My father died in December. He had spent the last several years in hospital, and my mother spent a lot of her time him. That is without doubt, a situation for any family. And the was a team of fairly frustrated family members.
My biggest frustration was trying to why he didn’t make choices that would him to be involved more fully in the lives of his grandchildren. Yet he each and every one of them. Every morning he asked my mother which of his grandbabies was going to that day. He had frequent visits from his collection of loving grandkids. Kids would have the place up instantly—toys everywhere, cushions off the couches and the TV channel to their station. Every visit was a kid invasion into his space. Interestingly, he was not at all bothered by the or chaos at all. He was never with them and he certainly never shouted at any child. Visits ended with and kisses.
I felt that relationship wasn’t good enough because he didn’t actually do anything my children. My dad didn’t read to the children, and certainly played a board game or did a puzzle with them. He didn’t take them out for or do any of the other things I saw active grandparents doing with their grandchildren. It made me sad that he was to get on with the kids.
A couple of weeks after his death, my 9-year-old daughter turned up in my bedroom at midnight to share a
of him done by herself. Included in the picture were several messages and —one for each day since he had died. The most striking one to me was“I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”.
Apparently, I was . All that time I thought he wasn’t doing anything with his grandchildren, but he was very actively doing the thing that was most to them. He loved them. And it was all they needed.
1.A. preparing for B. taking care of C. believing in D. looking forward to
2.A. personal B. boring C. difficult D. dangerous
3.A. result B. solution C. reward D. review
4.A. explain B. describe C. accept D. understand
5.A. expect B. allow C. force D. persuade
6.A. respected B. ignored C. loved D. blamed
7.A. leave B. cry C. visit D. perform
8.A. set B. messed C. given D. lit
9.A. introduced B. switched C. pointed D. checked
10.A. impression B. alarm C. expression D. noise
11.A. careful B. intelligent C. inconvenient D. impatient
12.A. tears B. quarrels C. tricks D. hugs
13.A. to B. with C. at D. on
14.A. frequently B. always C. never D. occasionally
15.A. walks B. books C. jokes D. interests
16.A. hoping B. offering C. failing D. promising
17.A. dream B. plan C. story D. drawing
18.A. statements B. photos C. suggestions D. problems
19.A. guilty B. rude C. wrong D. firm
20.A. honest B. important C. normal D. equal
—John，when will you pay a visit to that place of interest?
—I can’t decide at present. _______.
A. It just depends B. It’s up to you C. Take your time D. I beg your pardon
Gun control is a subject _______ Americans have argued for a long time.
A. of which B. with which C. about which D. into which
At present, we are studying a total of nine subjects, ________ I think is physics.
A. of them the most difficult B. and the most difficult of which
C. the most difficult of them D. the most difficult of which
Some teenagers turn a deaf ear to their parents’ advice, ________ they know it does good to them.
A. now that B. as if C. even if D. so that
You can’t imagine what _______ his speech on how to improve our spoken English had on me at that time.
A. impression B. advice C. attention D. effect
