I don’t remember when it first started 22 me-her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work-worn and rough 23 my young skin. Finally , one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that any more-your hands are too rough!” she made no 24 and left quietly.
But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her 25 .
With the passing years, my 26 returned to that night time after time. By then I 27 my mother’s hands and her goodnight kiss. Sometimes the incident seemed very 28 , sometimes far away, but always it was 29 in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once 30 to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives 31 . One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself 32 to her house to spend the night with her. As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to 33 the hair from my forehead. Then a 34 , ever so gently , touched my forehead. I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I 35 the night my young voice complained. Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I told her how 36 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember 37 I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had already forgotten and 38 long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 39 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was 40 to be found.
21.A.lie B.bend C.look D.fall
22.A.annoying B.astonishing C.delighting D.disappointing
23.A.along B.above C.against D.aside
24.A.reply B.promise C.request D.agreement
25.A.pity B.sadness C.apology D.love
26.A.feelings B.opinions C.spirits D.thoughts
27.A.missed B.forgot C.held D.shook
28.A.strange B.close C.serious D.common
29.A.stressed B.existed C.hidden D.exposed
30.A.expected B.changed C.reminded D.complained
31.A.yet B.away C.alone D.long
32.A.drawn B.carried C.moved D.stayed
33.A.cut B.wash C.brush D.take
34.A.tear B.kiss C.press D.hand
35.A.returned B.remembered C.realized D.recalled
36.A.sorry B.happy C.angry D.nervous
37.A.when B.how C.why D.as
38.A.disappeared B.forgiven C.apologized D.abandoned
39.A.imagination B.inspiration C.decoration D.appreciation
40.A.still B.soon C.nowhere D.anyhow
答案：
21—40 BACAD DABCB CACBD ADBDC
21.B bent down 意即：母亲在床边俯身，
22. A “when it first started annoying me…” 句中的it指母亲捋我头发这事，母亲这一举动使我不高兴。
23. C 母亲的手抚摸我，我感到粗糙。against 有 touching 之意。
24. A 我冲母亲叫，她没回应。这里用reply promise : 诺言;request: 要求;agreement: 同意
25. D 根据上下文，这里的意思是：母亲表达的是一种爱。
26. D 我几年之后又想到那晚的情景，think的名词是thoughts;feelings: 感情，心情，
27. A 我怀念母亲的手。missed: 想念，惦记
28. B 儿时发生的那件事在我的记忆中时而近时而远，但总是内心挥之不去的愧疚。close与后文的far away有关。
29. C 句中的it指“愧疚”，它始终在我心中。be hidden in 隐藏在……; exist是不及物动词搭配不对
30.B “I once changed to be so rough”是定语从句修饰hands, 这里的意思是：我使母亲的手变得粗糙，因为母亲为我操劳了许多。
31. C 父亲去世后，母亲单独生活。后文有…to her house to spend the night with her
32. A drawn to her house: 自己被母爱所“吸引”
33. C 把挡住额头的头发梳了过去。 brush one’s hair：梳头发
34. B 母亲吻了我。
35. D recall：回忆;returned：返回;归还; remembered：记住; realized：意识到。I recalled the night.. 意即：I thought of the night…
36. A sorry一词与愧疚有关。其余的选项与上下文意思不符。
37. D as I did是一个表方式的状语，像我一样记得那事。
38. B forgotten and forgiven说的是母亲忘了，原谅了我。. abandoned：被放弃[扔弃，遗弃]了的。
39. D 这里说的是作者对母亲的手产生了一种新的“感激”
40. C 母女情深，这时我感到得到了母爱的包容，因而我的愧疚荡然无存。
