you heart that makes them so.""Billy, I __9__ these roses when my first son was born. It was my __10__ of saying 'thank you' to God. I __11__ to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then, as a young man of only 20, a terrible war robbed him of his life." Grandpa slowly stood up."Never say goodbye, Billy. Never give __12__ to the sadness and the loneliness. Instead, I want you to remember the joy and the __13__ when you first said hello to a friend."
A year later, my grandpa became very __14__. Then all members of the family were __15__ back, and I returned to the old house. When it came to my __16__, I took his hand as __17__ as he had once taken mine.
"Hello, grandpa," I __18__. His eyes slowly opened and said,"Hello, my friend." With a brief __19__ he died. Suddenly, and truly, I knew what he had __20__ about never saying goodbye - about refusing to give in to sadness.
1.A.felt B.fixed
C.watched D.heard
2.A.watch B.interview
C.see D.discover
3.A.difficult B.hard
C.easy D.comfortable
4.A.making B.taking
C.leading D.carrying
5.A.where B.when
C.which D.while
6.A.what B.how
C.who D.whether
7.A.red B.tasty
C.funny D.beautiful
8.A.close B.hard
C.far D.around
9.A.bought B.planted
C.treated D.discovered
10.A.approach B.method
C.way D.solution
11.A.preferred B.wanted
C.referred D.used
12.A.up B.off
C.in D.away
13.A.word B.happiness
C.sight D.memory
14.A.ill B.weak
C.old D.serious
15.A.ordered B.called
C.delivered D.sent
16.A.pleasure B.duty
C.turn D.wish
17.A.happily B.sadly
C.carefully D.gently
18.A.laughed B.shouted
C.added D.whispered
19.A.sign B.sigh
C.smile D.wave
20.A.thought B.meant
C.worried D.cared