Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years．She would
1 down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead．
I don't remember when it first started 2 me---her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work-worn and rough 3 my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, "Don't do that any more----your hands are too rough!" she made no 4 and left quietly．But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her 5 ．
With the passing years, my 6 returned to that night time after time．By then I 7 my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss．Sometimes the incident seemed very 8 , sometimes far away, but always it was 9 in the back of my mind．
The years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once 10 to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family．
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives 11 ．One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself 12 to her house to spend the night with her．As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to 13 the hair from my forehead．Then a 14 , ever so gently , touched my forehead．I burst into tears．
In my memory, thousands of times, I 15 the night my young voice complained．Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how 16 I was for that night．I thought she'd remember, 17 I did．But Mom didn't know what I was talking about．She had already forgotten and 18 long ago．
That night, I fell asleep with a new 19 for my gentle mother and her caring hands．And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was 20 to be found．
1．A．lie B．bend C．look D．fall
2．A．annoying B．astonishing C．delighting D．disappointing
3．A．along B．above C．against D．aside
4．A．reply B．promise C．request D．agreement
5．A．pity B．sadness C．apology D．love
6．A．feelings B．opinions C．spirits D．thoughts
7．A．missed B．forgot C．held D．shook
8．A．strange B．close C．serious D．common
9．A．stressed B．changed C．hidden D．exposed
10．A．expected B．thought C．reminded D．complained
11．A．yet B．away C．alone D．long
12．A．drawn B．carried C．moved D．stayed
13．A．cut B．wash C．brush D．take
14．A．tear B．kiss C．press D．hand
15．A．returned B．remembered C．realized D．recalled
16．A．sorry B．happy C．angry D．nervous
17．A．when B．how C．why D．as
18．A．disappeared B．forgiven C．apologized D．abandoned
19．A．imagination B．inspiration C．decoration D．appreciation
20．A．still B．soon C．nowhere D．anyhow