Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was
41 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was
42 with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t
43 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how
44 I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to
45 something,” Mother said quietly. I could
46 her pain and the tension of
47 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my
48 . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face
49 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her
50 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could and that was
51 . At that moment, feeling Mother’s
52 with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to
53 . She was still my mother,
54 she was something
55 : a person like me, capable of fear,
56 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought
57 in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station __
58 .
“It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very
59 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her
60 away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.
| 小题1: | | A．fooled | B．tricked | C．puzzled | D．shocked |
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| 小题2: | | A．crying | B．smiling | C．thinking | D．whispering |
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| 小题3: | | A．write | B．type | C．grasp | D．glance |
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| 小题4: | | A．seldom | B．adequately | C．little | D．much |
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| 小题5: | | A．fail | B．win | C．forgive | D．gain |
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| 小题6: | | A．realize | B．understand | C．sense | D．recognize |
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| 小题7: | | A．holding back | B．putting away | C．holding on | D．coming out |
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| 小题8: | | A．attitude | B．attempt | C．arrival | D．admission |
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| 小题9: | | A．by | B．upon | C．beside | D．against |
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| 小题10: | | A．tightly | B．attentively | C．gently | D．cheerfully |
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| 小题11: | | A．enough | B．little | C．all | D．nothing |
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| 小题12: | | A．forehead | B．face | C．fingers | D．back |
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| 小题13: | | A．content | B．break | C．conquer | D．control |
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| 小题14: | | A．therefore | B．although | C．yet | D．however |
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| 小题15: | | A．more | B．excellent | C．strange | D．huge |
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| 小题16: | | A．wound | B．pride | C．success | D．hurt |
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| 小题17: | | A．kindness | B．memory | C．comfort | D．support |
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| 小题18: | | A．supplied | B．offered | C．paid | D．contributed |
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| 小题19: | | A．different | B．distinct | C．pleasant | D．sympathetic |
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| 小题20: | | A．crying | B．striking | C．tapping | D．sewing |
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