My husband Sid and I were never able to have children. I had always wanted a family and that feeling
36 after his death. He was all I had. When he
37 , I felt like I had lost my entire family. I never
38 I would finally get the family I had always wished for. A few years later I met Tom. When we married, I
39 got four grown children and eight grandchildren.
I was
40 about my first meeting with his children. My worries melted away when I realized that they
41 me and were more than willing to bring me into their family. And when his daughters
42 me if their children could call me “Mimi,” I was excited, Tom was divorced, and
43 I was also concerned about the
44 that the children already had two grandmothers. Would the little ones understand
45 I fit into the family？
At our first extended family gathering, I
46 our six-year-old grandson Jim staring at me with a
47 look. He seemed to be thinking about something serious.
48 sporting a big grin(咧嘴笑)，he jumped and said, “I know who you are! You are our
49 grandma!” At that moment, I know it was time to just relax and enjoy my new
50 .
People say when a door close, God opens a window. Now I know what that
51 . I lost so much joy when Sid died,
52 now I have a new happy life. I am enjoying so many things I
53 got to experience before like reading bedtime stories. My refrigerator is covered with drawings, and my walls are
54 with photos of the kids. I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes, but I am just as
55 any other “regular” grandma I know.
| 小题1: | | A．disappeared | B．deepened | C．improved | D．worsened |
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| 小题2: | | A．died | B．returned | C．recovered | D．divorced |
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| 小题3: | | A．dreamed | B．found | C．forgot | D．regretted |
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| 小题4: | | A．unwillingly | B．merely | C．naturally | D．surely |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．crazy | C．curious | D．anxious |
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| 小题6: | | A．doubted | B．praised | C．liked | D．changed |
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| 小题7: | | A．challenged | B．asked | C．promised | D．tested |
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| 小题8: | | A．as a result | B．in other words | C．from then on | D．in the end |
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| 小题9: | | A．trouble | B．behavior | C．choice | D．fact |
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| 小题11: | | A．allowed | B．noticed | C．ignored | D．hated |
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| 小题12: | | A．frightened | B．sad | C．happy | D．confused |
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| 小题13: | | A．Generally | B．Eventually | C．Gradually | D．Suddenly |
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| 小题14: | | A．new | B．extra | C．distant | D．great |
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| 小题15: | | A．cause | B．partner | C．role | D．job |
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| 小题16: | | A．contains | B．determines | C．means | D．matters |
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| 小题18: | | A．ever | B．still | C．once | D．never |
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| 小题19: | | A．decorated | B．replaced | C．covered | D．filled |
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| 小题20: | | A．proud | B．busy | C．careful | D．healthy |
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