Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ______ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ______ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ______ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ______ an extraordinary person she is. How ______ that I am unable to speak these words in her ______ , but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ______ hard work that go into ______ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ______ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ______ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ______ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ______ woman thank a mother for ______ to be a mother? For being ready ______ advice (when asked) or remaining _______ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ______ ? For being ______ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ______ and to help me live up to the example she has ______ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ______ in mine.
A.as B.that C.until D.when
A.approve B.appreciate C.need D.resemble
A.do B.have C.did D.will
A.how B.that C.who D.what
A.absence B.presence C.appearance D.existence
A.common B.plain C.normal D.usual
A.raising B.rising C.developing D.training
A.childish B.energetic C.fearless D.moody
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
A.detects B.discovers C.recognizes D.realizes
A.pretty B.foolish C.green D.grown
A.failing B.intending C.continuing D.keeping
A.by B.with C.for D.on
A.silent B.quiet C.cool D.noiseless
A.dozen times B.a dozen of times C.dozens of times D.dozen of time
A.valuably B.essentially C.naturally D.virtually
A.devotes B.deserts C.deserves D.desires
A.set B.settled C.placed D.fixed
A.sees B.finds C.is D.looks