I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic
36 ; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe(假装) little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was imagined.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very
37 . She didn’t listen to a
38 I said or do the things she should.” In the
39 I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was
40 she’d been put to sit alone and
41 .
My daughter
42 her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just don’t know
43 to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never
44 me do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot
45 . And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the
46 to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play —
47 what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some
48 in my life, as I listened to her words that 49 me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most
50 . I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased
51 years.
But now my
52 has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs（蜘蛛网）
53 the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them
54 .
I’m going to fill the house with
55 of a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.
| 小题1: |
| A．table |
B．camera |
C．hammer |
D．phone |
|
| 小题2: |
| A．gentle |
B．happy |
C．good |
D．helpful |
|
| 小题3: |
| A．story |
B．word |
C．joke |
D．sentence |
|
| 小题4: |
| A．corner |
B．bed |
C．room |
D．box |
|
| 小题5: |
| A．possible |
B．clear |
C．common |
D．unusual |
|
| 小题6: |
| A．recover |
B．pretend |
C．think |
D．regret |
|
| 小题7: |
| A．continued |
B．stopped |
C．repeated |
D．interrupted |
|
| 小题8: |
| A．what |
B．whether |
C．why |
D．how |
|
| 小题9: |
| A．has |
B．helps |
C．makes |
D．lets |
|
| 小题10: |
| A．reach |
B．settle |
C．arrive |
D．handle |
|
| 小题11: |
| A．ability |
B．duty |
C．energy |
D．reason |
|
| 小题12: |
| A．mind |
B．see |
C．feel |
D．learn |
|
| 小题13: |
| A．influences |
B．changes |
C．plans |
D．troubles |
|
| 小题14: |
| A．cut |
B．hurt |
C．broke |
D．harmed |
|
| 小题15: |
| A．clever |
B．heavy |
C．dear |
D．lovely |
|
| 小题16: |
| A．over |
B．after |
C．for |
D．during |
|
| 小题17: |
| A．purpose |
B．principle |
C．destination |
D．attitude |
|
| 小题18: |
| A．have |
B．manage |
C．make |
D．stop |
|
| 小题19: |
| A．either |
B．any more |
C．neither |
D．anywhere |
|
| 小题20: |
| A．conversations |
B．messages |
C．imaginations |
D．memories |
|
