When you’re living a busy life, every minute must be accounted for, you feel like you must be checking something off the list, or __    to the next destination, And no matter how you ___    _ your attention there’s never enough time in a day to catch up.
Six years ago I was lucky to have a stop-and-smell-the roses type of___    _.When I needed to be out, she was taking her time___    a purse and a crown. When  I needed to have a quick lunch, she’d___    _ to speak to the elderly woman who looked like her grandma.
___    _ my child caused me to deviate from (偏离)my schedule, I thought to myself, “We don’t have___    _ for this.” As a result, the two words I most ___    _ spoke to her were; “Hurry up.”
I started my __    _ with it. “ Hurry up and eat your breakfast.” I ___    _  my day with it. “Hurry up and get in bed.” Although the words did little to___     my child’s speed, I said them __    .
Then one day, things __    _.We’d just picked my older daughter up from kindergarten and were getting out of the car. Not going ___    _ enough, my older daughter said to her little sister, “You are so slow.” When she crossed her arms and let out a sigh, I saw__    _ it was a terrible sight.
I was a mother who pushed and pressured and ___     a small who simply wanted to enjoy life.
My eyes were opened; I saw the___     my hurried existence was doing to my children. I looked into my small child’s eyes and said, “I ___    _ to be more patient from now on.” I ___    _ her who was now smiling at her mother’s  promise.
Living at a slower speed still takes a（n）__    _,but my younger daughter is my living reminder of why I must keep trying.

A．returning B．skipping C．rushing D．wandering

A．lose B．divide C．escape D．avoid

A．neighbor B．friend C．sister D．child

A．looking into B．picking out C．giving up D．handing out

A．stop B．continue C．agree D．decide

A．Wherever B．Although C．Whenever D．Since

A．time B．money C．space D．permission

A．happily B．commonly C．secretly D．anxiously

A．game B．job C．day D．business

A．ended B．enjoyed C．began D．spent

A．measure B．reduce C．reach D．increase

A．again B．anyway C．instead D．otherwise

A．settled B．started C．broke D．changed

A．far B．normally C．fast D．quietly

A．ourselves B．them C．her D．myself

A．worried B．appreciated C．supported D．hurried

A．damage B．credit C．good D．justice

A．hope B．prefer C．plan D．promise

A．begged B．adopted C．hugged D．fooled

A．lifetime B．effort C．minute D．team