题目内容
When my grandmother moved into a retirement community named Seventy Five State Street last December, I didn’t know quite what to expect. I imagined the place as a terrible nursing home where the residents would need ____21___ to go to the bathroom and where the staff was cruel. To prove my assumption ___22__, my aunt took me to see my grandmother.
The view of my grandmother’s room was beautiful. Her two rooms with a private bath were __23___ for someone in her 80s. The sofa and chairs were very comfortable. You could tell she ___24__ it.
After our ___25__, my grandmother brought up the idea of my ___26__ at the retirement community. It was __27___ to visit, but to spend hours talking to old people and hearing their long, boring stories of family and wars didn’t ___28__ me, especially since it would be during my summer vacation. However, it was still winter, and with my busy life, I put the __29__ in the back of my mind. But my grandmother was ___30__ about her idea. To my surprise, she talked to the director without my ___31__. Eventually, I was ___32__ to have a try.
After scheduling my first day, I became a little ___33__. I wasn’t sure if the residents would ___34__ me. When I finally went in for the beano (雇工宴席) on that summer afternoon, I was ___35__ by what I saw. Instead of a large beano hall crowded with ___36__ people, I found a warm, inviting center. I was immediately drawn into the nicely wallpapered, air-conditioned room.
Over the next two months, I ___37__ more than 100 hours at Seventy Five State Street doing the beano, social gatherings, picnics and talking to people one-on-one. ___38__, the experience turned out to be well worth my time and efforts.
It’s a(an) ___39__ feeling to walk down the halls of Seventy Five State Street and be stopped by a resident who doesn’t always know your name, ___40__ who knows you’re someone who cares.
21. A. time B. help C. permission D. guidance
22. A. reasonable B. good C. wrong D. honest
23. A. terrible B. possible C. necessary D. great
24. A. bought B. cleaned C. destroyed D. liked
25. A. walk B. ride C. visit D. report
26. A. staying B. volunteering C. studying D. arriving
27. A. hard B. nice C. strange D. useless
28. A. interest B. worry C. shock D. satisfy
29. A. story B. dream C. suggestion D goal
30. A. concerned B. careless C. angry D. excited
31. A. promise B. presence C. agreement D. preparation
32. A. told B. persuaded C. allowed D. invited
33. A. bored B. eager C. anxious D. upset
34. A. praise B. believe C. accept D. remember
35. A. surprised B. frightened C. cheated D. encouraged
36. A. famous B. common C. busy D. old
37. A. wasted B. saved C. waited D. spent
38. A. Unfortunately B. Certainly C. Hopefully D. Basically
39. A. horrible B. mixed C. awesome D. real
40. A. but B. and C. if D. unless
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Our children grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, although my husband and I sometimes sneak one late at night with a glass of milk. I believe that the success of this 31 lovedconcoction(混合物) lies not in the brand of peanut butter, 32 in the jelly. The right jelly 33 the palate, and homemade is the only choice.
My mother-in-law was the jelly maker in this family. This limited choice was a welcome 34 in the days of toddlers, siblings and puppies. All I did was to 35 baby food jars, which my mother-in-law would seal with wax(蜡) and 36 back home with us. 37 I wanted to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich , all I had to do was reach for one of little jars. Jelly making was just a way of 38 for my mother-in-law. She always did it, setting the 39 jelly on the shelves .
My father-in-law died several years ago and this past December, she also 40 . Among the things in the house to be divided by her children were the 41 canned goods.
The other day I reached my pantry(储物间) for jelly for a quick sandwich. Sitting all alone on the far side of the shelf was a small jar of grape jelly, whose lid was 42 in places. 43 on it were “GR” for grape and the year when the jelly was made.
As I picked up the jar, I suddenly realized something that I had 44 to see earlier. This was the last jar we would ever have from the 45 , loving hands . We hardly ever opened a jar of jelly at table without 46 about those thousands of little jars she had filled. It seems like such a small thing, and most days it was something that was 47 for granted.
No longer was it just a jar of jelly. It was the end of a family 48 . We have hundreds of pictures and many more memories that we expect to 49 the years and to pass on to our children. The jar of jelly won’t keep that long. It will either have to be eaten or 50 ...but not today.
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