1 . Standing in the store, I looked at the painting supplies excitedly.
“Are you sure these are what you want for your birthday?” my husband asked _________.
“I’m very sure. I really want to give it a _________,” I replied. I was smiling with _________. He looked at me hesitantly and _________ his head.
_________, this was a secret I’d kept for a while. Every day, my husband went to work. I’d look after my son, clean the house and prepare dinner. It had been a decade since I took any time to pursue my own _________. I had become a drudge (苦工). I wanted excitement and creative expression, but mostly I wanted colors. So I _________ the most interesting supplies.
“I have a feeling that you’re going to put all these in a toolbox and never _________ them again,” my husband said.
For the first month, he was _________. I put the supplies into a toolbox. I admired them every day, but I couldn’t seem to find the time to start painting. I found one reason or another not to __________.
One day, when my son caught me __________ the toolbox again, he asked curiously, “Mommy, when are you going to __________?”
“No __________ day than today,” I announced and brought out all the materials.
From then on, my house seemed to never be perfectly clean, but my life was full of __________. Most importantly, I no longer felt like a drudge. I had a new __________.
1. A.pleasantly | B.anxiously | C.awkwardly | D.doubtfully |
2. 3. A.expectation | B.shame | C.agreement | D.pride |
4. A.covered | B.bowed | C.hit | D.shook |
5. A.Luckily | B.Generally | C.Frankly | D.Strangely |
6. A.rights | B.hobbies | C.education | D.position |
7. A.selected | B.admired | C.created | D.collected |
8. 9. A.tolerant | B.wise | C.supportive | D.correct |
10. A.fear | B.start | C.refuse | D.dream |
11. A.working at | B.looking for | C.staring at | D.paying for |
12. A.quit | B.remember | C.succeed | D.paint |
13. A.busier | B.better | C.tougher | D.bigger |
14. A.sufferings | B.achievements | C.colors | D.chances |
15. A.purpose | B.memory | C.occupation | D.challenge |