Question

One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to your 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 for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the decisions adults had to make.

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her 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 apartment, I became how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on family and work. difficult 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 attitude.

Back home, I myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable .

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the has really taught me. Sacrifices in the end. The separation between us has proved to be for me.

1.A. attract B. praise C. surprise D. promote

2.A. little B. much C. well D. wrong

3.A. refuse B. leave C. contact D. forgive

4.A. wondering B. sleeping C. explaining D. regretting

5.A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough

6.A. nervously B. politely C. eagerly D. curiously

7.A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence

8.A. empty B. expensive C. comfortable D. modern

9.A. interested in B. doubtful about C. aware of D. satisfied with

10.A. when B. where C. which D. that

11.A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing

12.A. Faced with B. Supplied with C. Depending on D. Insisting on

13.A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general

14.A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded

15.A. offered B. managed C. attempted D. expected

16.A. grateful B. independent C. energetic D. practical

17.A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals

18.A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion

19.A. run out B. come back C. pay off D. turn up

20.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure

Answer 1