第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
One day, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a
question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to 21 me but needs me
to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done 22and allowing you to skip a grade, but you’ll have to 23your friends. Would you say yes to your
teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about
it. I was puzzled. The question kept me 24 for the rest of the day
I had said “yes” but for the
first time, I realized the 25 decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from
Brazil every day. Every evening
I’d 26 wait for the phone
to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could
never replace her 27 and it was difficult not to feel lonely
at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio
to visit her. Looking at her large 28 apartment, I became 29
how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then 30
I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on 31 family
and work.32difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right
choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion
and a 33 attitude.
Back home , I 34 myself that what my
mother could do, I could, too. If she 35to live in Rio all by
herself, I, too, could learn to be 36. I learn how to take care of
myself and set high but achievable 37.
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget
what the 38 has really taught me. Sacrifices 39 in the
end. The separation between us has proved to be 40 for me.
21. A.
attract B.
praise C.
surprise
D. promote
22. A.
little B.
much C.
well
D. wrong
23. A.
contact B.
refuse
C. leave
D. forgive
24. A.
explaining B.
sleeping C.
wondering
D. regretting
25. A.
poor B.
tough
C.
final
D. timely
26. A.
nervously B.
politely
C. eagerly
D. curiously
27. A.
patience
B. Influence C.
intelligence
D. presence
28. A.
comfortable B.
empty C.
expensive
D.modern
29. A. interested
in B. satisfied
with C.
doubtful
D. aware of
30. A.
when B.
where
C.
which
D. that
31. A.
balancing B.
abandoning C.
comparing D.
mixing
32. A. Depending
on B. supplied with C.
Faced with D.
Insisting on
33. A.
different B.
friendly C.
positive
D. general
34. A.
criticized B.
informed C.
warned
D. reminded
35. A.
managed B.
offered
C. attempted
D. expected
36. A.
grateful B.
energetic C.
independent D.
practical
37. A.
examples B.
limits
C.
rules
D. goals
38. A.
question B.
experience C. history
D. occasion
39. A. run
out B. come
back C. pay
off
D. turn up
40.
A. failure B.
gathering
C. blessing
D. pleasure