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There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when t...
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There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go. As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the ______ side of this line. One day, it was time to prepare for dinner. When I held ______ the apron strings (围裙带) connecting us, Nicole, eager to ______ independence, tried to loosen my grasp (掌控). What resulted was a (an) ______ mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.
For the past two years, it’s gone like this:
Mother’s question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced class (大学预备课程) so that you can earn college credit (学分)?”
Daughter’s ______: “No, I’m not interested in that.”
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Two months ago, she was ______ into a great university. However, I was still the mother having a ______ time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog (目录) carefully and ______ the courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face ______ with excitement. “I have had all my timetables of courses ready,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, ______ she should have discussed it with me. I examined what he chose. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an) ______ one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen ______ suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, strong young woman with a ______ mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother ______ every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit ______.
I ______ the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years the following things: ______, sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. ______, she is well-equipped and eager to ______ the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the ______ we both needed.
1.A. both B. right C. either D. each
2.A. onto B. up C. back D. out
3.A. keep B. refuse C. taste D. bear
4.A. embarrassing B. relaxing C. lively D. beautiful
5.A. solution B. word C. request D. answer
6.A. received B. invited C. treated D. admitted
7.A. good B. great C. hard D. easy
8.A. taken B. underlined C. offered D. made
9.A. lit up B. lift up C. turned up D. made up
10.A. imagining B. thinking C. pretending D. adding
11.A. only B. just C. even D. single
12.A. mostly B. hardly C. exactly D. possibly
13.A. sharp B. normal C. different D. social
14.A. to threaten B. to judge C. to disagree D. to lead
15.A. anxious B. excited C. sad D. unconscious
16.A. reviewed B. explored C. read D. pictured
17.A. pride B. fight C. failure D. responsibility
18.A. Therefore B. Instead C. Still D. Besides
19.A. determine B. welcome C. discover D. control
20.A. character B. strength C. happiness D. independence
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