Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine.
小题22: | A.approve | B.appreciate | C.need | D.resemble |
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小题25:A.sad B.glad C.comic D tragic
小题26: | A.absence | B.presence | C.appearance | D.existence |
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小题27: | A.common | B.plain | C.normal | D.usual |
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小题28: | A.raising | B.rising | C.developing | D.training |
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小题29: | A.childish | B.energetic | C.fearless | D.moody |
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小题30: | A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
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小题31: | A.detects | B.discovers | C.recognizes | D.realizes |
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小题32: | A.pretty | B.foolish | C.green | D.grown |
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小题33: | A.failing | B.intending | C.continuing | D.keeping |
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小题35: | A.silent | B.quiet | C.cool | D.noiseless |
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小题36: | A.dozen times | B.a dozen of times | C.dozens of times | D.dozen of time |
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小题37: | A.valuably | B.essentially | C.naturally | D.virtually |
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小题38: | A.devotes | B.deserts | C.deserves | D.desires |
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小题39: | A.set | B.settled | C.placed | D.fixed |
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