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We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home.As years went on, these events took on a  1meaning for me: A traditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been doing to me in my life.When we knew it might be his  2birthday, the whole family decided to  3together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home.

Dad was a good story-teller and here was the  4he had had.During a quiet moment, I announced it was now Dad’s  5to listen to stories for a change.I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him.The room became  6Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad  7with tears in eyes.People  8kinds of stories—stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures.

The stories  9 Everyone seemed to have more than one story.Even the little grandchildren couldn’t  10to tell Dad why they loved him.For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our  11to celebrate him.A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had  12Dad that night.Those are the stories people  13tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer  14to hear the words.They tell stories, full of  15.But we had given those memories to Dad in his  16, and we had told them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys.He had them to  17and roll over in his mind during his last days and months.

Words do  18, and they are enough.We just need to say them or to speak them  19to the ones we love.That’s the way to  20love and our chance to celebrate a person in his or her life.

1.A.special                     B.valuable               C.double                    D.complex

2.A.another                    B.last                     C.important               D.gather

3.A.unite                       B.arrange                C.move                     D.gather

4.A.career                     B.pride                   C.happiness               D.audience

5.A.choice                     B.wish                   C.turn                       D.right

6.A.lively                       B.still                     C.cosy                      D.noisy

7.A.thought                   B.nodded                C.listened                  D.accepted

8.A.understood              B.invented              C.recalled                  D.discussed

9.A.flowed                    B.passed                 C.unfolded                 D.differed

10.A.stop                      B.stand                   C.afford                    D.wait

11.A.responsibility          B.situation              C.chance                   D.desire

12.A.returned                 B.left                      C.given                     D.owed

13.A.sincerely                B.gently                  C.normally                 D.regularly

14.A.available                 B.happy                  C.eager                     D.alive

15.A.tears                      B.feelings               C.joy                         D.peace

16.A.mind                     B.life                      C.world                     D.work

17.A.hold                      B.share                   C.consider                 D.continue

18.A. suit                      B.fail                      C. survive                 D.matter

19.A.willingly                 B. publicly             C. actually                D.truly

20.A.get back                B. call up               C.give back               D.keep up

 

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.C   6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.D   11.C 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.A   16.B 17.A 18.D 19.B 20.C
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