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Onenight,whenIwaseight,mymothergentlyaskedmeaquestionIw...

One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to   41   me But needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done   42   and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to   43   your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me   44   for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the   45  decisions adults had to make.

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d  46   wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her   47   and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.

During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large   48   apartment, I became   49   how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then   50   I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on   51   family and work.   52   difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a   53    attitude.

Back home , I   54   myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she   55   to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be   56   I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable   57  .

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the   58   has really taught me. Sacrifices   59   in the end. The separation between us has proved to be   60   for me.

41. A. attract       B. promote     C. surprise    D. praise

42. A. little        B. much       C. well       D. wrong

43. A. leave       B. refuse       C. contact     D. forgive

44. A. explaining   B. sleeping     C. wondering  D. regretting

45. A. poor        B. timely      C. final       D. tough

46. A. eagerly      B. politely     C. nervously   D. curiously

47. A. patience     B. presence    C. intelligence  uence

48. A. comfortable  B. expensive   C. empty      D. modern

49. A. interested in  B. aware of    C. doubtful    D. satisfied with

50. A. when        B. where     C. which       D. that

51. A. abandoning   B. balancing  C. comparing   D. mixing

52. A. Depending on  B. Supplied with  C. Faced with  D. Insisting on

53. A. different      B. friendly   C. positive    D. general

54. A. criticized     B. informed  C. warned     D. reminded

55. A. managed     B. offered    C. attempted   D. expected

56. A. grateful      B. energetic  C. independent  D. practical

57. A. examples     B. limits     C. rules      D. goals

58. A. question     B. experience  C. history    D. occasion

59. A. pay off      B. come back  C. run out    D. turn up

60.A. blessing     B. gathering    C. failure    D. pleasure

【回答】

BCACD ABCBD  BCCDCA CDBAA

 

知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类

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