ourselves. She never let my sister and me __47__ that we had lost out on something and always told us: “Let this be a lesson. We are going to work really really hard...__48__ will change.”    Circumstances did change, but very slowly and __49__, one little step at a time. Last year I finished with law school and started working. My mother’s belief in me __50__. And just a few days ago I got a phone from Bonus. She had __51__ the exam with honors and was __52__ to the best university in the country. I was in tears. Later that night I __53__ Mum: “Mum, your two little failures didn’t do as badly as everybody thought.” Mum __54__ and said: “You are my daughters and I knew you the best. I always knew that you would succeed. It was just a __55__ of time.” 36. A. However        B. Thus         C. Otherwise           D. Besides 37. A. devoted         B. spent         C. taken               D. wasted 38. A. In that case         B. In this way   C. On the other hand      D. On the contrary 39. A. pleased          B. annoyed      C. forced              D. advised 40. A. demanded       B. concluded     C. promised           D. mentioned 41. A. at               B. for           C. from               D. after 42. A. announcing      B. reading       C. knowing            D. saying 43. A. shame           B. challenge     C. pride               D. honor 44. A. experiment      B. research       C. conflict            ble 45. A. though          B. while         C. as                  D. unless 46. A. determined      B. astonished     C. satisfied            D. concerned 47. A. predict          B. imagine       C. guess               D. feel 48. A. Environment     B. Society       gs             D. Impressions 49. A. quickly          B. extremely     C. smoothly            D. gradually 50. A. made up        B. paid off       C. took on              D. burst out 51. A. attended        B. received       C. passed               D. failed 52. A. accepted        B. allowed       C. admitted             D. permitted 53. A. questioned       B. convinced     C. persuaded            D. called 54. A. nodded         B. laughed       C. shouted              D. joked 55. A. matter          B. period         C. waste                D. length

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