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I love old people. Two of my best Mends are eighty-nine. I never understood it,______ for some reason I’ve always been ______ to older people much more than children. I have such fond ______ of sitting with my grandfather before he died. We used to ______ him once a week, talk to each other for an hour or so, and then I leave. At the ______ of a very good friend, I started going to see him ______ my own. I value that I was able to hear his stories and ______ mine. When I announced that I made a decision against our custom and my family was giving me a ______ time, the words of my grandfather helped to ______ me through. He said, “I don’t know why you’re doing this, but I ______ you.” That’s really all I needed to hear.

Later on, I ______ in a hospital and in a number of retirement communities. I have seen it all. When you get old, you get real. Everything is ______ — roles, the health of the body, memory, the people you love, your home. Whatever we want to hold tightly, whatever we think we are …it all ______ goes. What are we left with? This is the basic question that old age invites us to ______.

Once a famous poet said, “Go gently into that good night.” I say it depends on ______ or not you want to suffer. You can be angry at the dying of the light, but nature is going to take its ______. Can you stop a river from flowing? Can you hold back a baby when it is ready to be born? The more we allow ourselves to ______ into the changes that are happening the ______ the journey will be.

These are ______ that anyone, at any age, can benefit from. I so ______ them now, and only wish I had known them earlier.

1.
A.butB.orC.thusD.and
2.
A.referredB.stuckC.opposedD.drawn
3.
A.gesturesB.memoriesC.sayingsD.tastes
4.
A.askB.helpC.phoneD.visit
5.
A.suggestionB.orderC.descriptionD.cost
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A.onB.byC.ofD.in
7.
A.writeB.publishC.shareD.explain
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A.hardB.sincereC.happyD.simple
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A.pushB.pullC.seeD.break
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A.remindB.defendC.supportD.demand
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A.playedB.workedC.studiedD.graduated
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A.taken outB.taken awayC.taken onD.taken in
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A.personallyB.fluentlyC.honestlyD.finally
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A.considerB.suggestC.supposeD.determine
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A.whetherB.whatC.howD.that
16.
A.seatB.chanceC.placeD.course
17.
A.relaxB.worryC.runD.look
18.
A.fartherB.easierC.stricterD.fairer
19.
A.lessonsB.exercisesC.judgmentsD.applications
20.
A.ignoreB.appreciateC.rememberD.affect

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