Struggling to Let Go of My College-Student Daughter
When I sent my daughter, Emma, off for her freshman year of college a few years ago, I was sad down to my bones.
Indeed, this is the season when countless articles are published recommending helicopter parents to stop hovering (盘旋) so much. _________ based on Emma’s college schedule “helicopter children” may be more _________.
The first one out of my _________ has come fluttering back home nearly every month of the year. In the meantime, _________ keeps our children connected far more than I was with my _________ in the late 70s. I used to call home once a week from a pay phone. Emma calls, texts or e-mails me almost every day.
Given all this, missing Emma seems kind of _________; I’ve never really gotten the chance. So why, then, have I still felt that I’ve experienced a great _________?
All Summer long _________ Emma left that first year, I cried _________—at everything. I took Emma out for countless mother-daughter breakfasts, lunches, coffees and walks.
At the same time, I was unusually __________. In my eyes, Emma had spent the weeks going out with her friends too much, not working enough and __________ not spending enough time with me!
Although it’s taken quite a while to __________ what was happening, I now understand that my unhappiness and anxiety are not a(n) __________ of how much time Emma and I spend together.
__________ how often she comes home, Emma is now gone in a far grander sense. She is well on the road to __________, and from this, she will never __________.
I know full well that this is completely __________. And I take pride and joy in seeing Emma make her way so confidently and capably. She’s going to be fine and we will always remain __________.
Nonetheless, Emma’s going to college has __________ the passing of something that I cherished—her childhood and my __________ to her as a child—and I can’t help being a little sad about that.
1.A.So B.But C.And D.Or
2.A.ambiguous B.formal C.accurate D.dull
3.A.nest B.favour C.way D.head
4.A.love B.technology C.respect D.responsibility
5.A.classmates B.teachers C.colleagues D.parents
6.A.addictive B.accessible C.absurd D.adorable
7.A.insight B.loss C.shift D.belief
8.A.after B.before C.since D.beyond
9.A.openly B.angrily C.loudly D.constantly
10.A.critical B.punctual C.economical D.practical
11.A.certainly B.exactly C.probably D.gradually
12.A.reject B.neglect C.dismiss D.realize
13.A.composition B.collection C.application D.reflection
14.A.Apart from B.Instead of C.Regardless of D.According to
15.A.innocence B.adulthood C.happiness D.success
16.A.return B.respond C.regret D.recover
17.A.apparent B.excellent C.unique D.normal
18.A.close B.guilty C.distant D.indifferent
19.A.contradicted B.defined C.signaled D.recalled
20.A.complaint B.cruelty C.relationship D.disappointment
—Don’t be nervous when you have a CT picture taken, OK?
—________.
A.Well, I won’ t B.That’s true C.Yes, I’d love to D.OK, I will
—________, and every man his hour.
—But mine seems a very long time coming.
A.a cat has nine lives B.Rats desert a sinking ship
C.Every dog has his day D.Fine feathers make fine birds
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died hopelessly, ________ against the floor by a policeman for nine minutes, which gave rise to protests throughout the USA
A.having pinned B.to be pinning C.pinning D.having been pinned
By the end of 2020, as is clearly stated, poverty relief work ________ across the country.
A.will have accomplished B.has been accomplished
C.has accomplished D.will have been accomplished
Volunteering is pleasant and there is so much more I could do if I ________ the time.
A.had had B.had C.would have D.could have had
