The first event of my life to be printed into my memory occurred when I was three. My mother stands, working in the
41 and then glances at me with a
42 smile. Two feet down the table, I knock on a chair with a bowl and a spoon,
43 my own invisible (无形的) powder. We wear
44 dresses, mine the leftover
45 from hers, sky blue — mommy’s favorite color. I am her shadow.
However, by 14 I could not
46 my mother. All that I heard every day was NO. I wanted to dye my hair and she said no. I wanted to
47 late with my friends and she said no. I didn’t understand why she said no. She was trying to
48 me from aches and pains and mistakes
49 in her teens. Several years later, I finally understood her, but it was too late. She became ill. I cried and 50 , “Don’t take her, God, please! She is my mother, my mommy, ma, the woman who gave me life. All my years,
51 the hard times and the good, she has been there,
52 to me forever by an invisible umbilical cord (脐带) that lasts longer after birth.”But this cord, this love could do nothing to stop the cancer from
53 .
A few years later
54 I myself lay in the hospital bed, my newly born daughter was
55 in my arms. I cried and smiled and prayed. Please help me to 56 her into a wonderful girl. And looking down
57 her eyes, I could see the message they held, “Your
58 would be proud.”
I stand in the kitchen now, and these thoughts flashed through my mind. I glance at my young daughter. A
59 feeling rushes through my soul as I take in the familiar
60 .I am my mother’s shadow.
| 小题1: | | A．dining room | B．kitchen | C．sitting room | D．garden |
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| 小题2: | | A．loving | B．lively | C．lovely | D．horrible |
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| 小题3: | | A．preparing | B．mixing | C．cooking | D．eating |
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| 小题4: | | A．matching | B．similar | C．different | D．same |
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| 小题5: | | A．material | B．clothes | C．dress | D．clothing |
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| 小题6: | | A．agree | B．stand | C．know | D．realize |
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| 小题7: | | A．keep up | B．stay out | C．stay up | D．keep on |
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| 小题8: | | A．protect | B．warn | C．save | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．watched | B．liked | C．heard | D．experienced |
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| 小题10: | | A．screamed | B．said | C．shouted | D．prayed |
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| 小题11: | | A．on | B．in | C．through | D．within |
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| 小题12: | | A．concerned | B．shared | C．connected | D．joined |
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| 小题13: | | A．growing | B．spreading | C．escaping | D．moving |
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| 小题14: | | A．as | B．before | C．since | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．thrown | B．given | C．placed | D．taken |
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| 小题16: | | A．raise | B．support | C．bring | D．change |
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| 小题17: | | A．for | B．through | C．up | D．into |
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| 小题18: | | A．daughter | B．children | C．mother | D．friends |
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| 小题19: | | A．warm | B．strange | C．painful | D．exciting |
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| 小题20: | | A．saying | B．sign | C．scene | D．paint |
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