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.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B
题目分析：本文主要讲了我的父亲是海军，经常出海。母亲一个人带着我们两个孩子生活，虽然生活很难，但母亲总以积极的心态面对生活，给我们创造着生活。母亲就如同大海中的温馨港湾，她是我心中的英雄。
小题1:这里想说，这种事例经常发生，situation处境 case事例matter问题 rule
规定，故选B。
小题2:这里想说留下我们成长中喜爱的一些东西，leave behind留下 leave out省略 leave off戒除 leave for离开，故选A。
小题3:这里表示再一次站在码头上，standing 站在，故选C。
小题4:根据wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of fitting
in the new environment again，可知这里想说在轮船消失在视线中之前，out of sight在视野之外，故选C。
小题5: 这里想说再次适应新的环境，fit in适应，故选D。
小题6:根据We would arrive at our new home，可知这里想说经常地换地址，学校和朋友，故选C。
小题7:根据My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of sight，故选C。
小题8:根据She played these roles ,故选A，performing履行，扮演。
小题9:根据as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so可知这里想说妈妈放弃她很有前途的职业是她为家庭做的牺牲之一，sacrifices牺牲，故选B。
小题10:这里表示然而她必须用很小一部分钱，While然而，故选B。
小题11:这里想表达我母亲不知怎么把每一个房子都能变成安全和舒适的家，somehow
不知怎么地，故选D。
小题12:这里想表达我母亲不知怎么把每一个房子都能变成安全和舒适的家comfortable舒适的，故选B。
小题13:这里想表达特别是带着两个小孩子，especially特别地，故选C。
小题14:这里想表达不能去追求事业，pursue追求，故选B。
小题15:这里想表达她把这些生活方式转变成了冒险经历，lifestyle生活方式，故选A。
小题16:这里想表达每一次迁移都成了探索世界其他地方的一次机会，explore探索，故选B。
小题17:这里想表达我的母亲欢迎新的文化、气候和邻居，greeted欢迎，故选B。
小题18:这里想表达每一座新的房子都是重新放置家具的挑战，故选D，challenge挑战。
小题19:这里想表达无论生活有多么难，她总是有一种积极的生活态度，positive积极地，故选C。
小题20:根据she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.可知我的母亲很勇敢，故选B。
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