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[2020·山东省聊城市高考模拟一]My 83yearold mother came to live with me a year ago. She was seriously ill and I had to put my life on hold to __1__ her.
Each morning, I got her up, __2__ her, made her breakfast and sat with her. I lit fires to keep her warm. I cooked, and __3__ her to take a few bites.
It's a hard job caring for a sick or dying parent, whoever you are. But it was __4__ hard for me, a doctor myself. I couldn't help treating her in two different ways. The medical professional in me led me to examine her in __5__ as if she were my patient. As a __6__， I saw the woman who had given birth to me, wiped my nose, sent me to college and had been __7__ presence in my life for over half a century.
Also, my mother didn't __8__ my hard work or understand that other people's help could have the burden __9__.
None of the treatments her doctors gave her __10__， and all she wanted was comfort. When finally she accepted the painkillers, she accepted the fact that she would __11__.
Illness and need took us across the personal boundary I'd never before considered. We used to argue a lot, __12__ during this time we shared stories and memories and we became __13__.
When the __14__ came, we accepted the fact that we looked at the world in different ways, but what __15__ was that we loved each other.
1．A.put up with B．refer to
C．care for D．take pride in
2．A.dressed B．taught
C．evaluated D．demanded
3．A.warned B．forced
C．permitted D．persuaded
4．A.especially B．naturally
C．proudly D．acceptably
5．A.enthusiasm B．curiosity
C．regret D．coldness
6．A.nurse B．daughter
C．doctor D．professor
7．A.constant B．occasional
C．dramatic D．fortunate
8．A.enjoy B．challenge
C．appreciate D．instruct
9．A.got off B．paid off
C．turned off D．taken off
10．A.thought B．changed
C．worked D．performed
11．A.die B．recover
C．defeat D．improve
12．A.so B．but
C．and D．or
13．A.rougher B．tougher
C．closer D．harder
14．A.accident B．chance
C．event D．end
15．A.ignored B．mattered
C．passed D．affected
