I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place, ___1___ and arranged. I closely watch that which I would have in the past ___2___. I know that this time is ___3___. As half of her room has been nicely decorated, I begin to __4____ that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___5___.

　　I ___6___ myself thinking of when I held her in my arm for the first time in hospital. One day old, so ___7___, so beautiful, so totally dependent on her new ___8___. All thoughts went through my mind as I ___9___ her eyes, her nose and her mouth. Time passes ___10___.

　　She looks up now, catching me ___11___ at her, causing her to say to her mother. "Mom, Dad's looking at me funny."

　　The last few days, I touch her arm, her face - ___12___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___13___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___14___ with which to say it.

　　She says, "It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from ___15___ soon." I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___16___.

　　My wife' eyes follow her ___17___ she leaves us. Mine do not. I know that what she is welcoming is exciting and ___18___. I remember what the world looked like to me when everything was ___19___

　　When I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is painful, and I realize that my life is ___20___ forever.

1. A. cleaned B. painted C. removed D. organized

2. A. noticed B. ignored C. remembered D. frightened

3. A. funny B. different C. pleasant D. strange

4. A. accept B. expect C. wonder D. guess

5. A. lives B. visits C. separates D. graduates

6. A. force B. leave C. find D. let

7. A. small B. big C. encouraging D. strong

8. A. friends B. parents C. classmates D. teachers

9. A. recorded B. replaced C. designed D. examined

10. A. slowly B. quickly C. slightly D. gradually

11. A. laughing B. staring C. glaring D. seeing

12. A. hoping B. imaging C. knowing D. doubting