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My grandmother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Seeing her condition worsen over time, and knowing I could do nothing, created a feeling of ________ in me.

As the years passed and my understanding of the disease grew, my frustration turned first to anger, then resignation (顺从), and finally ________. Though the disease was bound to slowly eat away at her, there were ways to ________ its progress. Every night the two of us would sit together and ________ while my grandmother would count beans. The exercise could help to keep her mentally ________.

Gradually her counting became slower, and she would lose track of things more ________. While at night we would count beans, in the day I involved myself in studies of ________. My earlier feelings of despair gave way to ________; advances in genetic engineering offered the possibility that one day those like my grandmother could be cured, or ________ from developing Alzheimer’s in the first place.

Seeing my grandmother slip away ________ me to take biology courses to learn more about cells, the nervous system, and genetic information, which helped me better understand how our ________ of this disease has grown in the past decade. ________ I began to see new possibilities for preventing diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Nowadays, my grandmother cannot count beans anymore and doesn’t ________ me at all. Once she used to tell me stories and I whispered to her all my problems. Now I am a ________ to her. How I wish one day I could contribute to a future, where no child has to watch their grandmother count the ________ they have left together.

1.
A.regretB.dilemmaC.annoyanceD.hopelessness
2.
A.pityB.sympathyC.toleranceD.acceptance
3.
A.stopB.slowC.changeD.accelerate
4.
A.chatB.sighC.thinkD.complain
5.
A.strongB.sharp.C.busyD.fresh
6.
A.easilyB.naturallyC.slowlyD.painfully
7.
A.nursingB.biologyC.companionD.psychology
8.
A.anxietyB.calmnessC.optimismD.indifference
9.
A.excusedB.defendedC.preventedD.separated
10.
A.urgedB.forcedC.requiredD.motivated
11.
A.concernB.sympathyC.knowledgeD.experience
12.
A.InstantlyB.GraduallyC.TemporarilyD.Accidentally
13.
A.missB.expectC.noticeD.recognize
14.
A.listenerB.followerC.strangerD.watcher
15.
A.timeB.beansC.moneyD.stories

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