Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years. She would 21 down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead. I don’t remember when it first started 22 me-her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work-worn and rough 23 my young skin. Finally , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that any more-your hands are too rough!” she made no 24 and left quietly. But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her 25 .
With the passing years, my 26 returned to that night time after time. By then I 27 my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss. Sometimes the incident seemed very 28 , sometimes far away, but always it was 29 in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once 30 to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives 31 . One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself 32 to her house to spend the night with her. As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to 33 the hair from my forehead. Then a 34 , ever so gently , touched my forehead. I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I 35 the night my young voice complained. Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I told her how 36 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember 37 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had already forgotten and 38 long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 39 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was 40 to be found.
1. A．lie B．bend C．look D．fall
2. A．annoying B．astonishing C．delighting D．disappointing
3. A．along B．above C．against D．aside
4. A．reply B．promise C．request D．agreement
5. A．pity B．sadness C．apology D．love
6. A．views B．opinions C．spirits D．thoughts
7. A．missed B．forgot C．held D．shook
8. A．strange B．close C．serious D．common
9. A．stressed B．existed C．hidden D．exposed
10. A．expected B．changed C．reminded D．complained
11. A．yet B．away C．alone D．long
12. A．drawn B．carried C．moved D．stayed
13. A．cut B．wash C．brush D．take
14. A．tear B．kiss C．press D．hand
15. A．returned B．remembered C．realized D．recalled
16. A．sorry B．happy C．angry D．nervous
17. A．when B．how C．why D．as
18. A．disappeared B．forgiven C．apologized D．abandoned
19. A．imagination B．inspiration C．decoration D．appreciation
20. A．still B．soon C．nowhere D．anyhow
He is not native, if he were, we _______ this discussion over his identity.
A．would not be having B．are not having
C．had not had D．will not have
The snow was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, _______ the car out.
A．getting B．get C．got D．to get
Things have changed quickly over the past decade and life in the country is much better than used to be．
A．that B．it C．what D．one
Jobs are hard to get and, _______, more young people are continuing their education.
A．above all B．as a result C．after all D．on the contrary
All I’m hoping for is _______ wherever Michael is he will come home safe and sound.
A．whether B．which C．that D．what
