There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go (放手). As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the  36  side of this line. When I hold   37  the apron strings (圍裙帶) connecting us, Nicole, eager to  38  independence, tries to loosen my grasp. What results is a (an)  39  mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.
For the past two years, it’s gone like this:
My question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced placement class (高階課程) so that you can earn college credit?”
Nicole’s  40 : “No, I’m not interested in that.”   ………
Two months ago, she was   41  to a great university. However, I was still the mother having a   42  time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog carefully and   43  courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face  44  with excitement. “I have had my entire schedule figured out,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished,  45  she should have discussed it with me. I examined the schedule. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an)  46  one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen  47  suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, capable young woman with a  48  mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother’s  49  every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit          50  .
I   51  the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years:  52 , sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way.  53 , she is well-equipped and eager to  54  the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the  55  we both needed.

【小題1】
A．leftB．rightC．eitherD．each
【小題2】
A．ontoB．upC．backD．out
【小題3】
A．keepB．refuseC．tasteD．bear
【小題4】
A．embarrassingB．relaxingC．livelyD．beautiful
【小題5】
A．commentB．wordC．conceptD．response
【小題6】
A．receivedB．invitedC．treatedD．a(chǎn)ccepted
【小題7】
A．goodB．greatC．hardD．easy
【小題8】
A．takenB．underlinedC．offeredD．emphasized
【小題9】
A．lit upB．built upC．turned upD．made up
【小題10】
A．imaginingB．thinkingC．hopingD．a(chǎn)dding
【小題11】
A．onlyB．justC．evenD．single
【小題12】
A．mostlyB．hardlyC．exactlyD．slightly
【小題13】
A．sharpB．normalC．differentD．typical
【小題14】
A．encouragingB．evaluatingC．disagreeingD．a(chǎn)greeing
【小題15】
A．a(chǎn)nxiousB．excitedC．sadD．tense
【小題16】
A．reviewedB．observedC．checkedD．studied
【小題17】
A．a(chǎn)bilityB．honestyC．responsibilityD．punctuality
【小題18】
A．ThereforeB．InsteadC．StillD．Besides
【小題19】
A．embraceB．discoverC．determineD．lead
【小題20】
A．characterB．strengthC．reliefD．independence


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】D
【小題6】D
【小題7】C
【小題8】B
【小題9】A
【小題10】B
【小題11】D
【小題12】C
【小題13】A
【小題14】B
【小題15】C
【小題16】A
【小題17】C
【小題18】C
【小題19】A
【小題20】D

解析【小題1】固定短語(yǔ)。stay on the right/wrong side of sth. 處于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的正確或者錯(cuò)誤一面。可意譯為做得對(duì)與否
【小題2】當(dāng)我想抓緊連接我們的紐帶的時(shí)候，我的女兒Nicole卻渴望能夠常識(shí)一下獨(dú)立的感覺。
【小題3】見上題分析。
【小題4】我想抓緊這種紐帶不放手，而女兒急于自立，這樣我們之間就形成了一種尷尬的關(guān)系。awkward尷尬的。
【小題5】前面有母親的詢問(wèn)這里自然是女兒的回答，response回答。
【小題6】 be accepted into="be" admitted to 被大學(xué)錄取
【小題7】女兒要離開上大學(xué)然而我依然是一個(gè)很難做到放手的母親。固定短語(yǔ)have a adj.+time做某事上度過(guò)了一段艱難的時(shí)光
【小題8】我認(rèn)真的看了女兒的課程表，并且劃出我認(rèn)為有價(jià)值的課程。underline劃線。
【小題9】第二天下午女兒臉上放著光芒充滿的興奮說(shuō)道：我已經(jīng)想好了要學(xué)的整個(gè)課程，one’s face lit up 是指臉上發(fā)光，這是由于作者的女兒終于獨(dú)立后的興奮造成的。
【小題10】我感到很驚奇，我認(rèn)為她應(yīng)該和我討論的，thinking為現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語(yǔ)表示伴隨。
【小題11】 single可以放在名詞前作定語(yǔ)，only只能置于冠詞前。
【小題12】她選擇的每一個(gè)課程只是恰恰滿足她的興趣。
【小題13】就在這時(shí)我看到了一個(gè)成熟的有能力的年輕女性，她擁有一個(gè)尖銳的靈敏的大腦，在這里用sharp表示對(duì)自己女兒的稱贊。
【小題14】她再也不需要她的母親對(duì)她做出的每一個(gè)決定進(jìn)行評(píng)價(jià)了，這時(shí)表示女兒已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)大。evaluate評(píng)價(jià)。
【小題15】盡管我感到有一點(diǎn)難過(guò)，但是我還是對(duì)女兒很是自豪———自己的女兒終于長(zhǎng)大，可以獨(dú)立了。
【小題16】我回顧了我學(xué)到的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。review回顧。
【小題17】一個(gè)人成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中需要學(xué)習(xí)的東西有：責(zé)任，同情心和艱苦工作。
【小題18】成長(zhǎng)的道路上會(huì)有一些坎坷，不過(guò)，女兒已經(jīng)做好了準(zhǔn)備，并且渴望擁抱未來(lái)。
【小題19】女兒做好了準(zhǔn)備，并且渴望擁抱未來(lái)，embrace擁抱。
【小題20】接下來(lái)我認(rèn)識(shí)到我應(yīng)該給我的女兒和我自己我們需要的那種獨(dú)立了。該空體現(xiàn)了全文的中心。

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