Is there a magic cutoff period when
offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment
when parents can become spectators (旁观者) in the lives of their children and shrug, "It' s their
life," and feel nothing?
When I was in my twenties, I stood in a
hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son' s head.
I was asked, "When do you stop worrying?" A nurse said, "When
they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and
said nothing.
When I was in my thirties, I sat on a
little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked
incessantly, disrupted (打断) the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As
if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry. They all go through this
stage, and then you can sit back, relax, and enjoy them." My mother
listened and said nothing.
When I was in my forties, I spent a
lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front
door to open.
My friends said that when my kids got
married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that,
but I was haunted by my mother' s wan ( 淡淡的 ) smile and her occasional words, "You look pale. Are you all
right? Call me the minute you get home."
Can it be that parents are sentenced to a
lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze
the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse?
Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?
One of my children became quite irritable
recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I' ve been calling for three
days, and no one answered. I was worried! ! !"
I smiled a wan smile.
1.What can we know about the author’s
mother from the passage?
A. She seems to laugh at the
author.
B. She is not concerned about the author.
C. She has a thorough understanding of the
author.
D. She tries to give the author some
encouragement.
2.What did the author do in her forties?
A. She was less concerned about her
children.
B. She couldn't stop worrying about her
children.
C. She would like her children to see her
often.
D. She became more patient with her
children.
3.Why did the author smile a wan smile at
the end of the passage?
A. She wanted to learn from her
mother.
B. She stopped worrying about her children
at last.
C. She succeeded in tricking her
children.
D. She got a kind of satisfaction from her
child's concern.
4.The main purpose of the passage is to
tell us that ______.
A. the concern between parents and children
is natural
B. parents’ love for their children is
selfless
C. parents show more concern for their
children
D. parents will worry about their children
all their lives
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