My grandmother died when my mother was 11, so my mother never learned how to cook particularly well. Cooking skills aside, she’s a(n) ________ nurturer (养育者). Two years ago, she flew to care for me while I ________ from an operation. At my apartment, I handed her a grocery list of comfort foods, which included Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup.
“I should make you some chicken noodle soup ________,” she said.
“Mom, you have never made me chicken noodle soup in your life — except from a can (罐头). You did many ________ things for me, but there was no chicken noodle soup.”
“Well, now I’m going to make you some soup,” said my mother.
I then ________ my friend Kate, an amazing chef. I wrote that my mom was making some chicken noodle soup and asked her to send us a ________.
Three hours and a dozen e-mails with Kate later, my mother had ________ made the chicken soup. It looked good. It was definitely chicken soup made with ________.
All we needed was the noodles.
I watched as my mother ________ an entire bag of noodles into the soup when I got the e-mail from Kate. “Noodles, I forgot to say how many. It should be like... a cup.”
We watched in ________ as the noodles soaked up (浸泡,吸收) all the soup. We tried to add more water, but it was too late. We stood in the kitchen, hurriedly spooning the ________ soup into our bowls.
“It’s my fault!” said my mother, ________.
But let me tell you, that one bowl of chicken noodle soup was ________. We did not think about the soup-soaked noodles while we ate, nor did we think about the ________ of life. I was my mother’s best dinner ________, and she was my favorite chef.
21. A.extreme | B.effective | C.excellent | D.economical |
22. A.observed | B.removed | C.benefited | D.recovered |
23. A.aside | B.instead | C.otherwise | D.nevertheless |
24. A.sensitive | B.wonderful | C.rewarding | D.generous |
25. A.e-mailed | B.texted | C.called | D.contacted |
26. A.recipe | B.message | C.mail | D.gift |
27. A.instantly | B.specially | C.appropriately | D.successfully |
28. A.appetite | B.love | C.value | D.nutrient |
29. A.mixed | B.boiled | C.emptied | D.rolled |
30. A.horror | B.relief | C.greed | D.satisfaction |
31. A.other | B.boiling | C.spare | D.remaining |
32. A.upset | B.delighted | C.angry | D.relieved |
33. A.ordinary | B.delicious | C.delicate | D.salty |
34. A.confusion | B.depressions | C.imperfections | D.beauty |
35. A.cook | B.guest | C.critic | D.partner |