Whenevermykidshaveapartyatschool,Iamthemomwhoalwayssignsuptobringthejuiceboxes.It’snotbecauseI’m36orthatIdon’tcareifmykidshaveagoodparty.Iamjustnotgoodatmakinghomemadebreadintoholiday-th

　　Whenevermykidshaveapartyatschool,Iamthemomwhoalwayssignsuptobringthejuiceboxes.It’snotbecauseI’m 36 orthatIdon’tcareifmykidshaveagoodparty.Iamjustnotgoodatmakinghomemadebreadintoholiday-themedshapeslikeothermothers. 37 ,I’mhappytotry,eventhoughit’ll 38 mealongtimetodoit.

　　Peoplesaythathousewivesshouldhavethe 39 tomakedeliciousmeals,keeptheirhousesclean,and 40 everyminuteoftheirchild’slife.Theirwordsusedto 41 mealot.IfeltthatIshouldalsobeabletodothosethingsasahousewife.So 42 Icouldn’tmaketheturkey-shapedcookies,I 43 feelinglikeafailureasamom.

　　Aftermany 44 attemptsatbaking,andmanyafternoonsspentcryingovermyinabilitiesasamother,Ifinallyacceptedthe 45 thatmylot(命运)inlifeistobethejuiceboxmom.Iworkedhardtobethe 46 oneintheelementaryschool.Andafteroneofmydaughter’sclassparties,it 47 .HerteacherstoppedmeasIwasleavingandsaid,“Thankyousomuchforalwaysbringing 48 drinks.Sometimesparentsforgetthatotherchildrenwillalso 49 classparties,andtheyendupbeingleftoutbecausewedon’thaveenough 50 foreveryone.”

　　Ijustacceptedherappreciation,ratherthantellingherthatIbroughtextradrinksbecauseIcould 51 rememberhowmanykidswereintheclass.Buther 52 taughtmeanimportantlesson:I’mnotafailureasamom.

　　Noteveryoneiscutouttobea(n) 53 mom.Ibelieveit’sokaytobethejuiceboxmom.Imaynotbakecookiesanddecoratethembeautifully,butI 54 somethingtodrink.AndIthinkthat’sjustas 55 .

　　小题1:A．smartB．lazyC．tiredD．desperate小题2:A．H