语法填空As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school and I found I was not glad to 1 out at home with even the simplest things.
Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother 2 me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she rushed to the market and bought a week's 3 . Knowing my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back, you might think I'd be very 4 to help her bring the food into the house. 5 I wasn't. I just carried my schoolbag on my back and left the rest for Mom.
Back in my room, I felt 6 not helping my mother more. Deep inside (在内心深处),I wanted to change my 7 . But I also realized (意识到) that once I took on more housework, my parents would start 8 more of me. At the age of fifteen, I realized that one small 9 would happen: from a cared-for child to a 10 young man.
I'll never forget the Wednesday when I made a decision to change 11 .Returning home from the lesson, I rushed into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt so sorry 12 . Suddenly I opened my door and ran to my mother to help her. How 13 I looked at my mother when I finished it that day!
Surely, from then on, I continued(继续) to help out with more housework. The clear thing was that the more I helped out, the 14 I felt about myself and my place in my family. Mom and Dad soon realized I became a real young man.
Sometimes the little things we put off doing can be 15 easily. And then the feeling of happiness overcomes(战胜) the feeling of guilt(内疚) anyway.
