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| After years of marriage,I started to go out with another woman. "You love her,"my wife said. "I love you,"I 1 protested. "But you also love her." The other woman was my 2 mother,a widow for 19 years,but my work and my three children had made it 3 possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a 4 movie. "What's wrong,are you OK?"she asked. My mother is the woman who suspects a(an) 5 late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. "Just want to pass some time with you," I 6 responded. Two of us!" She thought about it for a moment,then said OK. That Friday after work,as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit 7 nervous. When arriving,I noticed that she,too,was nervous about our 8 date. She smiled like an angel. "I told it to my friends and they were 9 impressed,"she said,"They can't wait to hear about our meeting." We went to a restaurant. My mother took my 10 arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down,I had to read the menu. Her eyes were bad and could only read large 11 print. "I read the menu when you were small,"she said. "Then it's time that you should relax and let me return the 12 favor,"I responded. We had an agreeable conversation,nothing extraordinary but each other's 13 life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house 14 later,she said,"I wish I could go out with you again. I agreed 15 happily." A few 16 days later my mother died of a serious heart attack. It 17 happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. At that moment I understood the importance of 18 saying in time:"I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they 19 deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve,because these things cannot be 20 put off till "some other time"． | |||
| ( )1. A. debated ( )2. A. mother ( )3. A. necessary ( )4. A. tea ( )5. A. early ( )6. A. responded ( )7. A. disappointed ( )8. A. date ( )9. A. interested ( )10．A. hand ( )11．A. menus ( )12．A. benefit ( )13．A. wife ( )14．A. later ( )15．A. meaningful ( )16．A. years ( )17．A. took ( )18．A. showing ( )19．A. deserve ( )20．A. put on |
B．quarreled B．sister B．important B．movie B．late B．argued B．excited B．arrival B．shocked B．shoulder B．print B．favor B．husband B．lastly B．carelessly B．minutes B．appeared B．saying B．enjoy B．put down |
C．protested C．daughter C．impossible C．coffee C．warm C．defended C．nervous C．secret C．surprised C．arm C．notes C．wrongs C．retirement C．finally C．happily C．days C．seemed C．sending C．think C．put up |
D．refused D．grandmother D．possible D．chat D．present D．acted D．unhappy D．problem D．impressed D．finger D．letters D．behavior D．life D．suddenly D．mindlessly D．decades D．happened D．hearing D．share D．put off |