Once a week, I was allowed to sleep over at my friend Nicole’s home, a chance to stay away from my mother.

Nicole’s relationship with her mom was ____1____ different from mine. They were more like friends than mother and daughter. And they actually seemed to ____2____ spending time together. They often baked (烘烤) in their home, dreaming of the coffee shop her mother wished to ____3____.

Watching Nicole’s mother made me question my mother’s dream. Taking care of me played such an important ____4____ in her life that she had no time to develop a hobby.

As a teenager, I found it impossible to imagine a ____5____ life without a career or at least a hobby. Why did her interests and dreams never seem to bubble up to the ____6____? Could she truly be happy as only a homemaker? I began to suggest possible ways to my mom: having ____7____ at the university in design or fashion or starting a restaurant.

“Too much work! You know, Gary’s mom starts her own restaurant—now she’s always running around! She ____8____ has time for anything else,” said my mother.

“When I’m at school, what do you do all day?”

“I do a lot, okay! You just don’t understand. When you move out, you will see ____9____ Mommy has done for you.”

It wasn’t until years later, after I left for college, that I began to understand what it ____10____ to make a home. And I realized how much I had taken mine for granted (视……为理所当然).

1.1.

A hardly

B finally

C completely

D equally

解析：选C。副词词义辨析。completely完全地。后文写朋友母女像朋友，和 “我家的母女关系” 形成巨大反差，是完全不一样。hardly 几乎不；finally 最终；equally 同等的，均不符合语境。

2.2.

A regret

B enjoy

C practise

D avoid

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。enjoy doing sth享受做某事。前文说她们亲如朋友，所以是很享受共度时光。regret 后悔；practise 练习；avoid 避免，语义不通。

3.3.

A open

B draw

C find

D sell

解析：选A。动词词义辨析。open a coffee shop固定搭配，开设一家咖啡店。她们烘焙，梦想开咖啡店。draw 画；find 找到；sell 卖，不符合。

4.4.

A trick

B game

C tool

D part

解析：选D。名词固定搭配。固定短语 play an important part in… 在…… 中扮演重要角色 / 占重要地位。句意：照顾我在她生命中占了极重要一部分，让她没时间发展爱好。trick 诡计；game 游戏；tool 工具不构成搭配。

5.5.

A popular

B familiar

C meaningful

D difficult

解析：选C。形容词词义辨析。meaningful有意义的。少年的作者观念：没有事业、没有爱好的生活很难想象是有意义的。popular 受欢迎；familiar 熟悉；difficult 困难，不符合作者当时想法。

6.6.

A surface

B market

C pool

D sky

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。surface表面；固定表达bubble up to the surface浮上表面、显现出来。句意：为什么她的兴趣梦想似乎从来不会显现出来。market 市场；pool 池塘；sky 天空，无此搭配。

7.7.

A shows

B gifts

C courses

D parties

解析：选C。名词词义辨析。courses课程。根据地点at the university在大学，就是去大学上课，修设计、时尚类课程。shows 演出；gifts 礼物；parties 派对，和大学场景不符。

8.8.

A always

B never

C certainly

D really

解析：选B。副词词义辨析。never从不。前文举例 Gary 妈妈开餐馆，总是四处奔波，从来没有时间做其他事情。always 总是；certainly 当然；really 真正，逻辑不成立。

9.9.

A something

B nothing

C anything

D everything

解析：选D。不定代词辨析。everything一切。妈妈说：等你搬出去，你就会看到妈妈为你做的一切。something 某些事；nothing 没什么；anything 任何事（多用于疑问否定），everything 最贴合母爱语境。

10.10.

A meant

B saved

C mentioned

D shared

解析：选A。动词词义辨析。meant mean 的过去式，意为 “意味着”。多年之后我才懂得，操持一个家意味着什么。saved 拯救；mentioned 提到；shared 分享语义不符。