My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __1__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 2__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __3__ at the pier（码头）waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __4__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __5__ in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing __6__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __7_ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __8__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __9__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __10__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __11__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __12__.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __13__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __14__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __15__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __16__ another part of the world. My mother __17__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __18__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __19__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __20__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.

A．situation B．case C．matter D．rule

A．leave behind B．leave out C．leave off D．leave for

A．arriving B．staring C．standing D．looking

A．range B．shape C．sight D．control

A．adapting B．suiting C．matching D．fitting

A．names B．jobs C．addresses D．directions

A．father B．classmates C．brother D．relatives

A．performing B．seeking C．waiting D．applying

A．programs B．sacrifices C．contributions D．cooperations

A．Once B．While C．When D．Unless

A．somewhere B．somewhat C．sometime D．somehow

A．romantic B．comfortable C．mysterious D．wealthy

A．generally B．actually C．especially D．unfairly

A．desert B．pursue C．affect D．limit

A．lifestyle B．value C．journey D．opportunity

A．acquire B．explore C．occupy D．realize

A．met B．greeted C．agreed D．suspected

A．load B．sadness C．result D．challenge

A．changeable B．cautious C．positive D．negative

A．experienced B．brave C．ordinary D．annoyed