One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17__. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __18 my moves, because she 19 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought to be able to 22 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 23 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 24 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 25 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 26 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 27 for another ten minutes, until __28 my daughter burst into tears, and 29 that she was beaten. Clearly I had made 30 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 31 time with my daughter but had 32 my desire to win to become more 33 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 34 me well. As a parent, I 35 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
B. asking | C. training | D. advising | |
17. A. allowed | B. expected | C. replied | D. accepted |
18. A. change | B. repeat | C. hurry | D. pass |
19. A. agreed | B. needed | C. begged | D. hated |
20. A. knew | B. learned | C. guessed | D. heard |
21. A. so | B. for | C. but | D. or |
22. A. put up | B. take up | C. pick up | D. give up |
23. A. As usual | B. Go ahead | C. By the way | D. Come on |
24. A. patience | B. luck | C. fun | D. success |
25. A. excited | B. proud | C. anxious | D. angry |
26. A. well | B. again | C. fairly | D. regularly |
27. A. discussed | B. continued | C. counted | D. argued |
28. A. nervously | B. immediately | C. strangely | D. suddenly |
29. A. promised | B. admitted | C. wondered | D. discovered |
30. A. a mistake | B. a decision | C. an attempt | D. an effort |
31. A. free | B. different | C. full | D. happy |
32. A. managed | B. recognized | C. allowed | D. reduced |
33. A. important | B. attractive | C. practical | D. interesting |
34. A. offered | B. served | C. controlled | D. taught |
35. A. realized | B. apologized | C. imagined | D. explained |