If Natalie Morales had to describe her mom in just one word, she would pick: survivor. That’s because her mom, Penelope Morales had a tough childhood. “Her mother wasn’t ready to be a mom and gave her up to her grandmother,” says Natalie, “I think she often felt in life like she wasn’t wanted and wasn’t loved.”
Penelope Morales put herself through college and it was there that she met Natalie’s dad, who was serving in the military. They fell in love and married, and her life as a military mom of three children became a great adventure. “She basically raised us moving from place to place. I was born in Taiwan, China, but we lived in Panama, Brazil and Spain. And my mom was the constant,” says Natalie, “She would always make sure that when we got home from school, we felt like we had our number-one fan, our champion right there, waiting for us.” Along the way, Natalie learned many things from her mother, which she carries on in her role as a mother of two sons.
As a Mother’s Day gift, Natalie treated her mom to a day of pampering (宠爱). “I want my mom to feel like a queen,” she says. And as part of the surprise, Natalie brought along an old photo of her mother, which she wanted to recreate. “I think it was taken in the mid-60s. So she was in her early to mid twenties. She’s just absolutely a beautiful woman. But she’s looking in the mirror. It’s like not knowing really her future, but knowing where she’s come from,” describes Natalie. “That picture just speaks so much to me. I want her to see what she created in that mirror, and that she gave us all something so great.”
“It’s just an amazing experience to take this picture and have Natalie do it. I could never imagine in my entire life,” says Penelope Morales, who adds that she’s very proud of her daughter, “All I want her is to be happy and to raise her children the same way,” she says.
【小题1】What can be inferred about Natalie’s mother?
A.She survived an adventure fortunately. |
B.Her mother gave her up because of poverty. |
C.At college she met her husband, a schoolmate. |
D.Her mother felt that she was nothing. |
【小题2】What did Natalie learn from her mother?
A.Giving children great love. |
B.Moving house constantly. |
C.Always picking up children from school. |
D.Often taking children on adventures. |
【小题3】What did Natalie do on Mother’s Day?
A.She treated her mother to a big meal. |
B.She took her mother to take pictures. |
C.She pleased her mother by polishing an old photo. |
D.She gave her mother a big surprise with her sons. |
【小题4】What can we say about the gift Natalie gave her mother?
A.It was expected. |
B.It was a success. |
C.It made her mother dependent on her. |
D.It brought tears to her mother’s eyes. |
【小题5】What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage?
A.Natalie loves and respects her mother very much. |
B.Natalie’s mother has suffered too much all her life. |
C.Natalie’s mother thinks highly of her daughter’s gift. |
D.Natalie’s “survivor” mom deserves the special Mother’s Day gift. |