题目内容：

    The day when I would go off to college was around the corner.Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said，“Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her ______ for this lesson.I was going to be ______ and needed to learn this _____ skill.Also，I would be meeting new people，and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good _____.“Learn to iron a shirt，” Mom said，“and you can iron _____.”

But ironing shirts was not ______ work.It didn’t make use ______long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a ______ operation like ice­skating.Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop ______ every 10 feet. What’s more，an iron produced steam and it carried a possibility of ______.If you touched the wrong part of it，you’d get ______.If you forgot to turn it off when you ______，you might burn down the house.

As for technique，Mom ______ me to begin it, ______  sounded easy but skilful .Mom said it looked very simple ,but you must do it with your______ .Over the years，I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully，which gives me a sense of ______.

____ failures I suffer in my life，an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something. ______，through ironing I’ve learned how to find out the ______ to working out even the most troublesome problems.“______ wrinkles one at a time，” as Mom might have said，“and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1.A. emotions B. rules C. reasons D. methods

2.A. helpful B. confident C. powerful D. independent

3.A. patient B. necessary C. energetic D. frightening

4.A. conclusion B. suggestion C. impression D. observation

5.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. none

6.A. useful B. easy C. special D. suitable

7.A. of B. in C. for D. from

8.A. direct B. single C. smooth D. strange

9.A. advertisement B. sign C. symbol D. mark

10.A. doubt B. pressure C. surprise D. danger

11.A. burnt B. warm C. excited D. ill

12.A. jumped off B. fell down C. went away D. set sail

13.A. taught B. chose C. forced D. persuaded

14.A. who B. it C. that D. which

15.A. attraction B. design C. intelligence D. strength

16.A. honesty B. freedom C. justice D. pride

17.A. Whichever B. Whoever C. Wherever D. Whatever

18.A. Instead B. Besides C. Otherwise D. However

19.A. collection B. lesson C. way D. solution

20.A. Make up B. Deal with C. Ask for D. Rely on