ThedaybeforeMother’sDaythisyear,policereceivedacallfrom...

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The day before Mother’s Day this year, police received a call from Doris, a heavy—hearted wife．Her husband Melvyn, who suffers Alzheimer's disease, had gone 41 from the Little Rock, Arkansas home．

Police found Melvyn two blocks from their home, unable to tell officers where he 42．However, as to where he was going, he wasn’t  43 he was buying his  44  flowers for Mother's Day, as he had every year since she gave birth to their first child．

Melvyn’s condition has been slowly 45 since he was diagnosed with the disease three years ago．His wife has become her husband’s carer, watching  46  as the cruel disease  47 her husband’s memories and personality away from him．

Officers intended to take the elderly man straight home—but Melvyn was having  48  of that．”He was pretty  49 ．”Officer Troy told CBS, “he wasn’t going home  50  he got those flowers．”So the officers decided to lend him a  51  , secretly stopping in at a local supermarket and helping him  52  a bunch of beautiful cream-colored roses．”I didn't have a 53；we had to get those flowers, “Officer Troy says．The  54  officers even secretly slipped the cashier some extra cash when Melvyn couldn’t  55  the bill．

Doris was  56  when she saw her husband of 60 years walking up their front stairs in the company of the police officers, but her relief turned to 57 when he presented her with the flowers．

“As he came up those steps, and I saw those roses and the smile on his face, I was touched  58 , “Dons told CBS, “I just said, thank you, thank you, because I saw his  59 ．”

“It’s special, because even though his mind doesn’t remember everything, his heart  60 ．”

41．A．crazy            B．hungry          C．missing           D．wrong

42．A．goes             B．shops                  C．works             D．1ives

43．A．excited         B．disappointed    C．confused         D．amazed

44．A．mother         B．wife             C．daughter         D．niece

45．A．worsening    B．improving    C．changing         D．moving

46．A．aimlessly       B．fearlessly      C．carelessly        D．helplessly

47．A．opens           B．stems                  C．betters            D．keeps

48．A．both             B．all                 C．none               D．neither

49．A．cruel            B．brave            C．proud             D．stubborn

50．A．when            B．until              C．if                    D．though

51．A．car               B．flower          C．hand               D．phone

52．A．select                  B．grow            C．preserve          D．decorate

53．A．customer      B．chance          C．choice            D．partner

54．A．serious         B．strong           C．rude                      D．kind

55．A．cover                  B．buy              C．find                D．deliver

56．A．tired             B．relieved         C．puzzled           D．astonished

57．A．sorrow         B．loss              C．anger              D．joy

58．A．inside           B．ouside           C．slightly            D．hardly

59．A．present         B．condition       C．hear                D．smile

60．A．sinks            B．beats            C．remembers      D．ignores

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