1 . When my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, went to live in the nurses station 5 years ago, I tried many things to keep her occupied. But it was only her word search book that kept her ______. Gradually, she began to think of it as her job and it kept her from ______.
Last night, when I came to her and said hello, she just looked at me ______. I introduced myself and told her I was her granddaughter. She seemed ______ about who I was. Obviously, she tried to find this word in her ______. So I helped her find it with fingers and ______ it for her with a pencil.
Later, I suggested we go outside, and she agreed. Then she was just staring at me as if trying to figure me out. I told her ______ I was her granddaughter. “Oh, okay” she said ______ but still didn’t really know. She just wanted to be kind.
And after we went ______ and I got her ready for and into bed, she told me to come ______ and we kissed and hugged real tight ______ we did for the first time. It wasn’t the first time though and sooner or later there would be a ______ time.
For now, I feel the blessing of the ______ although I have a sinking feeling that our days are numbered. It doesn’t ______ if the word “granddaughter” holds no ______ anymore — we are bound by love not labels.
1. A.time | B.interest | C.talent | D.knowledge |
2. A.trembling | B.moving | C.whispering | D.wandering |
3. A.curiously | B.angrily | C.naturally | D.proudly |
4. A.shocked | B.amazed | C.puzzled | D.worried |
5. A.dictionary | B.mind | C.room | D.book |
6. A.decorated | B.marked | C.associated | D.tracked |
7. A.patiently | B.bravely | C.regularly | D.casually |
8. A.joking | B.laughing | C.smiling | D.crying |
9. A.along | B.ahead | C.outside | D.inside |
10. A.slower | B.closer | C.straighter | D.later |
11. A.as if | B.so that | C.even if | D.in case |
12. A.perfect | B.free | C.final | D.normal |
13. A.event | B.break | C.gift | D.moment |
14. A.help | B.matter | C.work | D.exist |
15. A.meaning | B.change | C.design | D.advantage |