Question

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) ______meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal ______for all that he had done for me in my life.

When we knew that it might be Dad’s ______birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party _____all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful _______, and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.

During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to ______stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. ____, we told stories from our hearts, ______Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We ______all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family ______. Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t ______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 _____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 ______. They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love.____ we had given those loving ______to Dad when he was ____, told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories ______over in his mind during his last months and days.

Words do ____, and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them ____to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to ______love, and our chance to honor a person in life.

1.A. original B. modern C. complex D. double

2.A. congratulation B. wish C. thanking D. apology

3.A. late B. lost C. living D. last

4.A. with B. as C. though D. by

5.A. writer B. listener C. storyteller D. reader

6.A. hear of B. listen to C. make up D. talk about

7.A. Little by little B. Now and then C. All at once D. One after another

8.A. if B. because C. while D. before

9.A. recalled B. recorded C. regretted D. Remembered

10.A. thoughts B. treasures C. possessions D. tales

11.A. afford B. help C. wait D. offer

12.A. chance B. task C. duty D. decision

13.A. burial B. party C. meeting D. wedding

14.A. And B. But C. So D. Or

15.A. kindness B. memories C. care D. hugs

16.A. healthy B. old C. young D. alive

17.A. went B. flew C. rolled D. came

18.A. benefit B. matter C. work D. mean

19.A. publicly B. properly C. consciously D. correctly

20.A. fall in B. search for C. hand over D. give back

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