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I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”
Shyly but ___21___, I said yes. She poured out her___22___. “It was nothing short of talent!”
“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to___23___my work to him. I spent quite some time___24___for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and ___25___ I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion—picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to___26___my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed___27___. He circled the dining—room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amazing⋯” “If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself. ”Father said.
I ___28___my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of ___29___.
“I think it’s terrible,”he said.
I couldn’t lookup. My eyes were getting___30___.
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs___31___. ”“I don’t know why. ”My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?” I couldn’t ___32___ it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I ___33___myself on the bed and cried the worst of the___34___out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its ___35___for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s ___36___. ” Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all ___37___flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that __38___, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve. ”
Those ___39___voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of___40___and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.
21. A. typically B. proudly C. anxiously D. honestly
22. A. motivation B. shock C. Criticism D. praise
23. A. recite B. describe C. show D. introduce
24. A. waiting B. preparing C. Praying D. planning
25. A. gradually B. desperately C. confidently D. casually
26. A. appreciate B. revise C. read D. polish
27. A. relaxed B. calm C. noble D. upset
28. A. shake B. lowered C. raised D. turned
29. A. decision B. excitement C. meditation D. devotion
30. A. dark B. wide C. wet D. bright
31. A. arrangement B. judgment C. encouragement D. adjustment
32. A. hold B. attain C. control D. stand
33. A. threw B. seated C. left D. kept
34. A. confusion B. pressure C. disappointment D. tiredness
35. A. challenge B. development C. difficulty D. significance
36. A. elegant B. awful C. fluent D. controversial
37. A. failure B. creation C. limit D. improvement
38. A. orders B. misleads C. cautions D. foresees
39. A. inspiring B. warning C. disturbing D. conflicting
40. A. confirmation B. restriction C. distrust D. disapproval
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