Night after night, she came to tuck me in (给…掖被子), even long after my childhood years. Following her long-standing custom, she’d and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started me----her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. , one night, I shouted at her, “Don’t do that anymore ----your hands are too !” She didn’t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that expression of her love.
Time after time, with the passing years, my thoughts to that night. By then I missed my mother’s , missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead. Sometimes the incident very close, sometimes far away. But always it existed in the back of my .
Well, many years have passed, but mother’s rough hands are still doing things for me and my family. She’s been our doctor, into a medicine cupboard for the medicine to us children of our pain. She makes the best food in the world and always keeps our clothes clean.
Now, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special , I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand ran across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, my forehead.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I the night my young voice , “Don't’ do that anymore----your hands are too rough!” Mom’s hand in my hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten ---and ---long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
1.A. set down B. put down C. lie down D. lean down
2.A. inspiring B. annoying C. boring D. upsetting
3.A. for B. although C. so D. while
4.A. Gradually B. Certainly C. Finally D. Absolutely
5.A. rough B. tough C. smelly D. dirty
6.A. unexpected B. strange C. familiar D. ridiculous
7.A. dashed B. returned C. wandered D. ran
8.A. kiss B. expression C. hands D. hair
9.A. happened B. turned C. felt D. seemed
10.A. mind B. world C. record D. history
11.A. sliding B. reaching C. touching D. dipping
12.A. operate B. rid C. charge D. prevent
13.A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. occasions
14.A. quickly B. unwillingly C. hesitantly D. roughly
15.A. pressed B. struck C. dropped D. touched
16.A. recalled B. regained C. repeated D. reminded
17.A. complained B. laughed C. criticized D. whispered
18.A. Conducting B. Commanding C. Controlling D. Catching
19.A. ignored B. abandoned C. forgiven D. forbidden
20.A. guilt B. shame C. pity D. sorrow
The furniture, with its modern style and bright colors, suits modern houses and their gardens, but looks _____ in the garden of a traditional home.
A. out of question B. out of order C. out of sight D. out of place
To our anger, many poverty-stricken counties build luxurious office buildings instead of _______ money to improve the miserable conditions of local schools.
A. declaringB. divorcingC. distributingD. dragging
A charity campaign to offer care to the elderly in our city attracted many participants on March 5 ----“Learn from Lei Feng Day”, a day _________ to honor the spirit of helping others.
A. set off B. set about C. set aside D. set out
Looking at old photographs of yourself on social websites can improve your mood, and this finding _______ previous research, which suggested otherwise.
A. consumesB. contradictsC. conductsD. congratulates
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Friday again urged Japan to make serious efforts for the improvement of the relationship between the two countries and honestly face up to and____ its history of militarist aggression.
A. look onB. concentrate onC. reflect onD. hold on
