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The first event of my life to be printed into my memory occurred when I was three. My mother stood, working in the __1__ and then glanced at me with a __2__ smile. Two feet down the table, I knocked on a chair with a bowl and a spoon, __3__ my own invisible (无形的) powder. We worn __4__ dresses, mine the leftover __5__ from hers, sky blue — mommy's favorite color. I am her shadow.
However, by 14 I could not __6__ my mother. All that I heard every day was NO. I wanted to dye my hair and she said no. I wanted to __7__ late with my friends and she said no. I didn't understand why she said no. She was trying to __8__me from aches and pains and mistakes __9__ in her teens. Several years later, I finally understood her, but it was too late. She became ill. I cried and __10__, “Don't take her, God, please! She is my mother, my mommy, the woman who gave me life. All my years, __11__ the hard times and the good, she has been there, __12__ to me forever by an invisible umbilical cord (脐带) that lasts longer after birth.” But this cord, this love could do nothing to stop the cancer from __13__.
A few years later __14__ I myself lay in the hospital bed, my newly born daughter was __15__ in my arms. I cried and smiled and prayed. Please help me to __16__ her into a wonderful girl. And looking down __17__ her eyes, I could see the message they held, “Your __18__ would be proud. ”
I stand in the kitchen now, and these thoughts flash through my mind. I glance at my young daughter. A __19__ feeling rushes through my soul as I take in the familiar __20__.
I am my mother's shadow.
1.A. kitchen B. dining room
C. sitting room
D. garden
2.A. lovely B. lively
C. loving D. horrible
3.A. preparing B. mixed
C. mixing
D. prepared
4.A. same B. similar
C. different
D. matching
5.A. material B. clothes
C. dress