题目内容：

I never know how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died. I discovered something I had ______ forgotten, something that happened to me as a child.

One night, as I lay in bed ______my sister and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how _____ I had behaved towards Mother. “I must make things right before going to sleep,” I thought.

Quickly I slipped out of bed and picked up a pencil and paper, then tiptoed into the hall. The ______from the living room shone dimly. I knew Mother was downstairs mending socks.

I quickly ______a note asking Mother to forgive me for being so ______. I didn’t want my brothers and sisters to know our________so I added a postscript: “Please don’t let anyone see this.” Then I quietly moved into my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow.

The next morning, when I ______my bed after breakfast, I unexpectedly________a note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and ______me.

This became my _______of apologizing whenever I talked back or disobeyed. Mother always left a note, but she never spoke out our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were ______, she never mentioned them when we brothers and sister recalled our childhood.

When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon (布条). On top was a message in her handwriting. It read, “In the event of my death, please_______these.”

I ______the packet and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my surprise, I recognized my childish writing, “P.S. Please don’t let anyone see this. Love, Edie.”

I   24  the packet and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my surprise, I recognized my childish writing, “P.S. Please don’t let anyone see this. Love, Edie.”

I gently placed the unopened bundle in the ______ along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me like my mother.”

1.A. long    B. just    C. never    D. often

2.A. before    B. after    C. until    D. since

3.A. well    B. politely    C. happily    D. badly

4.A. moon    B. light    C. needle    D. thread

5.A. found    B. sent    C. wrote    D. took

6.A. lazy    B. late    C. careless    D. naughty

7.A. mistake    B. business    C. relation    D. love

8.A. searched    B. left    C. made    D. went to

9.A. wrote    B. left    C. found    D. gave

10.A. missed    B. understood    C. supported    D. forgave

11.A. way    B. secret    C. favorite    D. trick

12.A. happy    B. curious    C. grown    D. interested

13.A. destroy    B. keep    C. hide    D. read

14.A. picked up    B. handed in    C. looked through    D. turned over

15.A. drawer    B. wastebasket    C. bedroom    D. bookshelf