Question

Night after night,she came to help me sleep,even long after my childhood years.

I don’t remember when it first started annoying me—my mom’s hands pushing my hair that way.But it did annoy me,for they felt rough(粗糙的)against my young skin.Finally,one night,I shouted out at her,“Don’t do that anymore—your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything,but she never did it again.

Years later,I missed my mother’s hands and her good-night kiss on my forehead.I’m not a little girl anymore.My mom is in her mid-70s,and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.She’s like a doctor to us,always knowing how to calm a young girl’s stomach.She cooks the best fried chicken in the world.Now my own children have grown up.It was late on Thanksgiving Eve.As I slept in my bedroom,a familiar hand ran across my face to push the hair from my head.Then a kiss,ever so gently,touched my brow.

Taking my mom’s hand,I told her how sorry I was for that night I shouted at her.But my mom didn’t know what I was talking about.She had forgotten it long ago.

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

( ) 1.The writer’s mother once annoyed her when________.

A.she didn’t help the writer sleep

B.her rough hands touched the writer’s skin

C.she didn’t say anything

D.the writer was not in good health

( ) 2.Years later the writer missed her mother’s hands because________.

A.she realized her mother was too old to do things

B.her mother could cook the best fried chicken in the world

C.she understood her mother’s love and hard work

D.her mother had forgotten that night she shouted at her

( ) 3.The word “appreciation”(in Paragraph 5)means “________” in Chinese.

A.兴奋 B.惊讶 C.害怕 D.感激

( ) 4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The writer’s mother was a doctor and knew how to calm her stomach.

B.The writer hated staying with her mother at night.

C.The writer felt sorry about what she did to her mother.

D.The writer was not married and lived alone.

( ) 5.The story develops with the change of________.

A.mother’s hands B.the writer’s work

C.mother’s attitude to the writer D.the writer’s attitude to her mother

Answer 1

1B  2C  3D  4C  5D