2012小升初英语阅读理解练习（十三）

　　You don’t love me

　　“你不爱我！”这样的话你是否对你的父母说过，或者在心里暗暗地恨自己的父母？读一读下面的文章，你就会明白父母的良苦用心。

　　“You don’t love me!”

　　How many times have your kids laid that one on you?

　　And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much?

　　Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I’ll tell them.

　　I loved you enough to bug  (使烦恼) you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you would get home.

　　I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that we could afford and you couldn’t.

　　I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your handpicked (精心挑选的) friend was a creep  (讨厌的人).

　　I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your bedroom, a job that would have taken me fifteen minutes.

　　I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust and tears in my eyes.

　　I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners.

　　I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and asked your forgiveness.

　　I loved you enough to ignore “what every other mother” did or said.

　　I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt and fail.

　　I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your own actions, at six, ten, or sixteen.

　　I loved you enough to shove you off my lap, let go of your hand, be mute to your pleas（恳求）... so that you had to stand alone.

　　I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, not what I wanted you to be.

　　But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.

　　Help:

　　stand over   to be near sb and watch them监督；监视

　　stumble   v.  to walk or move in an unsteady way跌跌撞撞地走

　　mute   adj.  not speaking沉默的