Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof (证据)of how I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I _____began to understand. “I guess we may all sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could her pain and the tension(压力) of the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face my shoulder and sobbed(抽泣). I held her and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I , what I could and that it was enough. At that moment, feeling Mother’s back with , I understood for the first time her being so easy to . She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear and and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合) when I sought in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on there than a woman learning to type.
A.tired B.ashamed C.lazy D.shocked
A.crying B.smiling C.thinking D.whispering
A.eagerly B.worriedly C.little D.much
A.quickly B.gradually C.suddenly D.proudly
A.fail B.win C.fall sick D.give in
A.learn B.watch C.sense D.recognize
A.holding back B.putting away C.sitting up D.stopping from
A.found B.worked C.reached D.ran
A.to B.up C.through D.against
A.tightly B.thoughtfully C.carefully D.politely
A.should B.would C.could D.might
A.my hand B.tear C.happiness D.patting
A.content B.break C.fall D.understand
A.therefore B.however C.yet D.though
A.more B.much C.little D.huge
A.wound B.defeat C.cut D.hurt
A.coldness B.memory C.comfort D.support
A.supplied B.offered C.paid D.contributed
A.different B.hard C.pleasant D.serious
A.hitting B.tapping C.beating D.striking