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I sent copies of the draft of my last book to both my sisters. Naomi, the oldest, read it and sent me
detailed (详细的) and helpful __
1__. Mimi kept it a while, and then told me that she had begun reading
it but hadn't gotten very __
2__. She realized that she'd rather give me a necklace of glass beads (珠子)
that she made. I couldn't have been more __
3__. The necklace is beautiful, and wearing it __
4__ me
of Mimi's loving __
5__, as well as her __
6__, so different from mine.
I have another reminder of Mimi's support: an e-mail message that I have __
7__ over my writing
desk. It __
8__: "Stop reading this, and go back to writing your book. Love, Mimi." This __
9__makes
me smile- and get back to work- whenever I glance at it.
Naomi is always __
10__ me, too, in her different way. __
11__each of my books __
12__, I appeared
on television, and my parents would be sure to __
13__. I always knew that when I arrived home, the light
on my answering machine __
14__be blinking, (闪烁) and when I __
15__"play" I'd heard my mother's
voice saying __
16__like: "I loved watching you, you were wonderful, I'm proud of you!" My mother
died while I was writing my previous book. The first time I arrived home after a television __
17__, I was
afraid of walking past the dark, __
18__answering machine. But the __
19__light was __
20__. I pushed
"play"- and heard Naomi's voice: "I loved watching you, you were great, I'm so proud of you."
( )1. A. remarks ( )2. A. much ( )3. A. bored ( )4. A. tells ( )5. A. kindness ( )6. A. presents ( )7. A. posted ( )8. A. says ( )9. A. order ( )10. A. with ( )11. A. Before ( )12. A. came up ( )13. A. see ( )14. A. might ( )15. A. pressed ( )16. A. everything ( )17. A. interview ( )18. A. silent ( )19. A. machine ( )20. A. lighting |
B. words B. well B. thrilled B. informs B. appearance B. talents B. received B. reads B. advice B. by B. While B. came on B. watch B. could B. put B. anything B. program B. noisy B. message B. sounding |
C. messages C. far C. disappointed C. warns C. help C. habits C. left C. ends C. comment C. for C. When C. came to C. notice C. would C. touched C. something C. appearance C. terrible C. information C. flashing |
D. replies D. long D. embarrassed D. reminds D. support D. hobbies D. taken D. begins D. command D. besides D. Because D. came out D. observe D. should D. held D. much D. show D. calm D. notice D. ringing |