My father died in December. He had spent the last several years in hospital, and my mother spent a lot of her time him. That is without doubt, a situation for any family. And the was a team of fairly frustrated family members. My biggest frustration was trying to why he didn’t make choices that would him to be involved more fully in the lives of his grandchildren. Yet he each and every one of them. Every morning he asked my mother which of his grandbabies was going to that day. He had frequent visits from his collection of loving grandkids. Kids would have the place up instantly—toys everywhere, cushions off the couches and the TV channel to their station. Every visit was a kid invasion into his space. Interestingly, he was not at all bothered by the or chaos at all. He was never with them and he certainly never shouted at any child. Visits ended with and kisses. I felt that relationship wasn’t good enough because he didn’t actually do anything my children. My dad didn’t read to the children, and certainly played a board game or did a puzzle with them. He didn’t take them out for or do any of the other things I saw active grandparents doing with their grandchildren. It made me sad that he was to get on with the kids. A couple of weeks after his death, my 9-year-old daughter turned up in my bedroom at midnight to share a of him done by herself. Included in the picture were several messages and —one for each day since he had died. The most striking one to me was“I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”. Apparently, I was . All that time I thought he wasn’t doing anything with his grandchildren, but he was very actively doing the thing that was most to them. He loved them. And it was all they needed. 小题1: A．preparing for B．taking care of C．believing in D．looking forward to 小题2: A．personal B．boring C．difficult D．dangerous 小题3: A．result B．solution C．reward D．review 小题4: A．explain B．describe C．accept D．understand 小题5: A．expect B．allow C．force D．persuade 小题6: A．respected B．ignored C．loved D．blamed 小题7: A．leave B．cry C．visit D．perform 小题8: A．set B．messed C．given D．lit 小题9: A．introduced B．switched C．pointed D．checked 小题10: A．impression B．alarm C．expression D．noise 小题11: A．careful B．intelligent C．inconvenient D．impatient 小题12: A．tears B．quarrels C．tricks D．hugs 小题13: A．to B．with C．at D．on 小题14: A．frequently B．always C．never D．occasionally 小题15: A．walks B．books C．jokes D．interests 小题16: A．hoping B．offering C．failing D．promising 小题17: A．dream B．plan C．story D．drawing 小题18: A．statements B．photos C．suggestions D．problems 小题19: A．guilty B．rude C．wrong D．firm 小题20: A．honest B．important C．normal D．equal