Night after night，she came to tuck（掖被子） me in，even long after my childhood years．She’d   1  down，push my long hair out of the way，and then kiss my forehead．

    I don’t remember  2  it first started making me angry----the  3   that her hands pushed my hair．Finally，one night，I  4   her，“don’t do that any more----your hands are too  5 !”

She didn’t say anything in  6_But never again did my mother close out my day with that  7  expression of her love．Lying awake long afterward，my words  8  me，but I didn’t tell her I was sorry．

Well，9  have passed．Mom is in her mid—seventies，and her hands I once thought to be so rough are   10   doing things for my family and me．She’s been our doctor，and always had a way of  11  a girl’s stomachache or a boy’s hurt knee．She  12  the best fried chicken in the world．

    Now，my own children are grown and gone．On special days，I have got into the habit of drawing the next door to  13   the night with her．So it was late one Thanksgiving Eve，as I  14 into sleep in the bedroom．a(chǎn) familiar hand  15  stole across my face to brush the  16  from my forehead．Then she  17  my brow ever so gently．

    Catching Mom’s hand in mine，I，blurted out（脫口說出）how  18   I was for that night．I thought she’d remember it as I did．  19  ．Mom didn’t know what I was talking about．She had forgotten it and forgiven me long ago．

    That night，I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring  hands．And the  20  I had, carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

1．A．go                  B．sit                C．bend               D．bring

2．A．when             B．how             C．where             D．why

3．A．manner           B．method         C．way               D．a(chǎn)pproach

4．A．made fun of     B．shouted at       C．glared at          D．met with

5．A．dirty               B．rough           C．smelly             D．smooth

6．A．reply              B．rum              C．time               D．bed

7．A．ordinary         B．kind              C．familiar           D．common

8．A．destroyed       B．troubled         C．frightened       D．comforted

9．A．days               B．weeks           C．years              D．months

10．A．yet               B．stir               C．even               D．usually

11．A：calming        B．putting          C．finishing          D．defending

12．A．buys            B．stay              C．play               D．talk

14．A．fell               B．bother           C．came              D．was

15．A．gently           B．unnaturally      C．uncertainly       D．unhappily

16．A．hair              B．hands           C．eyes                      D．ears

17．A．felt               B．touched        C．kissed            D．brushed

18．A．painful          B．sad               C．sorry              D．worried，

19．A．On the contrary B．Therefore     C．On the other hand D．What’s more

20．A．dream           B．guilt               C．wish             D．a(chǎn)im