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  3. My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her

My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her

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问题     My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. They lived in Chicago when my grandfather worked making ice cream. Mama【B1】______ in the urban environment. At 16, she graduated first in her high school class, went onto secretarial school, and finally worked as an executive secretary for a railroad company. She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite【B2】______ showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the【B3】______. My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a【B4】______limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers 【B5】______. He had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Yet he【B6】______ built a small successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama 【B7】______ him. After she married, my mother【B8】______ and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three smalt children, dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and【B9】______to the city to run his business. Mama said good-bye to her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more【B10】______life. But she never complained. [br] 【B1】
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