2014高考英语突破完形填空训练(17)及答案
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Years ago when I first heard “empty nest”, it sounded like a pleasant position to be in. I had three small kids and the __1__ of waking up in the morning __2__ rested,instead of having my eyes opened by tiny fingers,was quite __3__.
Oh,the beauty of dinnertime without spilled milk,a house without sounds of __4__, and walls without sticky fingerprints covered in jam. I could __5__ a shopping cart (手推车) that was filled with groceries instead of children!
However,when I __6__ that soughtafter goal, it was rather a __7__. It no longer looked attractive because these years had __8__ the distasteful parts of motherhood. For some time, no one had been crying to be __9__ in the middle of the night. __10__ needed to be dressed or have their shoes tied ten times a day. Just when the children became pleasant __11__ ,they moved out. Is there no justice?