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.
| 小题1: | | A．attract | B．promote | C．surprise | D．praise |
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| 小题2: | | A．little | B．much | C．well | D．wrong |
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| 小题3: | | A．leave | B．refuse | C．contact | D．forgive |
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| 小题4: | | A．explaining | B．sleeping | C．wondering | D．regretting |
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| 小题5: | | A．poor | B．timely | C．final | D．tough |
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| 小题6: | | A．eagerly | B．politely | C．nervously | D．curiously |
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| 小题7: | | A．patience | B．presence | C．intelligence | D．Influence |
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| 小题8: | | A．Comfortable | B．Expensive | C．Empty | D．Modern |
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| 小题9: | | A．Interested in | B．aware of | C．doubtful | D．satisfied with |
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| 小题10: | | A．when | B．where | C．which | D．that |
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| 小题11: | | A．abandoning | B．balancing | C．comparing | D．mixing |
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| 小题12: | | A．Depending on | B．supplied with | C．Faced with | D．Insisting on |
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| 小题13: | | A．different | B．friendly | C．positive | D．general |
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| 小题14: | | A．criticized | B．informed | C．warned | D．reminded |
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| 小题15: | | A．managed | B．offered | C．attempted | D．expected |
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| 小题16: | | A．grateful | B．energetic | C．independent | D．practical |
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| 小题17: | | A．examples | B．limits | C．rules | D．goals |
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| 小题18: | | A．question | B．experience | C．history | D．occasion |
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| 小题19: | | A．pay off | B．come back | C．run out | D．turn up |
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| 小题20: | | A．blessing | B．gathering | C．failure | D．pleasure |
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