He hated my name, Whitney. My family never knew why. He wished for my name to be Nicole, which was how it became my  （36）  name. He was the first man I ever trusted,  （37）  my father, and he still is one of the few men I trust. He loves me; after all, I am his granddaughter,  （38） .

He has a disease that causes his  （39）  to drift. He doesn’t remember his own wife half the time; I don’t know why I  （40）  he will remember me when I see him. My dad and grandmother held his hands as they  （41）  him in to see me for the first time in four months. His bones  （42）  under his skin, and I could tell that his  （43）  no longer occupied his mouth. He didn’t look like my grandfather; his face was that of a  （44） . He looked like he might have when he was in World War II, but Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）was his  （45）  now.

They sat him down. Without a glance at me, my grandfather  （46）  his head for at least a half hour, almost as if he were ashamed. Suddenly he  （47）  tracing（顺着轮廓描画）my palm, noticing every line and detail. His fingers fell through the spaces between  （48）  like sand. I stood up, still holding his hand, and took him for a walk to try to  （49）  him a bit.

When we returned, he did not want to sit. He looked at me with a grandfather’s  （50） . His eyes played with mine, searching for memories we had  （51） . He started to play with my hair, examining the faint color through his almost  （52）  eyes. I took his hand and spun myself around  （53）  we were dancing like we used to.

All too soon, it was time to  （54） . He planted a million kisses on my cheeks as I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I was his little girl again, although he didn’t remember my  （55） . That’s okay. He didn’t like it anyway.

36．  A． first               B．  last                     C．     middle             D．   full

37．  A． according to   B．  besides               C．     like                  D．   unlike

38．  A． always           B．  sometimes          C．perhaps         D．unbelievably

39．  A． mind              B．  eyes                   C．     hands              D．   body

40．  A． doubt             B．  hope                   C．     know              D．   expect

41．  A． walked           B．  called                 C．     carried             D．   pushed

42．  A． felt sharp        B．  looked terrible     C．     stood out         D．   hurt badly

43．  A． speech           B．  smile                  C．     tongue             D．   teeth

44．  A． soldier            B．  stranger              C．     patient             D．   victim

45．  A． war                B．  dream                 C．     career              D．   story

46．  A． turned            B．  raised                 C．     hung               D．   scratched

47．  A． stopped          B．  started                C．     remembered     D．   imagined

48．  A． them              B．  those                  C．     others              D．   mine

49．  A． calm              B．  move                  C．     amuse             D．   wake

50．  A． bravery          B．  intelligence          C．     softness           D．   weakness

51．  A． exchanged      B．  refreshed            C．     shared             D．   lost

52．  A． blind              B．  tearful                C．     cold                D．   sleepy

53．  A． so that            B．  as if                   C．     until                D．   because

54．  A． eat                 B．  rest                    C．     leave               D．   meet

55．  A． appearance     B．  childhood            C．     birthday           D．   name