Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years.She would ____ down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember when it first started ___ me — her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt workworn and rough ____ my young skin.Finally，one night, I shouted out at her, “Don't do that any more—your hands are too rough！” she made no ____ and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her ____.
With the passing years, my ____returned to that night time after time.By then I ____ my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very ____， sometimes far away, but always it was ____ in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more.Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once ___ to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives ____.One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself  ___to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to ___the hair from my forehead.Then a  ____， ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I  ____ the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how ____I was for that night.I thought she'd remember ____ I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and  ____ long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ____for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was ____ to be found.

A．lie B．bend C．look D．fall

A．annoying B．astonishing C．delighting D．disappointing

A．along B．above C．against D．aside

A．reply B．promise C．request D．agreement

A．pity B．sadness C．apology D．love

A．feelings B．opinions C．spirits D．thoughts

A．missed B．forgot C．held D．shook

A．strange B．close C．serious D．common

A．stressed B．existed C．hidden D．exposed

A．expected B．changed C．reminded D．complained

A．yet B．away C．alone D．long

A．drawn B．carried C．moved D．stayed

A．cut B．wash C．brush D．take

A．tear B．kiss C．press D．hand

A．returned B．remembered C．realized D．recalled

A．sorry B．happy C．angry D．nervous

A．when B．how C．why D．as

A．disappeared B．forgiven C．apologized D．abandoned

A．imagination B．inspiration C．decoration D．appreciation

A．still B．soon C．nowhere D．anyhow