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A. clothes B. left C. though D. difficult E. parent F. reading G. happy with H. angry about I. came true

My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time __1.___than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, __2.__she couldn’t read the books at all.

When I went to school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool __3.___ and hung out with friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night, I complained about not having enough Italian T-shirts. Then my mother gave me all her money. She said I could get the money __4.__ to buy shirts if I finished buying all things the family needed. I was very _5.__that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how 6.__ it was for my mother to do all this. I went back to my studies and become an A-student again. Finally, my dream __7.__ and I become a doctor.

My story is really my mother’s story--a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a _8.__. So, I believe there is no job more important than parenting.

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