Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see you and accompany you all day but now the days were gone. She was 41 of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease when I was a kid. I was 42 as all kids are, so I didn’t think 43 about it.
In my family, my grandma is the glue 44 us together. I remember going to my grandparents’ farmhouse every moment I could when I was a kid, where I always enjoyed her 45 . Little did I know, these would be the __46 of my childhood that I would miss the most.
As I grew up, I 47 my grandma changing. At first, it was 48 little things. Once again, I didn’t think it was serious. I could never have guessed 49 it would progress, transforming my grandma into someone I could __50 recognize.
One day, my father and I went to visit my grandparents. We 51 the time talking for hours 52 . Then, with 53 eyes staring right past me, my grandma asked “Now you’re graduating this year, aren’t you?” I was a freshman, so I was 54 why she was asking me about graduation.
It took my father long to 55 a response, “Yes. She may not know where she is, but she will be there, no matter what happens.” I heard the 56 in his voice.
____57 , at sixteen, I have a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. It greatly 58 me to know that one day Grandma will 59 be able to look at me and say, “That is my granddaughter.” So don’t forget all your ___60 out there. In other words: remember those who can’t.
41. A. reformed B. thought C. informed D. reminded
42. A. thoughtful B. selfish C. foolish D. careful
43. A. second B. twice C. highly D. greatly
44. A. holding B. taking C. carrying D. pushing
45. A. happiness B. praise C. company D. comfort
46. A. thoughts B. stories C. feelings D. memories
47. A. accepted B. noticed C. met D. heard
48. A. just B. also C. already D. yet
49. A. what B. why C. how D. when
50. A. rarely B. seldom C. little D. hardly
51. A. wasted B. killed C. spent D. spared
52. A. occasionally B. regularly C. usually D. continuously
53. A. empty B. bright C. open D. wide
54. A. frustrated B. confused C. embarrassed D. discouraged
55. A. come up B. put up C. come up with D. put up with
56. A. relief B. happiness C. kindness D. sadness
57. A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Indeed
58. A. surprises B. excites C. encourages D. upsets
59. A. any longer B. any more C. no more D. no longer
60. A. elders B. ancestors C. relatives D. family