The day finally came, when I had to leave the warm home where I’d grown up. I ran to the back yard, as tears came up from my heart. Suddenly I
36 a hand rest on my shoulder. I looked up to
37 my grandfather. “It isn’t
38 , is it, Billy?” he said softly.
He gently
39 my hand in his, and then we walked, hand in hand, to the front yard,
40 a huge red rose-bush sat alone.
“What do you see here, Billy?” he asked. I looked at the flowers, not knowing
41 to say, and then answered, “I see something soft and
42 , grandpa.”
He pulled me
43 . “It isn't just the roses that are beautiful, Billy. It’s that special place in your heart that makes them so.” “Billy, I
44 these roses when my first son was born. It was my
45 of saying ‘thank you’ to God. I
46 to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then, as a young man of only 20, a terrible war robbed him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up. “Never say good-bye, Billy. Never
47 to the sadness and the loneliness. Instead, I want you to remember the joy and the
48 when you first said hello to a friend.”
A year later, my grandpa became very
49 .Then all members of the family
were
50 back, and I returned to the old house. When it came to my
51 , I took his hand as
52 as he had once taken mine.
“Hello, grandpa,” I
53 .His eyes slowly opened and said, “Hello, my friend.” With a brief
54 he died. Suddenly, and truly, I knew what he had
55 about never saying good-bye — about refusing to give in to sadness.
| 小题1: | | A．watched | B．fixed | C．felt | D．heard |
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| 小题2: | | A．watch | B．interview | C．see | D．discover |
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| 小题3: | | A．easy | B．hard | C．difficult | D．comfortable |
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| 小题4: | | A．took | B．made | C．led | D．carried |
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| 小题5: | | A．when | B．where | C．which | D．while |
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| 小题6: | | A．whether | B．how | C．who | D．what |
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| 小题7: | | A．beautiful | B．tasty | C．funny | D． red |
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| 小题8: | | A．far | B．hard | C．close | D．around |
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| 小题9: | | A．planted | B．bought | C．treated | D．discovered |
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| 小题10: | | A．approach | B．way | C．method | D．solution |
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| 小题11: | | A．preferred | B．wanted | C．used | D．referred |
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| 小题12: | | A．give up | B．give off | C．give away | D．give in |
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| 小题13: | | A．happiness | B．word | C．sight | D．memory |
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| 小题14: | | A．weak | B．ill | C．old | D．serious |
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| 小题15: | | A．ordered | B．called | C．delivered | D．sent |
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| 小题16: | | A．pleasure | B．duty | C．wish | D．turn |
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| 小题17: | | A．happily | B．sadly | C．gently | D．carefully |
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| 小题18: | | A．laughed | B．shouted | C．whispered | D．added |
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| 小题19: | | A．sign | B．sigh | C．wave | D．smile |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．meant | C．worried | D．cared |
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