My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 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, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 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 {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 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 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to buy shirts if I finished buying all things the family needed. I was very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it was for my mother to do all this. I went back to my studies and become an A-student again. Finally, my dream {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and I become a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story--a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . So, I believe there is no job more important than parenting.

    What was I like when I was young? My mom said l was lovely．I was{#blank#}1{#/blank#}in everything．I liked oil{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．I liked riding a horse．I liked{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a cow．I liked helping{#blank#}4{#/blank#}vegetables on the farm．I also liked shopping．At the supermarket I didn't buy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}cheap．I was only interested in expensive things．Haha，I was a funny boy when I was young，wasn't I ?

—I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} help my mother do housework. (can /can't)