Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine.
| 小题22: | | A．approve | B．appreciate | C．need | D．resemble |
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小题25:A.sad B.glad C.comic D tragic
| 小题26: | | A．absence | B．presence | C．appearance | D．existence |
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| 小题27: | | A．common | B．plain | C．normal | D．usual |
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| 小题28: | | A．raising | B．rising | C．developing | D．training |
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| 小题29: | | A．childish | B．energetic | C．fearless | D．moody |
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| 小题30: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题31: | | A．detects | B．discovers | C．recognizes | D．realizes |
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| 小题32: | | A．pretty | B．foolish | C．green | D．grown |
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| 小题33: | | A．failing | B．intending | C．continuing | D．keeping |
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| 小题35: | | A．silent | B．quiet | C．cool | D．noiseless |
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| 小题36: | | A．dozen times | B．a dozen of times | C．dozens of times | D．dozen of time |
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| 小题37: | | A．valuably | B．essentially | C．naturally | D．virtually |
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| 小题38: | | A．devotes | B．deserts | C．deserves | D．desires |
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| 小题39: | | A．set | B．settled | C．placed | D．fixed |
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