I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her
room. In one hand was a plastic 36 ; in the
other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe(假装) little friend and I’ll never forget the words she
said, even though it was imagined.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not
been very 37 . She didn’t listen to a 38 I
said or do the things she should.” In the 39 I
saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was 40 she’d
been put to sit alone and 41 .
My daughter 42 her
“conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just
don’t know 43 to do with her any more. She cries
whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never 44 me
do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but
her arms just cannot 45 . And she doesn’t know how to
fold towels. I don’t have the 46 to teach. I have
a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit
and play — 47 what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some 48 in
my life, as I listened to her words that 49 me like
a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most 50 .
I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased 51 years.
But now my 52 has
changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a
different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs(蜘蛛网) 53 the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the
floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them 54 .
I’m going to fill the house with 55 of
a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and we will
never get another.
1. A.table B.camera C.hammer D.phone
2. A.gentle B.happy C.good D.helpful
3. A.story B.word C.joke D.sentence
4. A.corner B.bed C.room D.box
5. A.possible B.clear C.common D.unusual
6. A.recover B.pretend C.think D.regret
7. A.continued B.stopped C.repeated D.interrupted
8. A.what B.whether C.why D.how
9. A.has B.helps C.makes D.lets
10. A.reach B.settle C.arrive D.handle
11. A.ability B.duty C.energy D.reason
12. A.mind B.see C.feel D.learn
13. A.influences B.changes C.plans D.troubles
14. A.cut B.hurt C.broke D.harmed
15. A.clever B.heavy C.dear D.lovely
16. A.over B.after C.for D.during
17. A.purpose B.principle C.destination D.attitude
18. A.have B.manage C.make D.stop
19. A.either B.any more C.neither D.anywhere
20. A.conversations B.messages C.imaginations D.memories