Asateenager,mylazinesswasstronglikealock,whichstoppedme...

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As a teenager, my laziness was strong like a lock, which stopped me from doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and something looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the request to  41   out at home with even the simples 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(单臂之量) 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 would 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. work             B. stand            C. start            D. help

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49. A. purpose              B. world            C. way              D. shape

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

51. A. warning              B. reminding        C. informing        D. expecting

52. A. tell                 B. mark             C. express          D. describe

53. A. energetic            B. generous         C. responsible          D. outgoing 

54. A. excuse               B. appointment          C. statement        D. decision

55. A. practice             B. store            C. lesson               D. holiday

56. A. shame            B. anger            C. delight              D. pleasure

57. A. called               B. headed               C. looked               D. brought

58. A. smarter              B. better               C. warmer               D. stronger

59. A. depend               B. press            C. focus            D. live

60. A. set                  B. make             C. point            D. turn

【回答】

41-45DABCA  46-50BBDCA  51-55DBCDC  56-60ABBAD

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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