Alone in the light at the dining room table, surrounded by a nearly dark house, I sat in tears.
Finally, I
36 in getting both kids to bed. As a new single 37 , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children.
With full rights of my children, I
38 to give them a normal and comfortable home life. I
39 a happy face for them.I rose slowly, trying not to
40 even the least sound which might start them up
41 . I tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地走) out of their room,
42 the door part way, and went downstairs.
And loneliness(孤独). I
43 as thought I were at the bottom(底部) of a great sea of loneliness. It all
44 together and I was at once lost. I sat there,
45 crying.
Just then, a pair of little
46 went around my middle and a little face looked up at me. I looked down into my five-year-old son’s
47 face.
I was shy to be
48 crying by my son. “I’m sorry. Ethan, I didn’t know you were stillo awake.” I don’t know why, but so many people
49 when they cry and I was no exception. “I didn’t
50 to cry. I’m just a little
51 tonight.”
“It’s okay, Daddy. It’s okay to cry; you’re just
52 .”
I couldn’t express(表达) how happy he made me, this little boy, who was simple, gave me
53 to cry. He seemed to be saying that I didn’t have to always be
54 , and that sometimes it was possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．succeeded | B．escaped | C．failed | D．helped |
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| 小题2: | | A．mother | B．worker | C．parent | D．stepfather |
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| 小题3: | | A．followed | B．grew | C．joined | D．tried |
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| 小题4: | | A．put on | B．took on | C．put down | D．took in |
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| 小题6: | | A．over | B．again | C．once | D．already |
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| 小题7: | | A．locked | B．fixed | C．opened | D．closed |
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| 小题8: | | A．felt | B．thought | C．fell | D．woke |
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| 小题9: | | A．went | B．afforded | C．came | D．agreed |
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| 小题10: | | A．loudly | B．hardly | C．widely | D．silently |
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| 小题11: | | A．arms | B．legs | C．hands | D．eyes |
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| 小题12: | | A．pleased | B．helpful | C．excited | D．angry |
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| 小题13: | | A．moved | B．seen | C．heard | D．touched |
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| 小题14: | | A．explain | B．complain | C．apologize | D．wonder |
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| 小题15: | | A．want | B．mean | C．appear | D．prefer |
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| 小题16: | | A．worried | B．special | C．tired | D．sad |
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| 小题17: | | A．a person | B．a male | C．terrific | D．nervous |
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| 小题18: | | A．decision | B．interest | C．right | D．truth |
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| 小题19: | | A．experienced | B．strong | C．single | D．able |
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| 小题20: | | A．ideas | B．secrets | C．words | D．feelings |
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