专题二 完形填空解题五技巧——破解
(2014·天津卷)One night，when I was eight，my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget.“Sweetie，my company wants to __1__ me but needs me to work in Brazil.This is like your teacher telling you that you've done __2__ and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级)，but you'll have to __3__ 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 __4__ for the rest of the night.I had said“yes”but for the first time，I realized the __5__ decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years，my mother would call us from Brazil every day.Every evening I'd __6__ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day.A phone call，however，could never replace her __7__ and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourthgrade Christmas break，we flew to Rio to visit her.Looking at her large __8__ apartment，I became __9__ how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself.It was then __10__ I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on __11__ family and work.__12__ difficult decisions，she used to tell me，you wouldn't know
