Mom had lived in a nursing home for the past three and a half years, suffering the increasing effects of dementia(老年痴呆). They were tough years, actually
21 for us family members than for her, I believe. She suffered very little __
22__ in those final years, less than she __
23__ when living in her own home. This was because other people took better care of her than she did herself.
All dementia is not alike. Mom’s form
24 her short-term memory more than her long-term memory. By the time she went to the nursing home, her short-term memory was _
25__ non-existent. We learned to _
26___ our conversations with her to old things of the past. Usually, she could connect with these __
27__ and seem to enjoy us __
28___ about them. I noticed in her last year that her long-term memory was __
29___., too. And it became ever more __
30_ to engage her. In her last six months, we had very little __
31___ of her responding, though a few times she __
32__us. So, when we called her, we would just __
33___ to tell her about our lives, things we were doing, things our children and grandchildren were doing. The __
34__ would be short. We would tell her we loved her; she would either be __
35__ or make some grunting(咕哝) sounds.
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36__ I expected Mom’s death, it was still bad news to hear. She is __
37___. Even one-way conversations were more __
38__ than no conversations.
So now, all we have are __
39__ and a few physical items that were hers or gifts from her. On Mother’s Day this year we will send no __
40__, no gift, make no call. But we will remember her.
| 小题1: | | A．luckier | B．quicker | C．busier | D．harder |
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| 小题2: | | A．worry | B．pain | C．noise | D．fear |
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| 小题3: | | A．reported | B．suggested | C．noticed | D．heard |
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| 小题4: | | A．led | B．bothered | C．blamed | D．attacked |
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| 小题5: | | A．never | B．almost | C．still | D．again |
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| 小题6: | | A．give | B．practice | C．direct | D．pass |
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| 小题7: | | A．schedules | B．experiences | C．data | D．poisons |
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| 小题8: | | A．hearing | B．asking | C．caring | D．talking |
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| 小题9: | | A．performing | B．finishing | C．failing | D．changing |
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| 小题10: | | A．difficult | B．strange | C．necessary | D．hopeful |
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| 小题11: | | A．opportunity | B．choice | C．expectation | D．sign |
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| 小题12: | | A．promised | B．annoyed | C．fooled | D．surprised |
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| 小题13: | | A．plan | B．continue | C．happen | D．pretend |
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| 小题14: | | A．voice | B．calls | C．treatments | D．happiness |
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| 小题15: | | A．disappointed | B．friendly | C．sure | D．silent |
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| 小题16: | | A．Because | B．If | C．Though | D．But |
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| 小题17: | | A．followed | B．left | C．lost | D．gone |
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| 小题18: | | A．disturbing | B．relaxing | C．satisfying | D．challenging |
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| 小题19: | | A．memories | B．hopes | C．rules | D．excuses |
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| 小题20: | | A．bill | B．card | C．problem | D．mail |
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