16.Make Good Memories
My husband Bill's Grandma was in a nursing home when we moved back to Michigan.Grandma had been unable to walk for quite some time; now her eye sight was almost gone.
Over the years Grandma and I had (21)Amany cards and letters.I knew how she enjoyed (22)C.in touch with people.Grandma would have me write letters to go in the cards she would send.And she would always have me (23)D what I had written back to her.Grandma didn't have a problem with hearing then (24)B she was always telling me,"That is not (25)D how I said that!"I would then rewrite whatever I wrote in her exact words.
Since I had some (26)A time before Christmas,I asked Grandma if she would like to send (27)C some Christmas cards.Grandma readily (28)B.I rounded up several different kinds of cards.I knew she had friends and family who all had different (29)D.I would take each card and (30)A in detail the front of the card,then I would read the words inside.After (31)D it over Grandma would tell me who she thought would like (32)B card.
After a while I (33)Cand I noticed that we had several nursing home (34)D standing in the doorway.I started to noticed as I read each card,the (35)B on their faces and Grandma's face,too.Each one had a (36)Asmile and a far-away look in their eyes,as they were seeing the scenes in their mind's eye.
I thought when I went over to do the Christmas(37)D I would be doing Grandma a favor,but it (38)B that she did me a big favor.I will always (39)A this special memory of bringing some Christmas joy and pleasant (40)C to Grandma and her fellow residents.
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My husband Bill's Grandma was in a nursing home when we moved back to Michigan.Grandma had been unable to walk for quite some time; now her eye sight was almost gone.
Over the years Grandma and I had (21)Amany cards and letters.I knew how she enjoyed (22)C.in touch with people.Grandma would have me write letters to go in the cards she would send.And she would always have me (23)D what I had written back to her.Grandma didn't have a problem with hearing then (24)B she was always telling me,"That is not (25)D how I said that!"I would then rewrite whatever I wrote in her exact words.
Since I had some (26)A time before Christmas,I asked Grandma if she would like to send (27)C some Christmas cards.Grandma readily (28)B.I rounded up several different kinds of cards.I knew she had friends and family who all had different (29)D.I would take each card and (30)A in detail the front of the card,then I would read the words inside.After (31)D it over Grandma would tell me who she thought would like (32)B card.
After a while I (33)Cand I noticed that we had several nursing home (34)D standing in the doorway.I started to noticed as I read each card,the (35)B on their faces and Grandma's face,too.Each one had a (36)Asmile and a far-away look in their eyes,as they were seeing the scenes in their mind's eye.
I thought when I went over to do the Christmas(37)D I would be doing Grandma a favor,but it (38)B that she did me a big favor.I will always (39)A this special memory of bringing some Christmas joy and pleasant (40)C to Grandma and her fellow residents.
21.A.exchange | B.changed | C.traded | D.switched |
22.A.settling | B.losing | C.staying | D.getting |
23.A.write | B.discover | C.translate | D.read |
24.A.when | B.because | C.while | D.though |
25.A.carefully | B.truthfully | C.specially | D.exactly |
26.A.extra | B.flying | C.essential | D.valuable |
27.A.for | B.up | C.out | D.away |
28.A.acknowledged | B.agreed | C.admitted | D.rejected |
29.A.addresses | B.advantages | C.occupations | D.interests |
30.A.describe | B.communicate | C.distinguish | D.ignore |
31.A.talking | B.turning | C.taking | D.thinking |
32.A.another | B.each | C.one | D.other |
33.A.looked down | B.looked over | C.looked up | D.looked though |
34.A.immigrants | B.visitors | C.patients | D.residents |
35.A.attention | B.look | C.glance | D.sight |
36.A.gently | B.rough | C.forced | D.whispered |
37.A.trees | B.jobs | C.decorations | D.cards |
38.A.turned over | B.turned out | C.came out | D.left out |
39.A.treasure | B admire | C.encourage | D.recognize |
40.A.stories | B.faces | C.memories | D.letters |