When I was a child, I promised to try to remember as much as I could about my childhood. Because from what I could __21__, it seemed that most __22__ had forgotten their childhoods. I wanted to __23__ other adults and myself when the time came. You should __24__ some useful things when you get away from your __25__.
When I was three years old, my parents asked me to be __26__. I did not understand why my parents asked a three-year-old girl to depend on myself. I did not have a doll. We did not have much __27__ and a doll seemed so expensive. __28__, my father managed to __29__ me a full set of encyclopedia (百科全书), maps and beautiful pictures __30__ I could read. Well, guess what? I learned to read __31__ realizing them! When I started school, all came so __32__. I knew so many places on the map __33__ the teacher did. If my dad hadn’t asked me to read all those books, __34__ them on me and told me what I should look for, I would __35__ have become so interested in the things I learned. That time, we did not have a TV and had not much else to do. It was the simple __36__ that really opened a new __37__ for me.
These days, most kids lead a happy life. They can get what they want from their __38__. But they should learn to be independent. Be independent to learn some __39__ knowledge; be independent to __40__ and discover the world safely; and be independent to do your own things.
21. A. read | B. talk | C. hear | D. see |
22. A. teens | B. adults | C. parents | D. children |
23. A. remember | B. recollect | C. remind | D. retell |
24. A. harvest | B. accept | C. enjoy | D. explain |
25. A. neighborhood | B. parenthood | C. adulthood | D. childhood |
26. A. independent | B. alone | C. lonely | D. self-centered |
27. A. food | B. clothes | C. money | D. pay |
28. A. Moreover | B. Instead | C. Furthermore | D. Though |
29. A. buy | B. make | C. provide | D. purchase |
30. A. as long as | B. unless | C. long before | D. until |
31. A. through | B. with | C. by | D. without |
32. A. different | B. easy | C. curious | D. exciting |
33. A. the same as | B. together with | C. as well as | D. along with |
34. A. forced | B. powered | C. strengthened | D. ordered |
35. A. ever | B. never | C. still | D. already |
36. A. worry | B. strangeness | C. popularity | D. curiosity |
37. A. space | B. room | C. world | D. vision |
38. A. teachers | B. parents | C. friends | D. classmates |
39. A. unforgettable | B. experienced | C. reasonable | D. useful |
40. A. explore | B. examine | C. look | D. consider |