“I wouldn’t buy that woman a Mother’s Day card, even if my life depended upon it,” said the woman standing by the card shelf at Wal-Mart. I looked up and saw a(n) of total complaint and dislike.
Having been at a Florida orphanage at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents. That part of my life is a total .
She looked up, saw me looking at her and angrily, “Just what are you looking at, you fool?”
“Sorry Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was by your words.” I reached over and picked up a nice-looking , opened it and began to read, “Thank you for being my mother.”
“Do you think your mother would like that card? Mine would, I think,” I said.
“Do you know what it is like to be at for years, and never be told that you are loved?” she asked.
“My mother didn’t me, let alone shout. She just took me to the orphanage where I stayed until I grew up,” I replied.
“Don’t you her?” she asked.
“Oh, I can’t. She’s my mother. Being a mother is a position to be , even if she is not a very nice person,” I told her. The woman stood there her head.
I looked down at the floor and said, “I know your mother might have done a lot of things that you. It appears as if you hate her. But I can tell you this from my that disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as as never having known a mother at all—good or bad. At least, you feel . For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s I’ll feel until I die.”
The woman stood there for a moment. , she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.
After she left, I a nice card for my mother. I took it home, it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”.
1.A. idea B. appearance C. expression D.impression
2.A. deserted B. lost C. reserved D. rescued
3.A. dark B. pain C. misfortune D. blank
4.A. requested B. considered C. screamed D. refused
5.A. relieved B. annoyed C. disappointed D. shocked
6.A. cart B. card C. book D. magazine
7.A. simply B. largely C. originally D. basically
8.A. shouted B. glared C. laughed D. pointed
9.A. set aside B. leave behind C. care about D. know about
10.A. miss B. love C. accuse D. hate
11.A. depended B. obeyed C. respected D. observed
12.A. shaking B. dropping C. raising D. nodding
13.A. hurt B. blamed C. disturbed D. punished
14.A. conscience B. efforts C. experiences D. nature
15.A. fragile B. lonely C. hateful D. anxious
16.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
17.A. whether B. how C. where D. why
18.A. Cheerfully B. Eagerly C. Hesitantly D. Seriously
19.A. picked out B. packed up C. brought out D. took up
20.A. mended B. exposed C. addressed D. signed
It is typical of Jim to feel shy; he will feel ______ in the presence of strangers.
A. out of order B. out of place
C. out of control D. out of breath
It would appear that the activists had _______ broken the police line in order to draw international attention to their case.
A. roughly B. deliberately
C. apparently D. regularly
The spokesman was very ______ about expressing his opinions in public in case he might make mistakes.
A. cautious B. capable
C. consistent D. controversial
Train tickets are allowed to be booked online or by phone, a good way to make purchasing train tickets more________.
A. systematic B. effective
C. accessible D. practical
He is busy writing the article all the morning, only ________ occasionally to have a cup of coffee.
A. breaking off B. breaking down
C. breaking through D. breaking up
