第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给A,B,C,D的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to   16  me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done  17   and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to  18  your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me 19 for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the 20 decisions adults had to make.

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d  21  wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her  22  and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.

During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large  23  apartment, I became  24  how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then 25  I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on  26  family and work.  27  difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a  28  attitude.

Back home , I  29  myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she 30  to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be  31  . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable  32.

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the  33  has really taught me. Sacrifices  34  in the end. The separation between us has proved to be  35  for me.

16. A. attract  B. promote   C. surprise  D. praise

17. A. little   B. much  C. well   D. wrong

18. A. leave  B. refuse  C. contact  D. forgive

19. A. explaining  B. sleeping  C. wondering  D. regretting

20. A. poor  B. timely  C. final  D. tough

21. A. eagerly  B. politely  C. nervously   D. curiously

22. A. patience  B. presence  C. intelligence  D. Influence

23. A. Comfortable  B. Expensive  C. Empty  D. Modern

24. A. Interested in  B. aware of  C. doubtful  D. satisfied with

25. A. when  B. where   C. which  D. that

26. A. abandoning  B. balancing  C. comparing  D. mixing

27. A. Depending on  B. supplied with  C. Faced with  D. Insisting on

28. A. different  B. friendly  C. positive  D. general

29. A. criticized  B. informed  C. warned  D. reminded

30. A. managed  B. offered  C. attempted  D. expected

31. A. grateful  B. energetic  C. independent  D. practical

32. A. examples  B. limits  C. rules  D. goals

33. A. question  B. experience  C. history  D. occasion

34. A. pay off  B. come back  C. run out   D. turn up

35. A. blessing  B. gathering   C. failure  D. pleasure

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