Alone in the light at the dining room table, surrounded by a nearly dark house, I sat in tears.
Finally, I
36 in getting both kids to bed. As a new single 37 , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children.
With full rights of my children, I
38 to give them a normal and comfortable home life. I
39 a happy face for them.I rose slowly, trying not to
40 even the least sound which might start them up
41 . I tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地走) out of their room,
42 the door part way, and went downstairs.
And loneliness(孤独). I
43 as thought I were at the bottom(底部) of a great sea of loneliness. It all
44 together and I was at once lost. I sat there,
45 crying.
Just then, a pair of little
46 went around my middle and a little face looked up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s
47 face.
I was shy to be
48 crying by my son. “I’m sorry. Ethan, I didn’t know you were stillo awake.” I don’t know why, but so many people
49 when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t
50 to cry. I’m just a little
51 tonight.”
“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry; you’re just
52 .”
I couldn’t express(表达) how happy he made me, this little boy, who was simple, gave me
53 to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be
54 , and that sometimes it was possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my
55 .
小题1: | A.succeeded | B.escaped | C.failed | D.helped |
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小题2: | A.mother | B.worker | C.parent | D.stepfather |
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小题3: | A.followed | B.grew | C.joined | D.tried |
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小题4: | A.put on | B.took on | C.put down | D.took in |
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小题6: | A.over | B.again | C.once | D.already |
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小题7: | A.locked | B.fixed | C.opened | D.closed |
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小题8: | A.felt | B.thought | C.fell | D.woke |
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小题9: | A.went | B.afforded | C.came | D.agreed |
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小题10: | A.loudly | B.hardly | C.widely | D.silently |
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小题11: | A.arms | B.legs | C.hands | D.eyes |
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小题12: | A.pleased | B.helpful | C.excited | D.angry |
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小题13: | A.moved | B.seen | C.heard | D.touched |
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小题14: | A.explain | B.complain | C.apologize | D.wonder |
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小题15: | A.want | B.mean | C.appear | D.prefer |
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小题16: | A.worried | B.special | C.tired | D.sad |
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小题17: | A.a person | B.a male | C.terrific | D.nervous |
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小题18: | A.decision | B.interest | C.right | D.truth |
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小题19: | A.experienced | B.strong | C.single | D.able |
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小题20: | A.ideas | B.secrets | C.words | D.feelings |
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