If you ask me when I became a mom, I can tell you that the day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later when I did the best thing I could do for my daughter and myself. I
us from the home that wasn’t really a home at all.
That day, my daughter and I were sitting in our
home having a quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand
the full glass of milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and
painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with
, knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant in her father’s
a week before. When I saw that look on her face and looked at the
running down the wall, I simply started
. I am sure she thought I was
, but then she must have realized that I was thinking, “It’s a good thing your
isn’t here!” She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we
. These were tears of joy and
and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.
That was the day I really became a mom. I
that being a mom isn’t only going to ballet, and attending every school concert. It isn’t keeping a(n)
house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn’t
that
things are always normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilt milk.
| 小题1: | | A．protected | B．removed | C．separated | D．prevented |
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| 小题2: | | A．new | B．old | C．beautiful | D．cold |
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| 小题3: | | A．went over | B．picked up | C．took on | D．knocked over |
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| 小题4: | | A．firmly | B．carelessly | C．slowly | D．freshly |
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| 小题5: | | A．pleasure | B．fear | C．pain | D．smile |
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| 小题6: | | A．absence | B．patience | C．presence | D．arrival |
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| 小题7: | | A．jam | B．juice | C．milk | D．water |
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| 小题8: | | A．laughing | B．shouting | C．scolding | D．praying |
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| 小题9: | | A．sad | B．excited | C．sick | D．crazy |
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| 小题10: | | A．friend | B．father | C．grandma | D．brother |
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| 小题11: | | A．cried | B．fainted | C．slept | D．stopped |
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| 小题12: | | A．bravery | B．horror | C．surprise | D．peace |
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| 小题13: | | A．questioned | B．discovered | C．wondered | D．remembered |
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| 小题14: | | A．splendid | B．messy | C．spotless | D．lifeless |
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| 小题15: | | A．describing | B．pretending | C．creating | D．meaning |
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