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.

While shopping, people sometimes can’t help______ into buying something they don’t really need.

The flowers_______sweet in the botanical garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature. (2004上海)

 As a child, Johnson would sit on the steps alone, _______ the sun ______ down.

Hearing the news, he rushed out,       the book     on the table and disappointed into the distance.

 The table ____ too much room. Let’s move it out of the sitting room.

—Do you know where Mary is? I couldn’t find her anywhere.

—Well . She        have gone far—her coat’s still here.

They were exhausted , so that they decided to     two days ____.

— Julia, what were you doing when Anna called you?

—I       my housework and       to take a bath.

 Mr. Smith,       with the       result of the experiment, sat on the chair, smiling.