I’d been 16 for six days and was already prepared to deal with failure．I remember when my mum 1 me up that morning, her voice wasn’t as 2 as it usually was．
I stayed in bed for a few minutes．I was 3 to leave its warmth and comfort, and didn’t want to face the problem that I’d let myself 4 for the past six months．Finally, I dragged myself out of 5 .
I finished getting ready and tried to 6 ．It didn’t work, so I decided that my 7 should go with me．We had a little time, so I thought we could practice parking．I 8 , with the wheel hitting the fence．After that, the little bit of confidence I’d had was 9 ．I tried two more times, but didn’t 10 much．Then we headed to the test site.
I went into a room for some paperwork．And I waited for 20 minutes—just 11 time to make myself believe that I was going to fail．Then, finally, it was my 12 ．I just wanted to get it over and make sure that I had to come back next Thursday.
I stepped outside and the sky was the light blue I love．It offered me some 13 and I realized something: something between when I pulled myself off the seat and when I got outside．I had become 14 and confident．
The first thing I had to do was parking, which I did quite 15 ．The confidence that came with it hit me like a wave．The rest of the test went well too and I 16 it all．As I drove back, the instructor told me I would not be coming back for a second 17 next Thursday.
Back in the building I didn’t have to say a word．My mum knew just by looking at me．Her 18 made her face softer．And I’m sure it was at least as big as the smile on my face．Her eyes, 19 , looked kind of teary．I knew she was 20 for me.
1．A．got B．woke C．turned D．brought
2．A．loud B．weak C．noisy D．strong
3．A．unable B．unhappy C．unwilling D．unavailable
4．A．mention B．forget C．leave D．put
5．A．house B．kitchen C．garage D．bed
6．A．set down B．take down C．calm down D．put down
7．A．mum B．dad C．instructor D．teacher
8．A．succeeded B．failed C．managed D．attempted
9．A．missing B．lost C．disappeared D．gone
10．A．work B．improve C．change D．get
11．A．enough B．little C．more D．less
12．A．ability B．performance C．time D．turn
13．A．belief B．advantage C．anxiety D．comfort
14．A．calm B．anxious C．excited D．cautious
15．A．badly B．well C．unsuccessfully D．hardly
16．A．passed B．went C．failed D．tried
17．A．practice B．paperwork C．test D．parking
18．A．words B．smile C．look D．anger
20．A．sad B．happy C．nervous D．sorry