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.
1.A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise
2.A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3.A. leave B. refuse C. contact D. forgive
4.A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
5.A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough
6.A. eagerly B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
7.A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence
8.A. Comfortable B. Expensive C. Empty D. Modern
9.A. Interested in B. aware of C. doubtful D. satisfied with
10.A. when B. where C. which D. that
11.A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
12.A. Depending on B. supplied with C. Faced with D. Insisting on
13.A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
14.A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded
15.A. managed B. offered C. attempted D. expected
16.A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical
17.A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals
18.A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
19.A. pay off B. come back C. run out D. turn up
20.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
________ the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.
A. Did he catch B. should be catch C. has he caught D. Had he caught
I think _______ impresses me about his painting is the colours he uses.
A. what B. that C. which D. who
The two countries are going to meet to _______ some barriers to trade between them.
A. make up B. use up C. turn down D. break down
English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _________ uses it differently.
A. all of which B. each of which C. all of them D. each of them
We won’t start the work until all the preparations __________.
A. are being made B. will be made C. have been made D. had been made
