Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember when it first started       me -----her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and      against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: ―Don’t do that any more –your      are too rough! She didn’t say anything in       . But never again did my mother close out my day with that    expression of her love．
Time after time, with the      years, my thoughts returned to that night. I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I      thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my         .
Now, my own children are         . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand       before stealing across my face to brush the      from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so    touched my brow. In my        , thousands of times, I      the night my young voice complained.     Mom’s hand in my hand, I said how        I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did,     Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and      —long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new      for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the        I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

A．surprising B．hurting C．annoying D．amazing

A．rough B．gentle C．smooth D．strong

A．noises B．words C．hands D．feelings

A．anger B．silence C．fear D．reply

A．healthy B．familiar C．popular D．perfect

A．coming B．remaining C．following D．passing

A．often B．even C．never D．once

A．family B．neighbor C．husband D．home

A．developed B．grown C．moved D．forgotten

A．imagined B．hesitated C．regretted D．trembled

A．hair B．tears C．dirt D．kisses

A．quickly B．roughly C．gently D．slowly

A．memory B．opinion C．history D．diary

A．chanced B．missed C．hated D．recalled

A．Beating B．Catching C．Picking D．Stopping

A．happy B．annoyed C．sorry D．amused

A．and B．while C．because D．but

A．remembered B．faded C．forgiven D．apologized

A．hope B．appreciation C．thought D．approval

A．guilt B．pride C．sorrow D．failure