My mother was a nurse.She left at 5：45 a.m，so I had to wake myself up，fix breakfast，and walk to the 7：30 a.m.bus.I hated being left home alone in the（1）　　，but I especially hated having to take the bus.Mom worked the day shift so she could pick me up after school.

    One day，as we walked to our car，I saw an old man walking towards us.He（2）　　broke into a wide smile，but I didn't know him.

    "Leigh!Leigh!" he said，（3）　　my mother's name.

    "Hello，" she answered. "How are you feeling？"

    "Couldn't be better!Thanks.Now who is this lovely young person？" he asked（4）　　.

    "This is my daughter，" Mom replied，looking over to me."Jenny，can you say hello？"

    I looked at him and smiled，unsure of my（5）　.

    "Well，it is very nice to meet you.I hope you know how lucky you are!" he said.

    I looked at him in（6）　　 as I had no idea what he was talking about and I didn't feel lucky at all.

    "You have the most wonderful，caring and lovely mother，" he said. "When I was in hospital last month she took the best care of me.She made every day better.Every day.In fact，young（7）　　 I shall never forget her."

    I watched this stranger's joy in my mom.He kept thanking her and thanking her.

    Right then I suddenly（8）　　what it meant for my mom to be a nurse.She was caring for，serving，and loving those strangers，often during some of the（9）　　times in their lives.

    It wasn't the last time I witnessed someone thanking Mom or（10）　　her on her bedside manner，but it was the first time I understood why I stood at the bus stop every morning.

（1）A.morning	B.afternoon	C.evening	D.night
（2）A.smoothly	B.simply	C.suddenly	D.slowly
（3）A.writing	B.calling	C.reading	D.asking
（4）A.carefully	B.curiously	C.cheerfully	D.calmly
（5）A.looks	B.age	C.moods	D.role
（6）A.surprise	B.hope	C.doubt	D.envy
（7）A.lady	B.man	C.person	D.student
（8）A.accepted	B.explained	C.considered	D.realized
（9）A.happiest	B.darkest	C.busiest	D.warmest
（10）A.praising	B.greeting	C.attacking	D.reminding