Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I 31 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had
32 . He often got almost everything in the house out of
33 . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking
34 to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional
35 Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a
36 as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t
37 him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued
38 him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping
39 teens.
At the
40 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had
41 the most to him or her. Brett spoke
42 to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter
43 . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,
44 troubled enough by me, always
45 me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”
46 , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me
47 .
At that moment, tears
48 in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for 49 . Although I had struggled with silent
50 toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.
小题1:.
| A．sat | B．sank | C．bent | D．dropped |
| 小题2: | | A．ruined | B．lost | C．torn | D．broken |
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| 小题3: | | A．danger | B．place | C．trouble | D．order |
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小题5:.
| A．pain | B．injury | C．damage | D．harm |
| 小题6: | | A．patiently | B．willingly | C．strictly | D．rudely |
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| 小题7: | | A．forgive | B．educate | C．stand | D．control |
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| 小题8: | | A．parenting | B．pardoning | C．comforting | D．feeding |
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| 小题9: | | A．lazy | B．troublesome | C．disappointing | D．careless |
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| 小题10: | | A．opening | B．official | C．victory | D．graduation |
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| 小题11: | | A．afforded | B．meant | C．supplied | D．owed |
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| 小题12: | | A．lovingly | B．sadly | C．proudly | D．nervously |
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| 小题14: | | A．unless | B．although | C．because | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．cost | B．lent | C．taught | D．showed |
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| 小题16: | | A．Astonished | B．Puzzled | C．Encouraged | D．Interested |
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| 小题17: | | A．surely | B．roughly | C．tightly | D．fiercely |
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| 小题18: | | A．fell | B．flowed | C．moved | D．gathered |
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| 小题19: | | A．pity | B．happiness | C．luck | D．success |
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| 小题20: | | A．love | B．anxiety | C．anger | D．care |
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