里"。

　　8．that　that 引导表语从句，无意义，也不充当任何句子成分。

　　9．However　该空表转折，后跟逗号，故用 however。

　　10．actually　副词作状语。

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　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 fourthgrade 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