【推荐1】The Reason for Living
I’m only twelve years old, but I know sadness and the fear of death very well. My grandfather has been smoking since he was a young teenager, and now he has a terrible_________which makes it hard for him to breathe. Two weeks ago, he had an operation. The doctors thought that his days were numbered, but_________he got better. He was taken off the machine that helped him breathe, but still he couldn’t talk.
While my grandfather was in hospital, my mother and I flew to Pittsburgh to be with him. We were very_________that we wouldn’t see him again.
When we reached my grandfather’s hospital room, I was surprised by his_________. He looked so weak. He was hardly able to even speak. Somehow though, he managed to say, “I … you.”
“You what, Grandpa?” I asked. He didn’t have the_________to answer me. He had used up all strength with those two words, “I … you.”
The next morning my mother and I had to leave. I kept wondering just what he had tried so hard to tell _________. It wasn’t until I was back home in Georgia that I learned what he had tried to say.
A week after we returned home, my family received a phone call from one of the nurses in the hospital. She told us that my grandfather had said, “Call my granddaughter and tell her ‘love .’” At first I didn’t understand why he would just say, “love.” Why not “I love you?” Then it _________me. The day we were in the hospital he had been trying to say, “I love you.” I was really touched.
After many weeks, my grandfather was finally able to___________. I began to call him every night. Normally he had to stop after about five minutes because he was too weak. No matter what, though, every time we___________he would say, “I love you” and “I’d do anything for you.” These, along with his moving words, “You’re the only reason I live,” are the best compliments (赞美) I have ever received.
My grandfather is still very ill and I know we don’t have much time. I feel very honored that he has____________his feelings with me. I have learnt a lot from this experience. But the most important thing I’ve learned is that a simple “I love you” is really not simple. It’s a reason for living.
1. | A．temper | B．disease | C．dream | D．feeling |
2. | A．unexpectedly | B．unluckily | C．hurriedly | D．interestingly |
3. | A．sad | B．hopeless | C．crazy | D．fearful |
4. | A．words | B．clothes | C．condition | D．behaviour |
5. | A．energy | B．courage | C．chance | D．time |
6. 7. | A．hit | B．beat | C．knocked | D．touched |
8. | A．walk | B．think | C．breathe | D．talk |
9. | A．dropped in | B．hung on | C．hung up | D．got up |
10. | A．left | B．shared | C．experienced | D．checked |
