Unit 4 Pygmalion
Ⅰ.完形填空
I remember receiving my favorite bear for Christmas one year when I was little.This event always __1__ in my mind over the years and I believe that part of this memory is because of a __2__ that I asked of my parents.You see, our family was quite large and there always wasn't a lot of money to buy a lot for each child on Christmas.But,we __3__ went without anything.So, on this __4__ Christmas morning, I was lucky enough to get a bear—one that I had __5__ sometime ago and told my parents how much I liked it.And, that bear was __6__ what I got.
After all my siblings had __7__ opening their gifts,I noticed, I guess for the first time, that my parents didn't have any gifts to open at all.So, I __8__ my mother, and asked,“ Mom, where are yours and Dad's gifts?”
She looked at me for a moment and then simply said,“ We would rather you kids have __9__ —we don't need anything except __10__ of you are right here with us.” __11__, as a child, I did not really __12__ her answer but as the years passed and especially as a(n) __13__, I know exactly what she meant.
Throughout life, there are many __14__ that cross back into our consciousness.Some of these memories __15__ to provide us with a guiding light to how we behave and react, some memories appear as a fog without anything __16__ at all.The memory of that bear, however, always