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One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. ¡°Sweetie, my company wants to ___16___ me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling you that you¡¯ve done ___17___ and allowing you to skip a grade (Ìø¼¶), but you¡¯ll have to ___18___ your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?¡±She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me ___19___ for the rest of the night. I had said ¡°yes¡± but for the first time, I realized the ___20___ decisions adults had to make. ª¥

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I¡¯d ___21___ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her ___22___ and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times. ª¥

During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large ___23___ apartment, I became ___24___ how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then ___25___ I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on ___26___ family and work. ___27___ difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn¡¯t know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a ___28___ attitude. ª¥

Back home, I ___29___ myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she ___30___ to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be ___31___. I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable ___32___. ª¥

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the ___33___ has really taught me. Sacrifices ___34___ in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a  ___35___ for me.

16. A. attract             B. promote                C. surprise                D. praise

17. A. little               B. much                    C. well                     D. wrong

18. A. leave              B. refuse                   C. contact                 D. forgiveªª

19. A. explaining       B. sleeping                C. wondering            D. regrettingªª

20. A. poor               B. timely                  C. final                     D. tough

21. A. eagerly           B. politely                 C. nervously             D. curiously

22. A. patience          B. presence               C. intelligence           D. influence

23. A. comfortable     B. expensive              C. empty                  D. modern

24. A. interested in    B. aware of               C. doubtful about      D. satisfied with

25. A. when              B. where                   C. which                   D. that

26. A. abandoning     B. balancing              C. comparing            D. mixing

27. A. Depending on  B. Supplied with        C. Faced with            D. Insisting on

28. A. different         B. friendly                C. positive                D. general

29. A. criticized         B. informed              C. warned                 D. reminded

30. A. managed         B. offered                 C. attempted             D. expected

31. A. grateful           B. energetic               C. independent          D. practical

32. A. examples         B. limits                   C. rules                    D. goals

33. A. question          B. experience            C. history                 D. occasion

34. A. pay off           B. come back            C. run out                 D. turn up

35. A. blessing          B. gathering              C. failure                  D. pleasure