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[2016·双鸭山一中质检] On Mother's Day, I was expecting my grown children to come back home and spend the day with me.
Fifteen years earlier, I was a single mom with two children, a __1__ job and a long commute (通勤路程). So I had to shop for groceries and plan for the next week on weekends. __2__， I went shopping on Sunday. When I __3__ to the cashier that the store was really quiet that day, she replied, “It's always __4__ on Mother's Day. You must be the only __5__ out there shopping.” I know she was __6__ telling the truth and she did not mean to __7__ me. Needless to say, all I could do was to finish paying and get to my car. I hadn't __8__ realized it was Mother's Day. My children were too young to know it. How __9__ I really was!
