Unit 2 Poems Learning about language课时作业

一、完形填空

　　(2018·四川省成都市高三诊断检测)When you are living a fully－scheduled life, every minute counts. No matter how many ways you divide your ____1____， there's never enough time in a day to catch up.

　　Six years ago, I was ____2____ with a care－free, stop－and－smell－the－roses type of ____3____. When I needed to rush out, she was taking her sweet ____4____ picking out a purse and a shining crown. When I needed to have a ____5____ lunch, she'd stop to speak to the elderly woman who looked like her grandma. Whenever my child caused me to deviate (偏离) from my main ____6____， I thought to myself，we don't have time for this. ____7____，the two words I most commonly spoke to my little lover of life were："____8____！"

　　Then one day，things ____9____. We'd just picked up my older daughter from kindergarten and were getting out of the car. Seeing her little sister not going fast enough for her liking, my older daughter said，" You are so ____10____ ." When the older one crossed her own arms，it dawned on me that her annoyed look ____11____ that of mine. I saw the damage my hurried existence was doing to ____12____ of my children.

Though my ____13____ to slow down was made almost three years ago，living at a slower pace still takes great effort. My younger daughter is my living ____14____ of why I must keep trying. In fact，she reminded me once again the other day. When I thought my little child was going to eat the last ____15____ of an ice cream, she held out a spoonful of it. "I saved the last for you，" she said. At that moment，I ____16____ I'd just got the deal of a lifetime. I gave my child a little time，and unexpectedly