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.
小題1: | A.watched | B.fixed | C.felt | D.heard |
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小題2: | A.watch | B.interview | C.see | D.discover |
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小題3: | A.easy | B.hard | C.difficult | D.comfortable |
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小題4: | A.took | B.made | C.led | D.carried |
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小題5: | A.when | B.where | C.which | D.while |
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小題6: | A.whether | B.how | C.who | D.what |
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小題7: | A.beautiful | B.tasty | C.funny | D. red |
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小題8: | A.far | B.hard | C.close | D.a(chǎn)round |
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小題9: | A.planted | B.bought | C.treated | D.discovered |
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小題10: | A.a(chǎn)pproach | B.way | C.method | D.solution |
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小題11: | A.preferred | B.wanted | C.used | D.referred |
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小題12: | A.give up | B.give off | C.give away | D.give in |
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小題13: | A.happiness | B.word | C.sight | D.memory |
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小題14: | A.weak | B.ill | C.old | D.serious |
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小題15: | A.ordered | B.called | C.delivered | D.sent |
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小題16: | A.pleasure | B.duty | C.wish | D.turn |
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小題17: | A.happily | B.sadly | C.gently | D.carefully |
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小題18: | A.laughed | B.shouted | C.whispered | D.a(chǎn)dded |
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小題19: | A.sign | B.sigh | C.wave | D.smile |
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小題20: | A.thought | B.meant | C.worried | D.cared |
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