Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   41   into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was   42   with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t   43   fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how   44   I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to   45   something,” Mother said quietly. I could   46   her pain and the tension of   47   the strong feeling that were interrupted by my   48  . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   49   my shoulder and sobbed. I held her  50     and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could and that was   51  . At that moment, feeling Mother’s   52   with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to   53  . She was still my mother,   54    she was something   55   : a person like me, capable of fear,   56   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought  57   in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station __58  .
“It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very   59   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her   60    away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

A．fooled B．tricked C．puzzled D．shocked

A．crying B．smiling C．thinking D．whispering

A．write B．type C．grasp D．glance

A．seldom B．adequately C．little D．much

A．fail B．win C．forgive D．gain

A．realize B．understand C．sense D．recognize

A．holding back B．putting away C．holding on D．coming out

A．attitude B．attempt C．arrival D．admission

A．by B．upon C．beside D．against

A．tightly B．attentively C．gently D．cheerfully

A．enough B．little C．all D．nothing

A．forehead B．face C．fingers D．back

A．content B．break C．conquer D．control

A．therefore B．although C．yet D．however

A．more B．excellent C．strange D．huge

A．wound B．pride C．success D．hurt

A．kindness B．memory C．comfort D．support

A．supplied B．offered C．paid D．contributed

A．different B．distinct C．pleasant D．sympathetic

A．crying B．striking C．tapping D．sewing