文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者的奶奶身患癌症,很遗憾自己不能周游世界。作者借助网上陌生人的帮助,从世界各地寄来明信片,帮助作者的奶奶实现了坐在扶手椅上周游世界的梦想,没有遗憾地离开。
9 . Life, as I know, has changed. My beloved nanny, a stand-in parent in the absence of my father, had cancer. It was terminal.
As she watched Getaway on television, she talked to me that she’d never_________Australia and that she would never later. I_________the sadness, tears streaming down my face. Overwhelmed with much grief, I_________the power of Facebook and the collective strength of human empathy. I raced from work to_________strangers on the internet. “My nanny was ill and she will never see the world. Please send her postcards so she can see the world from her armchair. I can offer nothing but_________.”
Surprisingly, one afternoon, a postcard from the United States arrived in our letterbox. That simple postcard was to me a beacon of light in a lonely and_________chapter. I held it in my hands, read and re-read the words, feeling something I hadn’t felt in a while—_________. From that day, our letterbox became the_________for postcards from all over the world. Tears of happiness mixed with_________fell onto those postcards.
My dream of armchair travels became a__________. We travelled the world together. Her living room became a departure hall. Her bed became an airport lounge and our flights__________daily. Whatever she shared became__________. Our very last flight departed on a warm morning in early August in 2018. My dearest travel companion__________on in another time and place.
Among the hushed memories, the__________, over 100 of them, made their final journey to Nanny’s farewell. My nanny, a woman who worried she would never see the world, but did it without regret.
I have recovered from great loss knowing that life consists of first greetings and final partings. Flights arrive and then depart. People are__________to us, and taken away.
1. A.admired | B.left | C.defended | D.honored |
2. A.ate | B.drank | C.chewed | D.swallowed |
3. A.considered | B.pounded | C.expected | D.imagined |
4. A.pick up | B.see off | C.turn to | D.hand over |
5. A.apology | B.gratitude | C.sympathy | D.regret |
6. A.boring | B.available | C.blank | D.pleasant |
7. A.despair | B.disappointment | C.embarrassment | D.hope |
8. A.destination | B.purpose | C.principle | D.spot |
9. A.anger | B.confusion | C.fear | D.sorrow |
10. A.goal | B.coincidence | C.reality | D.brand |
11. A.departed | B.disappeared | C.continued | D.transported |
12. A.limitless | B.priceless | C.useless | D.valueless |
13. A.relied | B.spent | C.journeyed | D.turned |
14. A.flights | B.postcards | C.airports | D.letterboxes |
15. A.showed | B.pushed | C.offered | D.brought |