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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~20题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life.
When we knew that it might be Dad’s birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party ___all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.
During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. , we told stories from our hearts, Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family . Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our to honor him.
A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love._ _ we had given those loving to Dad when he was , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories over in his mind during his last months and days.
Words do , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to love, and our chance to honor a person in life.
1.A. originalB. modernC. complexD. double
2.A. congratulationB. wishC. thankingD. apology
3.A. lateB. lostC. livingD. last
4.A. withB. asC. thoughD. by
5.A. writerB. listenerC. storytellerD. reader
6.A. hear ofB. listen toC. make upD. talk about
7.A. Little by littleB. Now and thenC. All at onceD. One after another
8.A. ifB. becauseC. whileD. before
9.A. recalledB. recordedC. regrettedD. remembered
10.A. thoughtsB. treasuresC. possessionsD. tales
11.A. affordB. helpC. waitD. offer
12.A. chanceB. taskC. dutyD. decision
13.A. burialB. partyC. meetingD. wedding
14.A. AndB. ButC. SoD. Or
15.A. kindnessB. memoriesC. careD. hugs
16.A. healthyB. oldC. youngD. alive
17.A. wentB. flewC. rolledD. came
18.A. benefitB. matterC. workD. mean
19.A. publiclyB. properlyC. consciouslyD. correctly
20.A. fall inB. search forC. hand overD. give back