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2014高考英语完形填空：2013暑假练习题（18）及答案解析 第二节 完形填空 (共小题；每小题1分，满分分)阅读下面短文，选出最佳选项，并在答题上将该项涂黑。’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years __21__, these events took on a __22__ meaning for me—a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a _23___ thanking for all he had been to me in my life. When we knew that it might be his last birthday, the _24___ family decided to prepare for a huge Grandpa Simon birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party with lots of noise and food. During a quiet moment ,I announced that it was now Dad’s _25___to listen to some stories for a _26___change.I wanted everyone to tell Grandpa Simon _27___we loved about him .The room because _28___,abd even Dad was quiet as his family crowded around him. One after _29___another ,people told stories from their hearts ,while Dad listened with _30___.people _31___recalled all kinds of lost memories----stories about _32___when they were little, stories about when Dad was young ,stories that are shared family treasures .The stories _33___. Each one seemed to trigger the memory of two more. _34___the littlest grandchildren couldn’t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was our _35___ to celebrate him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial _36___, we more fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people_37___tell at a burial service, after a loved one is no longer around to hear the words. They are told, then, full of tears, with the _38___that the person who passed away will somehow hear the outpouring of love. But we had given those loving memories to Dad in life, told _39___laughter, with hugs and joy. He had _40___to hold and roll over in his mind during his last months and days. 21. A. past B. went in C. went on D. past on 22. A. several B. double C. any D. single 23. A. personal B. personnel C. person D. pe