Passage

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　　体裁：记叙文　话题：家庭、朋友与周围的人　词数：378 时间：8′

　　(2017·广东省四校联考调研)I

　　had the most merciless mother in the whole world.

　　While other kids ate candy for breakfast，I had to have cereal (谷类食品)，eggs or toast.While others had cokes and candy for lunch，I had to eat a sandwich.As you can guess，my supper was different from the other kids' too.But at least，I wasn't alone in my sufferings.My sister and two brothers had the same merciless mother as I did.

　　My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.She had to know who our friends were and where we were going.She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour，that we be gone one hour or less—not one hour and one minute.We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day.The other kids always wore their clothes for days.We reached the height of insults (侮辱) because she made our clothes herself，just to save money.We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning.We couldn't sleep till noon like our friends.So while they slept—my mother actually had the nerve to break the Child Labor Law.She made us work.We had to wash dishes，make beds，learn to cook and do all sorts of cruel things.I believed she lay awake at night thinking out mean things for us to do.Through the years，things didn't improve a bit.We__could__not__lie__in__bed，“sick”__like__our__friends__didand miss school.Our marks in school had to be up to par (达到标准).

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