Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I
36 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I
37 the same things thousand and one times, do not
38 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story
39 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a
40 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I
41 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my
42 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you
43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the
44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous,
as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you
45 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well
46 I need to and when not. When my
47 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your
48 , the same way I did when you gave your first
49 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to
50 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that,
51 my mistakes, I always wanted the
52 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me
53 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you
54 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and
55 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
| 小题1: | | A．paid | B．spent | C．cost | D．took |
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| 小题2: | | A．praise | B．think | C．repeat | D．criticize |
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| 小题3: | | A．interrupt | B．disturb | C．look | D．avoid |
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| 小题4: | | A．when | B．after | C．since | D．until |
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| 小题5: | | A．rest | B．word | C．shower | D．sleep |
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| 小题6: | | A．discovered | B．invented | C．noticed | D．assumed |
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| 小题7: | | A．knowing | B．fearing | C．enjoying | D．consulting |
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| 小题9: | | A．news | B．attitude | C．material | D．thread |
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| 小题10: | | A．talking | B．listening | C．responding | D．appealing |
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| 小题12: | | A．tired | B．short | C．long | D．strong |
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| 小题15: | | A．talk | B．live | C．write | D．sleep |
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| 小题16: | | A．though | B．since | C．while | D．despite |
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| 小题17: | | A．last | B．first | C．best | D．most |
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| 小题18: | | A．near | B．behind | C．below | D．against |
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| 小题19: | | A．made | B．started | C．earned | D．found |
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| 小题20: | | A．mercy | B．care | C．excuse | D．patience |
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as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45 to me.