Even before my father left us, my mother had to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, “Mom, I can't peel potatoes. I have only one ___1___ .”
“Get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,”Mom said, without looking up. “And don't use that as a (n) ___2___ for anything again!”
One day, our teacher had each of us race ___3___ the monkey bars (攀爬架), swinging from one rung (横杠) to the next. When it was my ___4___ , I shook my head. Some kids behind me ___5___ , and I went home crying. Hearing my story, Mom hugged me. The next afternoon, she took me ___6___ to school. At the empty playground, Mom looked carefully at the rungs. “Now, ___7___ up with your right hand,” she advised. She stood by as I tried hard to lift myself with my right hand ___8__I could hook (勾住) the rung with my other elbow (肘). Day after day we practiced and she praised me for every rung I ___9___ .
I'll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked _____10_____ at the kids standing there with their mouths _____11_____ .
One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I _____12_____ myself into the bed, crying. I could hear Mom come in, “Mom,” I said sadly, “_____13_____ of the boys would dance with me.”
It was a long _____14_____ before Mom said, “Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was so _____15_____ that I could hardly get it. I could see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she had suffered (遭受) in bringing me up. She had never let me see her tears.
Mother's tears are always there in my heart I will beat any difficulty off with one hand. 1. A. foot B. hand C. arm D. leg
2. A. cause B. explanation C. excuse D. result
3. A. onto B. through C. over D. across
4. A. turn B. place C. order D. side
5. A. smiled B. nodded C. cheered D. laughed
6. A. away B. back C. off D. around
7. A. pull B. push C. raise D. jump
8. A. after B. since C. until D. unless
9. A. made B. touched C. reached D. put
10. A. up B. about C. out D. down
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