Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was 41 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, was 42 with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t 43 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 44 I understood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very slowly to understand. “I guess we all have to 45 something,” Mother said quietly. I could 46 her pain and the tension of 47 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my 48 . Suddenly, something inside me lit up. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 49 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her 50 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could and that was 51 . At that moment, feeling Mother’s 52 with feelings, I understood for the first time her being easy to 53 . She was still my mother, 54 she was something 55 : a person like me, capable of fear, 56 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 57 in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 58 .
“It’s a job I can do, though.” She said simply. But the evening practice on the green typewriter continued. I had a very 59 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her 60 away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.
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(答案→)D
解析：
【小题1】 D。从excitement, but 和stillness可以判断是出现了意料之外的事情，所以应该是感到吃惊，下文也有shock提示，因此选D。
【小题1】 A。从下文得知妈妈因为失业而痛苦，而且后文有finding Mother in tears，说明妈妈当时是在“哭”。
【小题1】 B。type打字。她告诉我她不能打得快。
【小题1】 C。“我的震惊与尴尬足以说明我对妈妈所承受的压力了解甚少（little）”。
【小题1】 A。fail作及物动词，fail sth.表示没做成某事。
【小题1】 C。sense是指“感觉到，感受到”。
【小题1】 A。hold back 阻止，控制，这里指妈妈控制自己的情绪。
【小题1】 C。 从下文看“我抱住了她”说明是伸出胳膊，所以用reach out。reach for 去拿。
【小题1】 D。介词against表示“靠”的意思。意思是妈妈把脸靠在“我”的肩上。
【小题1】 A。紧紧地抱住，以此安慰妈妈，所以选A。
【小题1】 A。that was enough与I knew ...并列，句意为：我知道我在做自己该做的、能够做的事情，那就足够了。
【小题1】 D。由于是抱住妈妈，用手抚摸的当然是她的后背。
【小题1】 B。break 是指“崩溃，垮了”，上文she broke then已给出暗示。
【小题1】 C。两句之间是转折关系，而且强调后一句的内容，所以选C。however习惯上要用逗号与后面的内容分开。
【小题1】 A。从下文可知母亲不仅仅是母亲，她的内涵更多：她也和我一样，可能会恐惧，会失败，从句意可判断应该选A，文章最后也有提示。
【小题1】 D。恐惧与失败是同一概念，放在句中符合上下文的一致。
【小题1】 C。在妈妈的怀抱中寻求安慰。support支持；kindness善意；memory记忆。
【小题1】 B。电台所给工资的一半。supply供给（必需品）；afford负担得起；charge要价。
【小题1】 A。感受不同（different）了，很欣慰妈妈走出了低谷。
【小题1】C。通过下文可知妈妈晚上还在打字，所以选C。