My MotherDirections: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear.My mother was an efficient 1 who cooked, cleaned and shopped for nine people 2 basis. She was a disciplinarian who would 3 seven kids walk up and down the stairs a hundred times if we clumped like 4 to dinner. She also enlisted us to help her in the day's 5 .My mother believed that each of her children had a special 6 that made him or her invaluable on certain 7 . My brother Mike, for example, was believed to have especially 8 . He was hoisted up as a human 9 whenever she needed to see something 10 . John was the climber when a kite 11 . My own job was navigator for our 12 old Chrysler.But my mother's 13 to get work done well was only 14 .She also had an15 that carried her in different directions, that 16 her to transcend her everyday life. She did not 17 magic as portrayed on a stage, but 18 instead the sound of a metal bucket being 19 a hose, or the persistence of a dandelion at the20 a woodpile.