We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a

We always celebrated Dad’s birthday onThanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home．Asyears went on, these events took on a  41  meaning for me: Atraditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been doingto me in my life．When we knew it might be his  42  birthday,the whole family decided to  43  together for a huge birthdaycelebration at the nursing home．

Dad was a good story-teller and here was the  44 he had had．During a quiet moment, I announced it was nowDad’s  45  to listen to stories for a change．Iwanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him．Theroom became  46 ．Then one after another, people told stories fromtheir hearts, while Dad  47  with tears in eyes．People 48  kinds of stories—stories about when they were little,stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures．

The stories  49 ． Everyone seemed to have more than one story．Eventhe little grandchildren couldn’t  50  to tell Dad why theyloved him．For a man who had been kind to so many people inhis life, here was our  51  to celebrate him．Afew months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had 52  Dad that night．Those are the storiespeople  53  tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer  54 to hear the words．They tell stories, full of  55 ．Butwe had given those memories to Dad in his  56  , and we hadtold them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys．Hehad them to  57  and roll over in his mind during his lastdays and months．

Words do  58 , and they are enough．Wejust need to say them or to speak them  59  to the ones welove．That’s the way to  60  love and our chanceto celebrate a person in his or her life．

1.A．special           B．valuable              C．double                 D．complex

2.A．another         B．last                 C．important           D．gather

3.A．unite          B．arrange               C．move             D．gather

4.A．career        B．pride              C．happiness           D．audience

5.A．choice        B．wish               C．turn                D．right

6.A．lively           B．still                 C．cosy               D．noisy

7.A．thought          B．nodded                C．listened               D．accepted

8.A．understood     B．invented              C．recalled               D．discussed

9.A．flowed       B．passed                 C．unfolded              D．differed

10.A．stop         B．stand             C．afford                   D．wait

11.A．responsibilityB．situation            C．chance                 D．desire

12.A．returned       B．left                 C．given              D．owed

13.A．sincerely       B．gently                  C．normally              D．regularly

14.A．available       B．happy                   C．eager                      D．alive

15.A．tears        B．feelings               C．joy                  D．peace

16.A．mind        B．life                  C．world          D．work

17.A．hold                B．share             C．consider              D．continue

18.A． suit        B．fail                  C． survive              D．matter

19.A．willingly         B．publicly              C．actually             D．truly

20.A．get back        B．call up                C．giveback             D．keepup

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】略