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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