No one had called me Melissa in months.
_________ my name was something I took for granted (认为……是理所当然) before the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病). But now I wasn’t
_________ time with the people who know me as Melissa. I had been at home with my two children for months.
Something happened when I_________ hearing my name, though. It became a whole other type of isolation (隔离). Before I became Mama, I was Melissa. “We loved the name, and there were no other Melissas. It was special,” my mom said. Then I_________kindergarten, and there were three Melissas in my class. From that moment until the start of middle school, I was Melissa S.
Even though I didn’t love adding a _________ to my name in school, I never really had a(n)_________with my name. I never thought about changing my name. Even as a grown-up, I have never thought a different name would_________ me better. I am Melissa, and my name is a big part of my identity (身份). Except during the pandemic, when a big part of myself went_________. After a few months at home, I decided to do something just for me. I_________for a writing class that I’d wanted to take for a long time. Before COVID-19, I couldn’t get to the class because of ____________concerns. But now that the course was being offered online, I was so excited I could finally take it while looking after my boys.
On the first day, the teacher began class by ____________us all by name and introducing our first ____________. “I want you to start by writing ‘Right now, I am,’ and then continue with whatever ____________ that,” she said.
Ten minutes later, she asked us to begin ____________“Melissa, we’ll start with you,” my teacher said.
“Right now, I am happy,” I started to read. “I’m happy to be writing, and____________ happy to hear my name.”
【小题1】A.Hearing | B.Giving | C.Choosing | D.Keeping |
【小题2】A.saving | B.spending | C.fixing | D.wasting |
【小题3】A.enjoyed | B.forgot | C.stopped | D.finished |
【小题4】A.left | B.began | C.picked | D.avoided |
【小题5】A.reason | B.meaning | C.word | D.letter |
【小题6】A.idea | B.plan | C.connection | D.problem |
【小题7】【小题8】A.wrong | B.missing | C.nervous | D.crazy |
【小题9】A.got up | B.stood up | C.made up | D.signed up |
【小题10】A.safety | B.childcare | C.health | D.business |
【小题11】A.teaching | B.surprising | C.questioning | D.calling |
【小题12】A.task | B.meeting | C.student | D.answer |
【小题13】A.proves | B.develops | C.follows | D.joins |
【小题14】A.preparing | B.sharing | C.exercising | D.discussing |
【小题15】A.especially | B.usually | C.probably | D.generally |