It was my twenty-eighth birthday, and I was seriously upset. I was a newly divorced mom, raising two small children on my own. Feeling _______ myself had become comfortable for me.
The evening before my _______, my six-year-old son Nick said,“Tomorrow's your birthday, Mommy! I can't _______!”Unable to return his enthusiasm, I kissed his cheeks and _______ he could forget it the next day.
The next morning, I _______ noises in our living room and then I heard Nick _______ his baby sister Maya, telling her to“make Mommy smile today.”It suddenly hit me. I'd been so _______ in my sadness that I hadn't realized how it was affecting my children. Sensing my _______, my little boy was doing his best to _______ something about it.
I marched into the living room to hug my children — and was __________ in my tracks. There sat Nick on the floor, Maya on her blanket next to him, and in front of them was a pile of __________.
I looked wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the presents, then back to my son. “Happy Birthday!” he cried. “I __________ you, Mommy, didn't I?” I knelt (跪) down next to him and asked how he'd __________ to get me the presents. He reminded me of our __________ to the Dollar Tree store, and I __________ remembered him telling me he was going to spend the pocket money he'd been saving for ages. I had almost __________ him for spending everything he had so carefully saved. I would never have imagined that he was __________ gifts for me.
__________ the presents, I suddenly saw the beauty in my life. The sadness __________ from my heart. I hugged my son and daughter and told them how __________ I was to have them in my life.
【小题1】A.satisfied with | B.sorry for | C.afraid of | D.amazed by |
【小题2】A.graduation | B.anniversary | C.retirement | D.birthday |
【小题3】【小题4】A.hoped | B.proved | C.promised | D.advised |
【小题5】A.tested | B.made | C.heard | D.remembered |
【小题6】A.singing to | B.talking to | C.arguing with | D.speaking about |
【小题7】A.similar | B.skilled | C.lost | D.scared |
【小题8】A.unhappiness | B.importance | C.impatience | D.confusion |
【小题9】A.explain | B.read | C.find | D.do |
【小题10】A.blamed | B.stopped | C.refused | D.chosen |
【小题11】A.clothes | B.bags | C.toys | D.presents |
【小题12】A.surprised | B.trusted | C.missed | D.frightened |
【小题13】A.expected | B.managed | C.agreed | D.pretended |
【小题14】A.dream | B.plan | C.trip | D.task |
【小题15】A.immediately | B.frequently | C.recently | D.continuously |
【小题16】A.forgiven | B.thanked | C.supported | D.scolded |
【小题17】A.preparing | B.designing | C.opening | D.ordering |
【小题18】A.Depending on | B.Running into | C.Looking at | D.Paying for |
【小题19】A.expanded | B.rose | C.appeared | D.removed |
【小题20】A.busy | B.lucky | C.wrong | D.greedy |