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 ___36___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___37___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___38___. As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___39___ an exceptional person she is. How ___40___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___41___, 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 ___42___ hard work that go into ___43___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___44___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___45___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___46___ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ___47___ woman thank a mother for ___48___ to be a mother? For being ready ___49___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___50____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___51___? For being ___52___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___53___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___54___. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___55___ in mine.
| 小题2: | | A．approve | B．appreciate | C．need | D．resemble |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．glad | C．comic | D．tragic |
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| 小题6: | | A．absence | B．presence | C．appearance | D．existence |
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| 小题7: | | A．common | B．plain | C．normal | D．usual |
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| 小题8: | | A．raising | B．rising | C．developing | D．training |
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| 小题9: | | A．childish | B．energetic | C．fearless | D．moody |
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| 小题10: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题11: | | A．detects | B．discovers | C．recognizes | D．realizes |
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| 小题12: | | A．pretty | B．foolish | C．green | D．grown |
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| 小题13: | | A．failing | B．intending | C．continuing | D．keeping |
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| 小题15: | | A．silent | B．quiet | C．cool | D．noiseless |
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| 小题16: | | A．dozen times | B．a dozen of times | | C．dozens of times | D．dozen of time |
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| 小题17: | | A．valuably | B．essentially | C．naturally | D．virtually |
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| 小题18: | | A．devotes | B．deserts | C．deserves | D．desires |
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| 小题19: | | A．set | B．settled | C．placed | D．fixed |
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