A woman who spent eight years desperately searching for her mother has finally found her after a selfie of her wearing a large “Find My Mum” message board went viral on Facebook.

Stacey Lee had become separated from Brenda Drake in 1993 when she was just two years old after a family breakdown and she went to live with her father and two brothers.

Aged 15, the schoolgirl desperately wanted to find her mother and began searching through the electoral roll, Facebook and the internet in a bid to find her. After eight years of being met with dead ends, 23-year-old Stacey was resigned to the fact that she would never see her mother again.  

However, Stacey’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Martin Smith, encouraged her to create a message board made out of cardboard with her mother’s name on it along with details such as her birth date and the hospital where she was born. Stacey’s friend then took a photograph of her holding the message board and posted it to her Facebook page that caused the image to be shared more than 100,000 times.

Within 20 hours, Stacey had a call from a woman who said she might be her cousin and put her in touch with 46-year-old Brenda on the social media network. Later the pair were reunited during a tearful meeting at a pub near Brenda’s home in Blackpool, Lancashire.

“When I clicked on my mum’s Facebook profile I couldn’t believe it – she looked just like me!” said Stacey, who lives in Chorley. “I arranged to go and meet my mum the following day in Blackpool. My arms felt like jelly for the whole journey. I went to meet her in a pub and when I saw her I just hugged her and we both cried. We were in shock. It was very emotional. We look a lot like each other and I am quite shy and quiet like her.”

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1.What made Stacey believe she would never meet her mother again?

A She searched through the electoral rolls but she met dead ends.

B She posted her selfie on Facebook but there was no response.

C She looked for her mother for eight years and there was no result.

D She was only two years old when the family broke down.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第3段After eight years of being met with dead ends, 23-year-old Stacey … the fact that she would never see her mother again可知，八年寻母未果，让23岁的Stacey感到很绝望，她不得不相信自己可能永远见不着自己的母亲了。

2.What do the underlined words most probably mean in the passage?

A Have to accept.

B Be told about.

C Be disappointed at.

D Get excited about.

解析：选A。A 猜测词义题。根据dead ends与fact…she would never…可以判断，be resigned to意为“不得不接受”。

3.What was written on the message board?

A Name of her cousin.

B The place where they would meet.

C Brenda’s birth date.

D Hospital where Stacey was born.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第4段with her mother’s name on it along with details such as her birth date and the hospital where she was born可知，留言板上写着母亲的名字，她自己的生日和出生医院的信息，故选D。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A Stacey was tired out after eight years of time.

B Stacey was sick for missing her mother so much.

C Stacey was very excited to see her mother.

D Stacey felt nervous before seeing her mother.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据文章第五、六段的reunited during a tearful meeting …she looked just like me可以判断，Stacey要见自己的母亲了，感到非常高兴，非常放松，故选C。

5.What is the correct order of the story?

A Separation→ Introduction→Encouragement→Despair→Good news→Reunion

B Introduction→Separation→Despair→Encouragement→Good news→Reunion.

C Separation→ Good news→ Despair→ Introduction→ Encouragement→ Reunion

D Reunion→ Introduction→ Separation→ Good news→ Despair→ Encouragement

解析：选B。B 细节排序题。通读全文可知，作者在第一段概要介绍了Stacey的寻母历程，在第二段介绍了母女分手的情况，后来寻母无果，感到绝望，第四段介绍了在男友鼓励下重拾希望，第五段Stacey终于盼来了好消息，第六段母女团圆，Stacey终于实现了自己的心愿。故选B。