文档介绍：真题再现
[2014?天津卷]
One nigh t, when I was eigh t, my mot her gen tly asked me a ques tion I would never forget.
Sweetiem, y company wants to _1_ me but needs me to work in Brazil.
This is like your teacher telling you that you've done _2_ and allowing you to skip a grade
（跳级），but you' 11 have to _3- your frie nds. Would you say yes to your teacher? ” Shegave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled.
The question kept me _4_ for the rest of the night. I had said 〃yesb〃 ut for the first time,
I realized the 5 decisions adults had to make.
For almos t four years, my mot her would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening r d _6_ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her _7_ and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourthgrade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large _8_ apartment, I became _9_ how lonely my mother must have been in
Brazil herself. It was then _10_ I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on _11_ family and work. _12_ difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn" t know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a _13_ attitude.
Back home, I _14_ myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she
15 to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be 16 - I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable _17
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the _18_ has really taught me. Sacrifices _19_ in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a
C. surprise
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C. contact
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D. praise
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D. forgive
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