填空题
The Door Has Never Been Locked
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family's religious lifestyle and said, "I don't want your God I am leaving!"
She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job,
(46) to earn money. Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew older, and the daughter became more and more entrenched in her way of life.
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter's whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city
(47) . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple request. "Would you allow me to put up this picture?" It was a picture of a smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwriting message at the bottom: "I love you still.., come home!"
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat absent-mindedly listening to the service,
(48) . There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn't wait until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, "I love you still... come home!" As she stood in front of the picture, she wept.
(49) .
It was night, but she was so touched by the message that she started walking home. By the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and made her way timidly. As she knocked, the door flew open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house.
(50) , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, "It's me! It's me!"
The mother couldn't believe her eyes. They fell into each other's arms. The daughter said, "I was so worried and thought someone had broken in." The mother replied gently, "No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been locked."
- A. Concerned for her mother's safety.
- B. all the while letting her eyes wander over to the bulletin board.
- C. It was too good to be true.
- D. Young people prefer to live far way from parents.
- E. she took to the streets to do everything she could.
- F. in search of her daughter.