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After 21 years of marriage,   my wife wanted me to take another woman out to __1__.  She said,
"I love you,   but I know this woman loves you too,   and she would love to spend some time with you. "
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother,   who has been a widow for 19 years,
but my work had made __2__ impossible to visit her often.  That night I called to __3__ her to go out for
dinner.  "What's wrong?Are you __4__?" she asked.  "I thought that it would be __5__ to spend some
time with you,   just the two of us,   " I answered.  She thought about it __6__,   and then agreed.
That Friday after work,   __7__ I drove to pick her up I was a bit nervous.  When I arrived at her
house,   I __8__ that she,   too,   seemed to be __9__ about our date.  She had curled her hair and was
wearing the dress that she had worn to  10  her last wedding anniversary.
We went to a restaurant that,  11  not the best,   was very nice and comfortable.  When I read the
menu,   I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there   12  at me.  A nostalgic smile was  13  her lips.
During the dinner,   we had a  14   conversation-nothing special but catching up on recent events of each
other's life.
A few days  15  ,   my mother died of a sudden heart attack.  It happened so suddenly that I didn't
hav e a chance to do  16  for her.  Some time later,   I received an envelope with a note  17   : "You
will never know what that night meant for me.  I'm looking forward to the   18  dinner.  I love you,
son. "
At the moment,   I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU".  Nothing in life is
more important than your  19   .  Give them the time they deserve,   because these things cannot be 20  
till "some other time".

(     )1. A. dinner         (     )2. A. that           (     )3. A. force           (     )4. A. happy           (     )5. A. pleasant       (     )6. A. at a moment     (     )7. A. after           (     )8. A. noticed         (     )9. A. pleased         (     )10. A. congratulate   (     )11. A. though         (     )12. A. looking       (     )13. A. in             (     )14. A. pleasant       (     )15. A. after         (     )16. A. anything       (     )17. A. written       (     )18. A. first         (     )19. A. date           (     )20. A. put over

B. movie           B. this           B. invite         B. mad             B. pleased         B. for a moment   B. until           B. observed       B. calm           B. celebrate       B. even           B. seeing         B. above           B. curious         B. before         B. everything     B. saying         B. second         B. mother         B. put off

C. party       C. which       C. order       C. well       C. glad       C. for moment C. as         C. watched     C. nervous     C. memorize   C. but         C. smiling     C. on         C. deep       C. later       C. nothing     C. telling     C. last       C. family     C. cut off

D. part             D. it               D. advise           D. ill             D. surprising       D. a long time     D. since           D. heard           D. easy             D. honor           D. yet             D. staring         D. beyond           D. short           D. ago             D. something       D. read             D. next             D. dinner           D. picked up

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