When you are five years old, your mother is your everything. She is your , friend, and nurse; the only person you rely on with your hopes, dreams, and wishes. But for me, this was not the case.
My mother suffered from problems that would keep her in bed for days, leaving me to care for her and look after myself. This situation me to grow up much faster. While I knew my mother was sick, I felt deep down that we could it and everything would be okay. , in 1997 everything went terribly wrong, and my life changed forever.
Adoption is a word to a five-year-old, but when I realized that my own mother had signed me over to , I felt it was the worst betrayal(背叛). I suffered from shock, anger, and confusion as I attempted to adjust to my new family. No longer could I anyone since the person I had loved more than all else had abandoned me. Hearing people tell me that she did it in my best interest, I felt even more . I could not forgive her and always how she could reject me like an old sofa.
However, the more I got older, the more I began to understand how our situation had been. We had been on boxes of noodles, and at one point we lived in our car. I was once passed from drug-addicted cousins to mentally unstable neighbors as my mother to try and save me from what our lives were becoming each day passed.
Only recently have I begun to understand my mother gave me to strangers. she really did save me. She loved me more than anything, so she wanted me to have a in life, one she could no longer offer me. I now know my life has been a special only because she was selfless enough to give me up.
1.A. hostess B. competitor C. provider D. candidate
2.A. mainly B. completely C. gradually D. occasionally
3.A. moral B. physical C. social D. legal
4.A. forced B. inspired C. allowed D. convinced
5.A. stick to B. escape from C. decide on D. get through
6.A. Otherwise B. Meanwhile C. However D. Therefore
7.A. familiar B. negative C. simple D. foreign
8.A. strangers B. cousins C. friends D. neighbors
9.A. understand B. support C. trust D. praise
10.A. worried B. innocent C. scared D. bitter
11.A. imagined B. wondered C. remembered D. questioned
12.A. ridiculous B. urgent C. desperate D. complex
13.A. focusing B. working C. acting D. surviving
14.A. also B. even C. still D. yet
15.A. fought B. learnt C. hesitated D. tended
16.A. till B. before C. as D. once
17.A. how B. why C. that D. what
18.A. In the long run B. Time and again C. For quite a while D. All at once
19.A. challenge B. goal C. reward D. chance
20.A. gift B. fact C. test D. deal
— Aren’t you interested in the new flat?
— ______. It is noisy near the sports center.
A. Not especially B. No wonder
C. Not a little D. No doubt
According to the data from Robb’s studies, men produce slightly ______ speech. But no sex difference in the reading task was found.
A. clearest B. clear C. clearly D. clearer
Love means you care about the ______ of a person, that is, you hope he or she can lead a happy life.
A. authority B. belief C. preference D. welfare
Recently, a new research has suggested the possibility in a popular magazine ______ pleasant smells might reduce pain.
A. why B. whether C. that D. how
Mr. Smith felt upset for being ______ from the concert he had longed for.
A. turned out B. turned away
C. turned over D. turned off
