The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having   36   from dementia(老年痴呆症) for many years, mother was never   37  . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t   38   them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother   39   looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s   40   she responded to   41   around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I   42   . When we first   43   there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was   44   of that house. The yard was full of   45  and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and   46   and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very   47   when I decided to go to college to study journalism   48   being a priest（牧师）, which she thought was the highest   49   for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me   50   with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas,   51   she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed   52    by that Texas beach on which they had taken a   53   . She   54   the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say   55   to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.

A．recovered B．suffered C．damaged D．lived

A．healthy B．awake C．unconscious D．alone

A．see B．understand C．recognize D．like

A．never B．just C．excitedly D．seldom

A．because B．when C．how D．what

A．somewhere B．everywhere C．something D．everything

A．experienced B．grew up C．brought up D．worked

A．moved B．visited C．left D．withdrew

A．fond B．afraid C．curious D．tired

A．weeds B．flowers C．trees D．waste

A．fortunate B．easy-going C．hospitable D．hard-working

A．disappointed B．excited C．surprised D．anxious

A．as well as B．instead of C．except for D．in spite of

A．praise B．prize C．honor D．encouragement

A．away B．out C．about D．off

A．which B．that C．where D．when

A．delight B．interested C．happy D．impressed

A．note B．boat C．picture D．bath

A．enjoyed B．hated C．remembered D．accounted

A．thanks B．goodbye C．sorry D．hello