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When I was a little boy, I would play outside for hours on sunny summer days and then have a deep and peaceful sleep at night. Sometimes, I’d have some vivid dreams, making me__1__for a moment. I would stare out into the darkness to see if anything was there and then__2__over and go back to sleep. I can still remember a few times when I woke up，__3__out into the darkness, and actually__4__someone there. It was Mom __5__ over me as I slept. Each time she__6__told me to go back to sleep and I closed my eyes again, feeling__7__ and loved.
I__8__asked Mom why she watched me sleep from time to time but__9__seeing my own children __10__so fast, I think I know why she wanted to catch a moment in time and __11__ it in her heart forever. I just__12__ that she carried a lot of those moments with her into Heaven when she__13__at only 55.
Last night I was sleeping lightly __14__ I suddenly felt someone near me. I opened my eyes and saw Mom’s __15__ standing in the room, smiling at me. And then she was gone.
Now __16__may say that this was just a dream，a wish or part of an old__17__. To me, though, it was__18__ that Mom’s loving spirit was still watching over me. To me it was evidence enough to know that one day I would be__19__with her and everyone I have ever loved.
Trust in their love. Know that your own life can be full of __20__， too. Then joyfully go out and live it with a brave heart and a smiling soul.
1. A.excited
B.afraid
C.worried
D.awake
2. A.take B.roll
C.look D.climb
3. A.went B.burst
C.looked D.found
4. A.met B.saw
C.expected D.dreamed
5. A.watching B.treating
C.helping D.sitting
6. A.angrily B.gladly
C.silently D.gently
7. A.quiet B.nervous
C.safe D.anxious
8. A.never B.often
C.sometimes D.seldom
9. A.before B.after
C.since D.for
10. A.bring up B.raise up
C.lift up D.grow up
11. A.hold B.remove
C.find D.cover
12. A.decide B.hope
C.wonder D.remember
13. A.ran away B.put away
C.passed away D.took away
14. A.when B.while
C.after D.before
15. A.body B.figure
C.shape D.shadow
16. A.all B.none
C.some D.any
17. A.dream B.wish
C.story D.memory
18. A.proof B.time
C.chance D.belief
19. A.reunited B.buried
C.connected D.joined
20. A.hope B.joy
C.love D.surprise
[解题导语] 作者通过叙述自己的故事，深深地了解了母爱，从中他感悟到爱是生活中最美好的事物。
1.解析：选D。有时“我”会做一些生动的梦，让“我”片刻间处在醒着的 (awake)状态。
2.解析：选B。根据2空后面的go back to sleep可知，“我”又翻身睡着了。roll over的意思是“翻身”，符合语境。
3.解析：选C。 “我”仍然记得有几次，当“我”醒来时，“我”看(looked)着外边漆黑的夜晚。
4.解析：选B。 根据下文可知，实际上“我”看到(saw)了某个人在那里。
5.解析：选A。那是“我”母亲在“我”睡觉时照看(watching over)“我”。 18空后面的watching over me也是暗示。
6.解析：选D。 每次母亲都会温柔地(gently)告诉“我”，让“我”回去继续睡觉。
7.解析：选C。 此时“我” 感到了安全与爱的存在，所以选safe。
8.解析：选A。 “我”从来没有(never)问过母亲为什么要这样做。
9.解析：选B。 但是当“我”看着“我”的孩子快速长大后(after)，“我”想“我”知道了原因。
10.解析：选D。 这里表示孩子的成长，用grow up。
11.解析：选A。 根据上下文内容可知，此处表示母亲想永远把它记在(hold)心中。hold意为“持有，保留，保存”。
12.解析：选B。此处表示我的一种希望，所以用hope。
13.解析：选C。 根据下文可知，“我”的母亲已经去世(passed away)了。
14.解析：选A。 根据14空后面的I suddenly felt someone near me可知，这是一个时间状语从句，表示“就在那时”，应用when。
15.解析：选B。 这里表示“我”看到母亲站在房间里，朝着“我”微笑。figure表示“(远处人的)轮廓;(隐约可见的)人影”。
16.解析：选C。 一些人(some)也许会说那只是一个梦。
17.解析：选D。或者是“我”对母亲的记忆(memory)的一部分。
18.解析：选A。 对“我”来说，它是母亲充满爱意的灵魂仍然在照看着“我”的证明(proof)。其后的evidence是线索提示。
19.解析：选A。 “我”知道也许有一天“我”会和“我”的母亲重聚(reunited)。
20.解析：选C。 相信爱，同时也要知道你的生活中充满着爱(love)。
