Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years.She would ____ down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember when it first started ___ me — her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt workworn and rough ____ my young skin.Finally,one night, I shouted out at her, “Don't do that any more—your hands are too rough!” she made no ____ and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her ____.
With the passing years, my ____returned to that night time after time.By then I ____ my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very ____, sometimes far away, but always it was ____ in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more.Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once ___ to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives ____.One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself ___to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to ___the hair from my forehead.Then a ____, ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I ____ the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how ____I was for that night.I thought she'd remember ____ I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and ____ long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ____for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was ____ to be found.
小题2: | A.annoying | B.astonishing | C.delighting | D.disappointing |
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小题3: | A.along | B.above | C.against | D.aside |
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小题4: | A.reply | B.promise | C.request | D.agreement |
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小题5: | A.pity | B.sadness | C.apology | D.love |
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小题6: | A.feelings | B.opinions | C.spirits | D.thoughts |
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小题7: | A.missed | B.forgot | C.held | D.shook |
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小题8: | A.strange | B.close | C.serious | D.common |
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小题9: | A.stressed | B.existed | C.hidden | D.exposed |
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小题10: | A.expected | B.changed | C.reminded | D.complained |
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小题12: | A.drawn | B.carried | C.moved | D.stayed |
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小题14: | A.tear | B.kiss | C.press | D.hand |
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小题15: | A.returned | B.remembered | C.realized | D.recalled |
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小题16: | A.sorry | B.happy | C.angry | D.nervous |
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小题18: | A.disappeared | B.forgiven | C.apologized | D.abandoned |
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小题19: | A.imagination | B.inspiration | C.decoration | D.appreciation |
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小题20: | A.still | B.soon | C.nowhere | D.anyhow |
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