Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa, , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect of how I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very to understand. I could her pain and the tension (压力) of the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face my shoulder and sobbed. I held her and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment, mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to . She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear and and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought in her arms.
A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to .
1.A. lazy B. shocked C. ashamed D. tired
2.A. smiling B. thinking C. crying D. whispering
3.A. proof B. feeling C. excuse D. explanation
4.A. little B. much C. eagerly D. worriedly
5.A. suddenlyB. slowly C. proudly D. quickly
6.A. watch B. recognize C. look D. sense
7.A. putting awayB. stopping from C. sitting up D. holding back
8.A. turned B. lit C. increased D. rose
9.A. through B. against C. up D. to
10.A. carefullyB. politely C. tightly D. thoughtfully
11.A. feeling B. reaching C. watching D. sensing
12.A. break B. content C. understand D. fall
13.A. still B. therefore C. yet D. however
14.A. much B. huge C. little D. more
15.A. cut B. hurt C. defeat D. wound
16.A. memory B. support C. comfort D. kindness
17.A. offered B. paid for C. contributed D. supplied
18.A. sadly B. simply C. excitedly D. worriedly
19.A. hard B. pleasant C. serious D. different
20.A. work B. write C. type D. sell
-- I happened to notice Bob’s father quarrelling with the teacher in defense of his son.
-- No wonder Bob always performs poorly in class. It’s really “________”.
A. Love me, love my dog
B. Like father, like son
C. Birds of a feather flock together
D. A busy mother makes a lazy daughter
-- I have got a headache.
-- No wonder. You_________ on the math exercises too long.
A. work B. are working C. have been working D. worked
Attention, please. All of you students _______ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected.
A. can B. will C. may D. shall
____ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge.
A. Were B. Should C. Would D. Will
Whoever is never ______ with the progress he has made will be a success.
A. content B. proud C. abundant D. familiar
