The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having
36 from dementia(老年痴呆症) for many years, mother was never
37 . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t
38 them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother
39 looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s
40 she responded to
41 around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I
42 . When we first
43 there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was
44 of that house. The yard was full of
45 and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and
46 and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very
47 when I decided to go to college to study journalism
48 being a priest（牧师）, which she thought was the highest
49 for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me
50 with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas,
51 she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed
52 by that Texas beach on which they had taken a
53 . She
54 the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say
55 to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.
| 小题1: | | A．recovered | B．suffered | C．damaged | D．lived | |
| 小题2: | | A．healthy | B．awake | C．unconscious | D．alone | |
| 小题3: | | A．see | B．understand | C．recognize | D．like | |
| 小题4: | | A．never | B．just | C．excitedly | D．seldom | |
| 小题5: | | A．because | B．when | C．how | D．what | |
| 小题6: | | A．somewhere | B．everywhere | C．something | D．everything | |
| 小题7: | | A．experienced | B．grew up | C．brought up | D．worked | |
| 小题8: | | A．moved | B．visited | C．left | D．withdrew | |
| 小题9: | | A．fond | B．afraid | C．curious | D．tired | |
| 小题10: | | A．weeds | B．flowers | C．trees | D．waste | |
| 小题11: | | A．fortunate | B．easy-going | C．hospitable | D．hard-working | |
| 小题12: | | A．disappointed | B．excited | C．surprised | D．anxious | |
| 小题13: | | A．as well as | B．instead of | C．except for | D．in spite of | |
| 小题14: | | A．praise | B．prize | C．honor | D．encouragement | |
| 小题15:
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B
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