A few days ago，I ran into a stranger as he passed by．I said sorry （41）　　him，and he said，"Excuse me too，I wasn't even noticing you"（42）　　this stranger and I were polite．Then we went on out way after saying goodbye．

    Later in the kitchen at home，（43）　　I was cooking our supper，my daughter Betty walked up to me，very（44）　　．When I turned around，I nearly（45）　　her down．"Get out of the way！"I shouted angrily．She ran away，crying．

    That night，when I（46）　　in bed，my husband said to me，"You were so rude to Betty．GO and look around on the kitchen floor，and you'll find some（47）　　there．Betty brought those for you．She picked them （48）　　﹣﹣pink，yellow，and your favorite blue．"

    When I heard this，I thought deeply；While（49）　　with a stranger，I was calm and polite．But with my daughter，I was not（50）　　．I felt sad and tears began to fall．

    Then I went to Betty's （51）　　．"Wake up，my dear，"I said．"Are there the flowers you picked for me？"She smiled，"I found them by the tree．I knew you liked them，（52）　　the blue ones．"I said，"I was so rude（53）　　I treated you that way today．Betty，I am so sorry．"And she said，"Mommy，that's okay﹣I still love you anyway．"I kissed her and said，"I love you too and I do love the flowers．"

   That day Betty gave me a special （54）　　on how to get along with each other in the family．I spent much time on work before and didn't （55）　　how important family life was．I decided to do better in the future．

41．A．to	B．for	C．at	D．with
42．A．Neither	B．Either	C．None	D．Both
43．A．until	B．before	C．as	D．unless
44．A．possibly	B．quietly	C．comfortably	D．completely
45．A．knocked	B．let	C．walked	D．turned
46．A．lied	B．lay	C．lain	D．laid
47．A．cup	B．flowers	C．clothes	D．knives
48．A．she	B．her	C．herself	D．hers
49．A．meet	B．meets	C．met	D．meeting
50．A．especially	B．embarrassed	C．humorous	D．patient
51．A．bag	B．bed	C．box	D．ball
52．A．especially	B．gradually	C．exactly	D．hardly
53．A．why	B．what	C．that	D．where
54．A．card	B．lesson	C．message	D．information
55．A．regret	B．require	C．reflect	D．realize．