WealwayscelebratedmyDad’sNovemberbirthdayonThanksgiving...
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We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a（n）___41___meaning — a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal___42___for all that he had done for me in my life.
When we knew that it might be Dad’s ___43___birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party___44___all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful___45___, and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.
During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to___46___stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. ___47___we told stories from our hearts, ___48___Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We ___49___all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family ___50___. Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t___51___to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our___52___to honor him.
A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a___53___. They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love. ___54___we had given those loving___55___to Dad when he was___56___, told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories___57___over in his mind during his last months and days.
Words do___58___, and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them___59___to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to___60___love, and our chance to honor a person in life.
41. A. original | B. modern | C. complex | D. double |
42. A. congratulation | B. wish | C. thanking | D. apology |
43. A. late | B. lost | C. living | D. last |
44. A. with | B. as | C. though | D. by |
45. A. writer | B. listener | C. storyteller | D. reader |
46. A. hear of | B. listen to | C. make up | D. talk about |
47. A. Little by little | B. Now and then | C. All at once | D. One after another |
48. A. if | B. because | C. while | D. before |
49. A. recalled | B. recorded | C. regretted | D. remembered |
50. A. thoughts | B. treasures | C. possessions | D. tales |
51. A. afford | B. help | C. wait | D. offer |
52. A. chance | B. task | C. duty | D. decision |
53. A. burial | B. party | C. meeting | D. wedding |
54. A. And | B. But | C. So | D. Or |
55. A. kindness | B. memories | C. care | D. hugs |
56. A. healthy | B. old | C. young | D. alive |
57. A. went | B. flew | C. rolled | D. came |
58. A. benefit | B. matter | C. work | D. mean |
59. A. publicly | B. properly | C. consciously | D. correctly |
60. A. fall in | B. search for | C. hand over | D. give back |
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