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.

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A．watch B．interview C．see D．discover

A．easy B．hard C．difficult D．comfortable

A．took B．made C．led D．carried

A．when B．where C．which D．while

A．whether B．how C．who D．what

A．beautiful B．tasty C．funny D． red

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A．approach B．way C．method D．solution

A．preferred B．wanted C．used D．referred

A．give up B．give off C．give away D．give in

A．happiness B．word C．sight D．memory

A．weak B．ill C．old D．serious

A．ordered B．called C．delivered D．sent

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