9.I was standing there watching her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room(宿舍).(16)Ais carefully planned,pictures of her dearest friends on the wall,drawers and boxes full of clothes and books under the bed.As the room takes on her style,I begin to accept that her room at home is(17)Bhers.It is now ours.Our room for her when she(18)C.
I find myself thinking of when I held her in my arms,in the chair by my wife's hospital bed:One day old.So small,so beautiful,so (19)D,so totally depending on her new,untested parents…How time flies!
She looks up now,catching me watching her,causing her to turn to her mother,"Mom,Dad's looking at me funny."
The last few days,I touch her arm,her face-any thing-knowing that when my wife and I return home,she will not be with us and there will be nothing to see.I have so much to say,(20)Bno words with which to say it.
My life changed from the day I drove this child home from the(21)C.I saw myself differently that day,and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says,"It'll be all right,Dad.I'll be(22)Bfrom school soon."I tell her she will have a great year,but I say little else.I am afraid somehow to speak,afraid I'll say something too small for what I'm feeling,and so I only(23)Dto our good-bye hug(拥抱)a little longer.
I look into her eyes and turn to go.My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us.(24)Ado not.Maybe if I don't look I can imagine that she really hasn't gone.I know that what she is starting doing is exciting and wonderful.I remember what the world looked like to me when everything was (25)A.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side,my eyes are wet and I realize that my life is changing for ever.
16.A.Everything | B.Something | C.Anything | D.Nothing |
17.A.as usual | B.no longer | C.all over | D.so far |
18.A.finishes | B.finds | C.visits | D.leaves |
19.A.careful | B.proud | C.nervous | D.perfect |
20.A.and | B.but | C.since | D.until |
21.A.college | B.dormitory | C.hospital | D.street |
22.A.away | B.home | C.there | D.out |
23.A.put on | B.work on | C.live on | D.hold on |
24.A.Mine | B.Hers | C.Theirs | D.Ours |
25.A.new | B.fine | C.great | D.sweet. |