1 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.
One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer ________, the kid ________ me with a downcast face. The coach had ________ him for not focusing on his soccer drills. He walked out of the school with his head and shoulders ________ down. He seemed wrapped in ________. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to ________ something on the sidewalk. His ________ went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Mum. Come here. This is the ________ bug (虫子) I’ve ever seen. It has, like a million ________. It’s amazing.” He looked up at me, his features overflowing with energy and ________. “Can’t we ________ here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.”
The traditional view of such a moment is that it is ________, or a waste of valuable time. Yet at that moment it suddenly dawned on me that what sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance (无知) but their ________ for joy. Children’s ability to become deeply ________ in something and get great pleasure is what adults spend the rest of their lives ________.
1. A.appointment | B.display | C.practice | D.experience |
2. A.served | B.greeted | C.witnessed | D.treated |
3. A.envied | B.criticized | C.promoted | D.forgiven |
4. A.hanging | B.settling | C.putting | D.turning |
5. A.shyness | B.weakness | C.loneliness | D.sadness |
6. A.pick up | B.look for | C.stare at | D.bring out |
7. A.ears | B.hands | C.mouth | D.face |
8. A.biggest | B.simplest | C.strangest | D.dullest |
9. 10. A.entertainment | B.delight | C.satisfaction | D.confusion |
11. A.gather | B.play | C.sit | D.stay |
12. A.practical | B.impossible | C.accessible | D.unnecessary |
13. A.capacity | B.respect | C.effort | D.responsibility |
14. A.experienced | B.absorbed | C.rich | D.skillful |
15. A.seeking | B.studying | C.missing | D.denying |