天津高考英语完型填空真题汇总情况.pdf

.. 2014 One night, when I was eight , my mother gently asked me a question

I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to 16 me but needs

meto work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you ’ve done

17 and allowing you to skip a grade( 跳级 ), but you ’ll have to 18 your

friends. Would you say yes to your teacher? ” She gave mea hug and asked

meto think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me19 for the rest

of the night I had said “yes ” but for the first time, I realized the

20 decisions adults had to make. For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day.

Every evening I ’d 21 wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every

detail of myday. A phone call, however, could never replace her 22 and