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I stepped into my hotel room to a pleasant surprise. Lots of _
_1_ surrounded an inviting
king-size bed, with comfortable armchairs that
2 against sliding glass doors that opened
3
aprivate garden. "Wow, " I
4 to myself. "Nice place I!"
I love hotels from the Holiday Inn Express to the Ritz-Carlton and everything
5 . I love to enter a
clean room,
6 my coat,look out of the window, and walk out in the moming, knowing that each
afternoon when I return, someone else will have
7 the bed and greet you so
8 , "Nice to have you
with us again, Mr Goldsborough. "
However, the problem is that
9 my wife Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. Even
though Linus and Camille, our two children at ages 4 and almost 2, find a way to interrupt even the
10 night's sleep at home,
11 , I'd rather be with them at home. I'Il take Linus climbing over
12 at five am
or a kick in the face from Camille, leaving a chocolate on my
13 . When I'm on the road,I miss my
loved ones.
I'm deeply troubled by the number of parents who wake up too late with the
14 :
"My children
15 too fast. In the busy career and
16 competition, I missed them. " What they
fail to say but too often think causes me even more pain : " ...and I hardly even know them. "This applies
to
17 as well-love relationships turn into living together, and romance into convemence.
A hundred years from now, no one will remember how much money you have in your bank account (存折) or the
18 0f your house. However, the world might differ greatly based on your
19 on the
life of a small child. Our world cries for role models and heroes of everyday living. What could you do
today to let your loved ones know how much they
20 to you?
Room service will never kiss you good night !
( )1. A. clothing ( )2. A. rested ( )3. A. onto ( )4. A. thought ( )5. A. in all ( )6. A. wash ( )7. A. laid ( )8. A. foolishly ( )9. A. if ( )10. A. best ( )11 A. therefore ( )12. A. me ( )13. A. desk ( )14. A. experience ( )15. A. went off ( )16. A. business ( )17 . A. colleagues ( )18. A. shape ( )19. A. impression ( )20. A. give |
B. air B. went B. into B. pointed B. at all B. change B. cleared B. professionally B. unless B. worst B. but B. himself B. road B. realization B. went on B. family B. families B. price B. opinion B. mean |
C. room C. slept C. from C. talked C. in sight C. iron C. made C. coldly C. after C. shortest C. still C. it C. pillow C. advice C. stood up C. game C. friends C. size C. influence C. add |
D. furniture D. leaned D. out of D. whispered D. in between D. hang D. wetted D. interestingly D. because D. longest D. besides D. him D. foot D. warning D. grew up D. animal D. couples D. outside D. lesson D. prove |