Icecreamcan’tcurecancerorbringbackalostlovebutitcanmakeonefeelbetterforawhile.About18monthsagomyfatherwasinhospitalrecoveringfromamajorlungoperation.Mymotherhadrecently36andmyfatherhadtak
Icecreamcan’tcurecancerorbringbackalostlovebutitcanmakeonefeelbetterforawhile.
About18monthsagomyfatherwasinhospitalrecoveringfromamajorlungoperation.Mymotherhadrecently 36 andmyfatherhadtakenthelossofhispartnerof55yearsveryhardandhadlostinterestin 37 .Tryingtogethimto 38 eachdaywasquiteachoreashedidn’twantanything.Theonething 39 thathewouldaskustobringhimwasice-cream.
Oneeveningtoour 40 herefusedtoeattheice-cream 41 Iplaceditinastaffroomfreezer.AlittlewhilelatermysondecidedhewanteditsoI 42 itforhim.
AsIpassedanotherward(病房)a 43 asked“Aretheremorewherethatcamefrom?”WhenIexplainedthe 44 sheapologized.Shethensaidthatshehadcancerandcouldeatverylittle 45 theoccasionalice-cream.
ThenexteveningIdecidedtobuytwoice-creams.OnthewaytoDad’sroomIstoppedinatthe 46 woman’sroomand 47 hertheice-creamI’dboughtforher.Shewas 48 stunnedthatIhadthoughtofherand 49 thegiftwithtearsinhereyes.Ispokewithherforafewminutes 50 whatwashappeninginmyfamilyandlistenedtoher 51 storyofpainandsuffering.Itwasapparentthatshedidnot 52 manyvisitorsandtheice-creamandourshortchatmeantagreatdealtoher.
I 53 thegestureafewdayslaterandthistimewas 54 withahugehug.
Inevereventhoughttoaskhernameandneversawheragainbutitmademerealizethatanactof 55 canbemorerewardingwhenyougiveitratherthanreceiveit.
小题1:A.passedawayB.goneoutC.comebackD.calmeddown小题2:A.workB.lifeC.studiesD.games小题3:A.speakB.laughC.drinkD.eat小题4:A.thoughB.howeverC.insteadD.therefore小题5: