题目内容
I actually prefer to stay up _______ at night, but not _______ I’m working the next day.
- A.deeply, while
- B.deep, unless
- C.far, because
- D.late, when
The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings (刚会飞的鸟)to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children-cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances-that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".
But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. For foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance, I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
【小题1】How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?
A.Lonely. | B.Anxious. | C.Relieved. | D.Annoyed. |
A.was occupied in | B.was associated with |
C.was tired of | D.was addicted to |
A.live a greener and healthier life |
B.earn more money for her kids’ education |
C.shift her attention and ease her anxiety |
D.start her own decorating business |
A.Skilled | B.Supportive | C.Stubborn | D.Open-minded |
A.got rid of her busy work | B.forgot her other children |
C.found a suitable job | D.knew what she really wanted |