My mother’s loving hands

Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.

I don’t remember   16   it first started making me a little angry—my mom’s hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me uncomfortable, for they   17  rough（粗糙的）against my young skin. Finally, one night, I   18   her, ‘‘Don’t do that any more. Your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything,   19   she never did it again.

Years later, I missed my mother’s   20   and her goodnight kiss on my face. I’m not a little girl any more. My mom is   21   her mid-seventies, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

Now my own children have   22  . It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my   23   to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so softly, touched my brow（额头).

Taking my mom’s hand, I told her how   24   I was for that night I shouted at her. But my mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

That night, I   25   with a new appreciation（感激）for my mother’s caring hands. And the guilt（内疚）that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found. 

1.

A when

B where

C why

D

解析：选A。选A。考查宾语从句在语境中的辨析。根据下文“it first started making me a little angry—my mom’s hands…”可知，作者不知道什么时候 这件事情让作者很生气。

2.

A looked

B felt

C seemed

D

解析：选B。选B。考查动词在语境中的辨析。根据上文的“But it really made me uncomfortable, for…”,可知，这个让作者很不舒服，是因为母亲的手感觉很粗糙。本题的关键词是uncomfortable，for，they。for是引导的是原因状语从句，they是指代的母亲的手。故选B。

3.

A nodded at

B shouted at

C seemed

D

解析：选B。选B。考查动词短语在语境中的辨析。根据上文的angry和uncomfortable及下文的“Don’t do that anymore”可知，作者对母亲是大声的叫嚣。另外，49题后也有该词。nod at点头；shout at大声喊叫；故选B。

4.

A so

B or

C but

D

解析：选C。选C。考查连词在语境中的辨析。根据上下文，这里为转折关系。母亲什么也没有说，但是她却在也没有用她粗糙的手抚摸我了。故选C。

5.

A hands

B words

C Smiles

D

解析：选A。选A。考查名词在语境中的辨析。第二段讲述的就是母亲的手，所以多年后，作者怀恋的肯定也是母亲的手。这是一个典型的词义复现题，故选A。

6.

A on

B in

C at

D

解析：选B。选B。考查介词在语境中的辨析。in one’s seventies…在某人七十多岁的时候，固定搭配。

7.

A stayed up

B woken up

C grown up

D

解析：选C。选C。考查动词短语在语境中的辨析。stay up不睡觉，熬夜；wake up醒来，起床；grow up成长，逐渐形成。母亲老去了，作者的孩子也自然成长了。故选C。

8.

A nose

B face

C mouth

D

解析：选B。选B。考查名词在语境中的辨析。根据下文的“to push the hair from my head”可知，手放在脸上把头发拨开。另外，本文45题后面也有提及，本题属于词汇复现。故选B。

9.

A sorry

B tired

C relaxed

D

解析：选A。选A 。考查形容词在语境中的辨析。固定短语be sorry for… “就…感到抱歉”。句意：我告诉母亲，对于那天晚上吵了她感到很抱歉。

10.

A left home

B kept working

C fell asleep

D

解析：选C。选C。考查动词短语在语境中的辨析。根据时间状语that night和前文的good night kiss，可知作者带着对母亲的感激之情入睡。