Eleven years ago, it seemed as if the world came to an end. My husband of 19 years, the father of my two sons, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the_______of seven months, Bill went from_______easily at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.
It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't actually_______ that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most_______. During those seven months, I came to_______that whatever else I did in my life, nothing would_______ more than taking care of my husband. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales in _______with the beauty of sincere laughter, the_______of a bakery. There were moments of _______ laughter, and tenderness in every day. I found I could train myself to see beauty____________bother.
In the days after Bill's diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver also meant being fully____________ as much as possible. During his last weekend, when we had dinner together a relative visited. I ____________that she'd changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of____________ I'd usually keep to ____________. Just then, Bill voiced ____________ what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself ____________out loud. I thought I could live with this man forever, but he____________ in four days.
Eleven years later, I haven't made much achievements. ____________every day, I try to be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more generous, a little more ____________ for the small moments in life.
I am a better person for having been Bill's caregiver. It was his last, best ____________ to me.
【小题1】A.routine | B.course | C.event | D.basis |
【小题2】A.winning | B.hitting | C.striking | D.beating |
【小题3】A.believe | B.mean | C.think | D.decide |
【小题4】A.alive | B.awake | C.afraid | D.alone |
【小题5】A.hope | B.admit | C.understand | D.accept |
【小题6】A.matter | B.differ | C.suffer | D.help |
【小题7】A.conflict | B.comparison | C.conversation | D.touch |
【小题8】A.taste | B.meaning | C.smell | D.sense |
【小题9】A.sadness | B.fear | C.panic | D.joy |
【小题10】A.other than | B.rather than | C.more than | D.less than |
【小题11】A.responsible | B.absent | C.present | D.informed |
【小题12】A.felt | B.watched | C.noticed | D.informed |
【小题13】A.thought | B.concept | C.suggestion | D.view |
【小题14】A.himself | B.myself | C.herself | D.ourselves |
【小题15】A.completely | B.exactly | C.partly | D.accurately |
【小题16】A.laughing | B.shouting | C.screaming | D.calling |
【小题17】A.died away | B.got away | C.went away | D.passed away |
【小题18】【小题19】A.thoughtful | B.powerful | C.careful | D.grateful |
【小题20】A.gift | B.experience | C.lesson | D.subject |