Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead． I don't remember when it first started me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don' t do that any more --your are too rough！” She didn’t say anything in ．But never again did my mother close out my day with that expression of her love． Time after time, with the years, my thoughts returned to that night．I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my Now, my own children are . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand before stealing across my face to brush the from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so touched my brow．In my , thousands of times, I the night my young voice complained. Mom's hand in my hand, I said how I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did, Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and —long ago. That night, I fell asleep with a new for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found． 小题1: A．surprising B．hurting C．annoying D．amazing 小题2: A．rough B．gentle C．smooth D．strong 小题3: A．noises B．words C．feelings D．hands 小题4: A．anger B．silence C．reply D．fear 小题5: A．healthy B．familiar C．popular D．perfect 小题6: A．coming B．remaining C．following D．passing 小题7: A．often B．even C．never D．once 小题8: A．family B．neighbor C．husband D．home 小题9: A．developed B．grown C．moved D．forgotten 小题10: A．imagined B．hesitated C．regretted D．trembled 小题11: A．hair B．tears C．dirt D．kisses 小题12: A．quickly B．roughly C．gently D．slowly 小题13: A．memory B．opinion C．history D．diary 小题14: A．chanced B．missed C．hated D．recalled 小题15: A．Beating B．Picking C．Catching D．Stopping 小题16: A．happy B．sorry C．annoyed D．amused 小题17: A．and B．while C．because D．but 小题18: A．remembered B．faded C．forgiven D．apologized 小题19: A．hope B．appreciation C．thought D．approval 小题20: A．guilt B．pride C．sorrow D．Failure