[单项选择]My grandmother died just a few months after my grandfather, even (51) she was in good health and had (52) been sick in her life. My grandfather was a strong independent man who worshipped my grandmother. He never allowed her to work or to want (53) anything and remained deeply in love with her, often publicly (54) his affection, until he died.
He was a traditional family doctor (55) made house calls and regarded his patients (56) his family. My grandmother’ s (57) identity revolved around being "doctor’ s wife". In hindsight I realized she never developed any interests (58) her own. In fact, she seemed to have no interests (59) from his interests. As "doctor’ s Wife", she (60) him, the family and the house. When the children became independent, she became even more attentive to him and didn’t (61) any other interests to replace the missing children.
When grandfather died, we all
A. cultivate
B. flourish
C. develop
D. grow

[单项选择]My grandmother died just a few months after my grandfather, even (51) she was in good health and had (52) been sick in her life. My grandfather was a strong independent man who worshipped my grandmother. He never allowed her to work or to want (53) anything and remained deeply in love with her, often publicly (54) his affection, until he died.
He was a traditional family doctor (55) made house calls and regarded his patients (56) his family. My grandmother’ s (57) identity revolved around being "doctor’ s wife". In hindsight I realized she never developed any interests (58) her own. In fact, she seemed to have no interests (59) from his interests. As "doctor’ s Wife", she (60) him, the family and the house. When the children became independent, she became even more attentive to him and didn’t (61) any other interests to replace the missing children.
When grandfather died, we all
A. if
B. now
C. when
D. though

[单项选择]My father died when l was a few months old．After his death，my mother moved back to Louis,ville，Kentucky，where she had grown up．We lived in a small house with her older sister，Marion，and their mother．This was a time when being a single l6 was still considered unusual． When l was small，there was a children’S book called The Happy Family，and it was a realpiece of work．Dad worked all day log at the office，Mom cooked in the kitchen，and brother and sister always had friends sleeping over．The image of the family in this book was typical(典型的)of the time． It looked l7 like my family，but luckily that wasn’t the way I heard it．The way my Aunt Marion read it to me made the story really 18 ． Kind—hearted and openminded，my aunt was the one who played baseball with me，who took me horseback riding，who took me to the father—son dinners and who gave me lessons on how to drive．Believing that anything 19 badly good for，she 20 to get a loan(贷款)SO that I could go to Africa to work as a volunteer，which w
A. said
B. meant
C. proved
D. showed