My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __1__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 2__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __3__ at the pier（码头）waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __4__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __5__ in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing __6__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __7_ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __8__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __9__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __10__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __11__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __12__.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __13__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __14__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __15__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __16__ another part of the world. My mother __17__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __18__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __19__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __20__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
| 小题1: | | A．situation | B．case | C．matter | D．rule |
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| 小题2: | | A．leave behind | B．leave out | C．leave off | D．leave for |
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| 小题3: | | A．arriving | B．staring | C．standing | D．looking |
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| 小题4: | | A．range | B．shape | C．sight | D．control |
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| 小题5: | | A．adapting | B．suiting | C．matching | D．fitting |
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| 小题6: | | A．names | B．jobs | C．addresses | D．directions |
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| 小题7: | | A．father | B．classmates | C．brother | D．relatives |
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| 小题8: | | A．performing | B．seeking | C．waiting | D．applying |
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| 小题9: | | A．programs | B．sacrifices | C．contributions | D．cooperations |
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| 小题10: | | A．Once | B．While | C．When | D．Unless |
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| 小题11: | | A．somewhere | B．somewhat | C．sometime | D．somehow |
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| 小题12: | | A．romantic | B．comfortable | C．mysterious | D．wealthy |
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| 小题13: | | A．generally | B．actually | C．especially | D．unfairly |
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| 小题14: | | A．desert | B．pursue | C．affect | D．limit |
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| 小题15: | | A．lifestyle | B．value | C．journey | D．opportunity |
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| 小题16: | | A．acquire | B．explore | C．occupy | D．realize |
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| 小题17: | | A．met | B．greeted | C．agreed | D．suspected |
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| 小题18: | | A．load | B．sadness | C．result | D．challenge |
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| 小题19: | | A．changeable | B．cautious | C．positive | D．negative |
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| 小题20: | | A．experienced | B．brave | C．ordinary | D．annoyed |
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