I’d been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure.
I remember that, when my mum
me that morning, her voice wasn’t as screaming as it usually was. She had been
for more than one hour getting everything ready, and I could feel she was
me at the same time.
I stayed in bed for a few minutes. I was
to leave its warmth and
to face the suffering that I’d rather let myself forget for the past months. Finally, I dragged myself
.
The first thing I thought of after getting up was to
. I went to the kitchen and prepared a breakfast that was fairly
, but was still too big for my appetite that day. I kept telling myself that I
eat. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this wasn’t a(n)
day. Besides maybe it would
me a little. But I doubted it. I left the kitchen because even the
made me feel sick.
I finished getting ready and tried to settle down. It didn’t
, so I decided that my mum and I should go. We had
time, so I thought we could practise parking. I
, with the wheel hitting the pavement. After that, the little bit of confidence I had was
. I tried two more times, but did not improve much. Then we went towards the driving
site.
I waited twenty minutes---just enough time to make myself believe that I was going to fail. Then, finally, it was my
. I wasn’t sure of myself at all. I just wanted to get it over and make sure that I had to come back next Thursday.
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite well. The
that came with it hit me like a wave. The rest of the test went well and I passed it.
The
of my mum made her face softer. I knew her worry was gone and she was happy for me.
小題1: | A.cried | B.woke | C.told | D.shouted |
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小題3: | A.smiling at | B.worrying about | C.looking at | D.talking with |
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小題4: | A.sad | B.eager | C.unwilling | D.willing |
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小題5: | A.convenience | B.friendship | C.quiet | D.comfort |
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小題6: | A.out of bed | B.onto bed | C.into bed | D.in bed |
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小題7: | A.eat | B.rest | C.drink | D.work |
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小題8: | A.large | B.small | C.delicious | D.good |
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小題9: | A.might | B.could | C.should | D.hated |
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小題10: | A.important | B.necessary | C.lucky | D.ordinary |
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小題11: | A.calm | B.hurt | C.stop | D.like |
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小題12: | A.milk | B.bread | C.smoke | D.smells |
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小題14: | A.little | B.plenty of | C.no | D.a(chǎn) little |
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小題15: | A.cried | B.succeeded | C.failed | D.left |
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小題16: | A.back | B.gone | C.there | D.greater |
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小題17: | A.start | B.office | C.race | D.test |
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小題19: | A.happiness | B.pride | C.confidence | D.disappointment |
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小題20: | A.tears | B.lines | C.smiles | D.eyes |
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