My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __1__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 2__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __3__ at the pier(码头)waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __4__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __5__ in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing __6__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __7_ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __8__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __9__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __10__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __11__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __12__.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __13__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __14__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __15__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __16__ another part of the world. My mother __17__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __18__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __19__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __20__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
小题1: | A.situation | B.case | C.matter | D.rule |
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小题2: | A.leave behind | B.leave out | C.leave off | D.leave for |
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小题3: | A.arriving | B.staring | C.standing | D.looking |
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小题4: | A.range | B.shape | C.sight | D.control |
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小题5: | A.adapting | B.suiting | C.matching | D.fitting |
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小题6: | A.names | B.jobs | C.addresses | D.directions |
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小题7: | A.father | B.classmates | C.brother | D.relatives |
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小题8: | A.performing | B.seeking | C.waiting | D.applying |
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小题9: | A.programs | B.sacrifices | C.contributions | D.cooperations |
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小题10: | A.Once | B.While | C.When | D.Unless |
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小题11: | A.somewhere | B.somewhat | C.sometime | D.somehow |
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小题12: | A.romantic | B.comfortable | C.mysterious | D.wealthy |
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小题13: | A.generally | B.actually | C.especially | D.unfairly |
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小题14: | A.desert | B.pursue | C.affect | D.limit |
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小题15: | A.lifestyle | B.value | C.journey | D.opportunity |
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小题16: | A.acquire | B.explore | C.occupy | D.realize |
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小题17: | A.met | B.greeted | C.agreed | D.suspected |
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小题18: | A.load | B.sadness | C.result | D.challenge |
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小题19: | A.changeable | B.cautious | C.positive | D.negative |
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小题20: | A.experienced | B.brave | C.ordinary | D.annoyed |
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