题型:完形填空 题类:模拟题 难易度:困难
安徽省合肥市第六中学2019年英语高考模拟最后一卷
Our apartment has been hit by a "hurricane". Every bit of furniture is 1 with paper chains, scissors, tape and modeling clay. 2, I'm so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery.
The phone rings—for the sixth time in less than an hour. We know it is my mother, again. A stroke claimed her brain, but not her life. She is troubled by a severe mental 3— She has no idea that she has 4 the things she is about to say a million times. Nor can she recall I had a 5.
Each time she calls, I play a game with 6 called "How Good a Person Can I Be?" I've won five rounds of the game tonight; I am due for a 7 this time.
"Mom!" I 8. "You are not being removed from your home! And we visited two days ago!" Silence. Then:
"I was only calling to say hi." My mother continues, "Why are you yelling?"
I sink into the couch, aware that my daughter is 9. She hears me scold my mother and lose my 10. I have not only failed at being a good person; I have failed at being a good 11 to my daughter.
"Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?" My five-year-old 12 the phone. 13, I hand it over.
Then, I hear my mother 14 through the receiver. "Sweetheart! How are you? Did you go to school today?"
What magic is this? All she says is "Hi, Grandma," Out of the phone comes a waterfall of good 15. My mother tells her how much she loves her and how lovely her voice sounds.
I am not tired or angry; I am 16 inside, watching my kindergartner 17 her fragile grandmother with such skillfulness. I'm fascinated by their 18.
The mess in our apartment still 19 around me. I listen to my daughter whispering to her grandmother, caring for her with extreme 20.
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