Directions: Listen to the passage three times and fill in the blanks with the missing words.[音频]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 (1)_____________in the urban environment. At l6, 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 (2)____________showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the (3)____________. 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 (4)____________limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers (5)____________. He had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Yet he (6)____________built a small successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama was (7)____________him. After she married, my mother (8)____________and gave herself to her family. In1950, with three small children, dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and (9)____________to the city to run his business. Mama said good-bye toher parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more (10)____________life. But she never complained.