From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 21 a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 22 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of _23 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they_ 24 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and _25 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 26 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 27 them but I still needed to write them, I 28 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 29 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 30 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 31 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento. 32 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 33 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 34 making lunch for his younger brother, I 35 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 36 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 37 his lunch.
“Did I do something 38 ? Don’t you love me 39 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 40 asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
21. A. carried | B. found | C. included | D. held |
22. A. difficult | B. special | C. comfortable | D. separate |
23. A. congratulation | B. improvement | C. explanation | D. encouragement |
24. A. loved | B. answered | C. wrote | D. examined |
25. A. lately | B. by the way | C. by the time | D. gradually |
27. A. copy | B. read | C. take | D. send |
28. A. held up | B. gave up | C. followed | D. continued |
29. A. out | B. home | C. to college | D. to |
30. A. organizing | B. planning | C. comparing | D. completing |
31. A. hopefully | B. finally | C. particularly | D. certainly |
32. A. Because of | B. Instead of | C. Except for | D. As for |
33. A. especially | B. immediately | C. equally | D. generally |
34. A. once | B. again | C. still | D. even |
35. A. packed | B. fetched | C. bought | D. filled |
36. A. fear | B. surprise | C. anger | D. disappointment |
37. A. waiting for | B. worrying about | C. caring for | D. asking about |
38. A. wrong | B. funny | C. strange | D. smart |
39. A. any more | B. enough | C. once more | D. better |
40. A. interestingly | B. bitterly | C. politely | D. laughingly |