文章大意:本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的父亲患上了严重的疾病,这影响了他的记忆和表达能力,虽然母亲在照顾父亲的时候会抓狂,但他们仍然爱对方,作者认为虽然照顾需要付出代价,但爱支撑着他们一家人。
2 . In 1980, Dad was diagnosed(诊断) with a serious disease. The disease _________ his memory and expression. Dad couldn’t think or process information as fast as he _________ to. He grew to repeat the same words, which drove Mom _________. On one of my visits home, Dad was sitting in his deck chair. I reached down to _________ and kiss him. “What’s new? How are you?”
“Oh, you know, dear, the same. They treat me like a mushroom around here. They keep me in the dark.” He laughed, proud of his _________.
As I walked through the kitchen, I stopped to hug Mom. She _________ her head. “I heard your dad and those words! It’s not his will. He just can’t _________ himself.” She stopped for a while before _________. “He always says he’s just like a mushroom…” She took a _________ breath and laughed. “Goodness,” she said, “I’m going to be __________ the adversity(困境) for a long time.”
__________, Dad never became difficult, or had personality changes. I often felt grateful for that. Dad loved and __________ everything Mom ever did for him as well, no matter how big or small.
Care-giving comes at a __________. Mom was annoyed with Dad, but there was lots of love between them. Through the 21 years of care giving for Dad, there was __________ and tears, as well as weddings and babies. Without __________, I’m not sure what would have happened to us.
1. A.affected | B.connected | C.gathered | D.improved |
2. A.used | B.hated | C.agreed | D.had |
3. A.happy | B.crazy | C.curious | D.normal |
4. A.beat | B.scare | C.refuse | D.hug |
5. A.information | B.joy | C.humour | D.protest |
6. A.held | B.washed | C.nodded | D.shook |
7. A.help | B.enjoy | C.challenge | D.remind |
8. A.leaving | B.continuing | C.chatting | D.complaining |
9. 10. A.heard from | B.trapped in | C.figured out | D.checked on |
11. A.Gradually | B.Typically | C.Thankfully | D.Regularly |
12. A.awarded | B.identified | C.fancied | D.appreciated |
13. A.price | B.ceremony | C.time | D.distance |
14. A.care | B.independence | C.laughter | D.energy |
15. A.permission | B.love | C.response | D.honesty |