When I was thirteen, an eight-grader hit me in the stomach. And this made me___1___. I told Nana that I wanted to beat him before she began to give one of hour-long talks. Among other things, I remember she told me that I didn’t need to worry about the boy. “Every good deed will come back to you some day, ” she said.
It took me___2___to understand the meaning. Nana was living in a board-and-care home in California. Each Tuesday, I took her out to___3___. I would always find her___4___in a chair right by the front door. I remember our very last dinner together___5___she went into the hospital. We drove to a nearby little___6___. I ordered pot roast for Nana and a hamburger for___7___. The foo
d arrived and as I enjoyed mine, I noticed that Nana wasn’t eating. She was just looking at the food on her plate. Moving my plate aside, I took her, put it in front of me, and cut her meat into small pieces. I then put the plate___8___in front of her. As she forked the meat___9___her mouth with great difficulty, my eyes were full of tears. Forty years ago, as a little boy sitting at the table, Nana had always taken the meat on my plate and cut it into small pieces so I could eat it.
___10___forty years. But Nana was always right. Every good deed will come back to you someday .
( ) 1. A. famous B. sad C. angry
( ) 2. A. years B. months C. days
( ) 4. A. sleeping B. sitting C. eating
( ) 5. A. after B. before C. when
( ) 6. A. shop B. park C. restaurant
( ) 7. A. herself B. myself C. ourselves
( ) 8. A. back B. away C. up
( ) 9. A. in B. to C. into
( ) 10. A. They are B. They were C. It was