It was silent in Mom’s hospital room. Only the sound of her heart monitor interrupted the
moments of what seemed to be a peaceful sleep. It had been several hours since her operation. I wanted her to wake up. I needed to
to her. Last night, I shouted at her because she had allowed my
sister to visit her when she had
our mom for years.
“Shame on you!” she had said firmly. “Moms don’t stop
their children just because one of them chose to leave her. A mother always loves more than she’s loved
.”
I thought, “Shame on you! When I do something wrong or when a friend is
to her, that’s all she will ever say. How about standing up for you
for once, Mom?”
My mom’s groaning（呻吟）broke my
. she couldn’t speak,
her eyes were moving, looking for something. She
her notebook and pen next to her bed. I gently handed them to her. She
slowly, and then turned the notebook around for me to read.
“I forgive you,” it
.
Tears ran down my face. I felt
. As I began to speak, I was
by the loud arguing of two seemingly angry nurses on the opposite side of the room. My mom suddenly began writing on her notebook, and then stopped to
the piece of paper. She handed it to me, signaling me to give it to the nurses. They read it, looked
at my mom and quietly left the room.
“What did you write, Mom?” I asked.
She smiled sweetly but said nothing.
, I knew what she had written on that piece of paper. How
those three little words are!
I kissed my mom goodbye and
to find my sister.
| 小题1: | | A．quiet | B．long | C．sweet | D．important |
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| 小题2: | | A．explain | B．agree | C．refer | D．apologize |
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| 小题3: | | A．selfish | B．poor | C．weak | D．jealous |
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| 小题4: | | A．attacked | B．hurt | C．abandoned | D．criticized |
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| 小题5: | | A．helping | B．missing | C．loving | D．protecting |
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| 小题6: | | A．in place | B．in turn | C．in time | D．in return |
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| 小题7: | | A．unkind | B．special | C．strange | D．new |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．children | C．rights | D．freedom |
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| 小题9: | | A．promise | B．sleep | C．words | D．concentration |
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| 小题11: | | A．pointed to | B．picked up | C．looked through | D．reached for |
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| 小题12: | | A．said | B．wrote | C．read | D．moved |
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| 小题13: | | A．wrote | B．said | C．told | D．suggested |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoyed | B．worried | C．ashamed | D．confused |
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| 小题15: | | A．kept | B．frightened | C．angered | D．interrupted |
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| 小题16: | | A．check over | B．stare at | C．tear off | D．take out |
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| 小题17: | | A．proudly | B．gratefully | C．coldly | D．carefully |
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| 小题18: | | A．Suddenly | B．Finally | C．Gradually | D．Clearly |
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| 小题19: | | A．easy | B．typical | C．exact | D．powerful |
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| 小题20: | | A．left | B．tried | C．called | D．expected |
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