I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（燈光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
| 小題1: | | A．dangerous | B．different | C．impossible | D．terrible |
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| 小題2: | | A．promise | B．wish | C．suggestion | D．decision |
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| 小題3: | | A．miss | B．keep | C．get | D．accept |
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| 小題4: | | A．whom | B．whose | C．which | D．what |
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| 小題5: | | A．first | B．next | C．other | D．last |
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| 小題7: | | A．expecting | B．remembering | C．agreeing | D．allowing |
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| 小題8: | | A．again | B．still | C．then | D．ever |
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| 小題9: | | A．excuse | B．fun | C．trouble | D．chance |
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| 小題10: | | A．moved | B．talked | C．turned | D．looked |
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| 小題11: | | A．colors | B．tears | C．joys | D．fears |
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| 小題12: | | A．even though | B．as if | C．so that | D．now that |
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| 小題13: | | A．sure | B．proud | C．alone | D．together |
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| 小題14: | | A．on | B．for | C．since | D．through |
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| 小題15: | | A．visit | B．sleep | C．leave | D．play |
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