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In April 2014, I received the first printed copy of a book I had written called The Challenging Journey. First written for my 1 , it was a story about my experience with my husband Don’s 20-year  2 with dementia (痴呆). A friend of mine convinced me to  3 the book to the public.

On the week of the launch event, the local newspaper had 4 a story about my book and word began to spread. Word of the story  5 to spread after the launch and soon I was being asked to  6 the book for newspaper, radio and online interviews.

I had been doing around two presentations a month when I was 7 by Dementia Outreach to be a guest speaker at the Aged Care Symposium in August. This time I 8 with a confident yes and kept an eye out for the promised  program to  9 in the mail.

When it came I had quite a 10 . I had been invited to 11 to a group of 170 doctors, professors and various health workers.

“I can’t do this at my 12 ,” I told the woman from Dementia Outreach over the phone.

“ 13 you can,” she said. “It’s the very reason we want you.”

Although I still wasn’t fully 14 , my son assured (保证) me that I would be fine. As I walked up those stairs and onto the stage, I realized how honored I was to share my story, and I began to 15 .

I was amazed by the reception. I was especially 16 when, after hearing my 17 , the GNC Clinical Dementia organization asked to use extracts (摘录) from my book for an online health course in 2015.

A few years previously, when I was 85 and Don had been sick for some time, I suffered a massive stroke (中风). As I was 18 , I wrote a list called “Things I Am Grateful For”.

Despite the 19 of our final years together, I can now look back on our 63 years of  20 and remember Don as the smiling, singing man I married all those years ago.

1. A. illness        B. friend           C. newspaper     D. family

2. A. battle       B. contact C. conflict D. memory

3. A. send        B. release           C. take           D. sell

4. A. broadcast       B. published      C. chosen D. edit

5. A. stopped      B. began             C. continued      D. happened

6. A. discuss       B. write            C. give               D. sign

7. A. permitted B. required       C. demanded    D. invited

8. A. responded          B. talked            C. refused         D. admitted

9. A. stay          B. pass  C. arrive          D. disappear

10. A. thrill                B. shock             C. confusion D. disappointment

11. A. perform       B. wave            C. speak   D. sing

12. A. age        B. best      C. service D. convenience

13. A. Go ahead B. Of course C. All right D. No problem

14. A. amazed              B. concerned C. informed D. convinced

15. A. cry                    B. relax               C. think               D. frown

16. A. nervous              B. thrilled         C. awkward D. curious

17. A. presentation     B. description    

C. suggestion D. explanation

18. A. resting              B. working          C. recovering    D. wondering

19. A. quarrels    B. changes     C. challenges     D. adventures

20. A. marriage             B. choice            C. struggle        D. experience

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The people who excel in any field are people who realize that the moment is there to be seized – that there are opportunities at every turn. They are more alive to the moment.

– Charles Faulkner (1952- , American Neuro-linguistic Programming practitioner, motivational speaker, author)

在各个领域表现杰出的人都明白把握当下的重要性，明白机会存在于每一个转角。他们更重视活在当下。——查理斯·福克纳

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“Don’t you want to consider studying business?” It was 2003 and I was in Class 10. Why did Papa ask me that? He knew I wanted to be a 1 .

“If you’re thinking of studying mass media after Class 12,” Papa added, “ 2 should be more helpful than science.”

“But I 3 to be a cardiologist (心脏病学家), Papa!” I protested.

“ 4 that’s where your heart really lies, I’m sorry I 5 this up,” he said.

In 2006, after I had spent two difficult years trying to study science, I brought up the 6 again with my father, a teacher who 7 his own training institute in Ujjain, MP. “What makes you 8 I’d make a better journalist than a doctor?” I asked Papa.

“You have been my 9 , too,” he said, smiling.

I was just eight years old when I 10 evening classes at his institute. It was very different from regular school. We shared anecdotes (趣闻), made presentations, staged plays, listened to and watched tapes from the BBC.

Always thinking about his students, Papa 11 takes leave but when he absolutely has to, he feels guilty. It 12 him when a student doesn’t show the same enthusiasm.

Every year, Teacher’s Day, the 5th of September, is like a 13 in our house. The phone 14 ringing. Papa takes every call 15 it were the only one he got.

It turned out to be journalism and not cardiology for me. In June 2006, when I joined St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, for my 16 degree in mass media, it felt like Papa’s classes. Soon I was writing regularly for the news magazine Outlook. In 2009, it was Papa again who 17 me decide not to take a post-graduate degree in mass media.

“You’ll only study the 18 things again,” Papa explained. “Sociology is such a lively subject, and if you want to be a good journalist you 19 know about society and people.”

I got my MA in sociology two years later.

This Father’s Day, June 21, when I call him, I will have completed nearly four fruitful years working as a journalist, thanks to Papa’s 20 .

1. A. journalist B. doctor C. businessman D. sociologist

2. A. business B. literature C. sociology D. communication

3. A. hesitate B. refuse C. want D. agree

4. A. If B. So C. When D. But

5. A. picked B. put C. brought D. gave

6. A. concept B. project C. question D. subject

7. A. supports B. runs C. holds D. shares

8. A. feel B. doubt C. hope D. prefer

9. A. son B. student C. fellow D. friend

10. A. chose B. taught C. joined D. received

11. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. hardly

12. A. hurts B. defeats C. strikes D. amuses

13. A. show B. lecture C. meeting D. festival

14. A. keeps B. begins C. continues D. stops

15. A. in case B. as if C. even if D. now that

16. A. bachelor’s B. master’s C. doctor’s D. graduate’s

17. A. saw B. let C. found D. helped

18. A. different B. same C. general D. boring

19. A. may B. could C. would D. must

20. A. nagging B. power C. guidance D. understanding

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Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the younger one began praying at the top of his lungs (用尽量大的声音): “I pray for a new bicycle ... I pray for a new iPad ...”

His older brother reminded him: “Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn’t deaf.”

To which the younger one replied, “No, but Grandma is!”