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     The first event of my life to be printed into my memory occurred when I was three. My mother stands, working in the  41  and then glances at me with a  42   smile. Two feet down the table, I knock on a chair with a bowl and a spoon,  43   my own invisible (无形的) powder. We wear  44  dresses, mine the leftover  45    from hers, sky blue — mommy’s favorite color. I am her shadow.

    However, by 14 I could not  46  my mother. All that I heard every day was NO. I wanted to dye my hair and she said no. I wanted to  47  late with my friends and she said no. I didn’t understand why she said no. She was trying to  48  me from aches and pains and mistakes  49  in her teens. Several years later, I finally understood her, but it was too late. She became ill. I cried and  50 , “Don’t take her, God, please! She is my mother, my mommy, ma, the woman who gave me life. All my years,  51  the hard times and the good, she has been there,  52  to me forever by an invisible umbilical cord (脐带) that lasts longer after birth.”But this cord, this love could do nothing to stop the cancer from  53 .

    A few years later  54  I myself lay in the hospital bed, my newly born daughter was  55  in my arms. I cried and smiled and prayed. Please help me to  56  her into a wonderful girl. And looking down  57  her eyes, I could see the message they held, “Your  58  would be proud.”

    I stand in the kitchen now, and these thoughts flashed through my mind. I glance at my young daughter. A  59  feeling rushes through my soul as I take in the familiar  60 .

I am my mother’s shadow.

41. A. dining room         B. kitchen              C. sitting room              D. garden

42. A. loving                B. lively                 C. lovely                D. horrible

43. A. preparing                   B. mixing        C. cooking                    D. eating

44. A. matching                    B. similar        C. different                   D. same

45. A. material               B. clothes              C. dress                       D. clothing

46. A. agree                 B. stand         C. know                      D. realize

47. A. keep up               B. stay out            C. stay up                     D. keep on

48. A. protect                      B. warn                 C. save                        D. stop

49. A. watched                   B. liked          C. heard                      D. experienced

50. A. screamed                   B. said                   C. shouted                   D. prayed

51. A. on                      B. in               C. through                    D. within

52. A. concerned                  B. shared        C. connected         D. joined

53. A. growing                     B. spreading   C. escaping                   D. moving

54. A. as                            B. before        C. since                D. when

55. A. thrown                     B. given                 C. placed               D. taken

56. A. raise                          B. support             C. bring                D. change

57. A. for                            B. through             C. up                           D. into

58. A. daughter                    B. children             C. mother                     D. friends

59. A. warm                 B. strange             C. painful                     D. exciting

60. A. saying                B. sign                  C. scene                       D. paint

Answer 1

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