Question

    In her Facebook post, Alesha Nemecbek writes how her 85-year-old Papa Joe still remembers to show love, affection, and attention to his wife by doing little things for her. 1.his memory not being as 2.(good) as in his younger years, Joe still remembers all of his wife's favorite things and  3. (try) to surprise her with them.

Nemechek concludes her post by 4. (encourage) people to take this story as a lesson on how it is important 5. (keep) "intentional（有意的）".

6. (move) by their long-lasting relationship, Nemechek often shares little things about her 7.(grandparent) relationship. Recently, she wrote about asking Papa Joe："What's the one thing you've done in your life that you're most proud 8.? " And he responded by saying："Marrying your grandmother! "

The elderly often teach us important life lessons. All of the 9.(wise) they collected through life can help us see things that are truly important in life, such as showing affection to our loved ones. Some of the younger people often take  10. closest ones, including their significant others for granted, and they have a lot to learn from some of those who have managed to keep their relationship strong and fulfilling for decades.

Answer

1.Though/Although

2.good

3.tries

4.encouraging

5.to keep

6.Moved

7.grandparents'

8.of

9.wisdom

10.their

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了一位孙女分享了她爷爷在60年后对妻子的爱。

1.

句意：尽管他的记忆力不如年轻时好。根据上文“her 85-year-old Papa Joe still remembers to show love, affection, and attention to his wife by doing little things for her.”她的爷爷乔仍然记得通过为妻子做一些小事来表达对她的爱、爱和关心。这里是让步状语从句，用though/although引导。故填Though/Although。

2.

句意：尽管他的记忆力不如年轻时好。这里是同级比较，as…as和……一样好，这里是形容词作表语，good形容词，好的。故填good。

3.

句意：乔仍然记得他妻子最喜欢的东西，并试图用它们给她一个惊喜。根据题意是设法给她一个惊喜。短语try to do sth.设法去做某事；根据“Joe still remembers all of his wife's favorite things”可知，这里是一般现在时态，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词变第三人称单数，try的第三人称单数是tries。故填tries。

4.

句意：Nemechek在文章的结尾鼓励人们把这个故事作为一个教训，告诉他们保持有意识是多么重要。by介词，同过……方式；通过鼓励人们把这个故事作为一个教训。短语encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事；这里用encourage的动名词，故填encouraging。

5.

句意：Nemechek在文章的结尾鼓励人们把这个故事作为一个教训，告诉他们保持有意识是多么重要。保持有意义是多么的重要。it is important to do sth.做某事是重要的，不定式作真正的主语；keep保持，后加形容词。故填to keep。

6.

句意：被他们长久的关系所感动，Nemechek经常分享她关于她祖父母关系的一些小事情。这里是过去分词作状语，表原因，这里是被他们关系所感动，move动词，感动，这里用过去分词moved。故填Moved。

7.

句意：被他们长久的关系所感动，Nemechek经常分享她关于她祖父母关系的一些小事情。这里是他祖父母的关系。这里用名词所有格。grandparents' relationship父母关系。故填grandparents'。

8.

句意：你一生中最引以为豪的事是什么？根据下文“And he responded by saying："Marrying your grandmother! "”的回答可知上文是在问他“引以为豪的事是什么”。短语be proud of…以……为骄傲。故填of。

9.

句意：他们一生中收集的所有智慧都能帮助我们看到生命中真正重要的东西。all of+the+名词。所给单词wise形容词，明智的，这里用名词wisdom，意思是“智慧”。故填wisdom。

10.

句意：一些年轻人常常把他们最亲近的人，包括他们的另一半视为理所当然。这里是他们最亲近的人，主语是“Some of the younger people”，这里用形容词性物主代词their。故填their。