LastChristmaswhilestayingwithmyparents,I 41 acrosssomeo...

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Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 41 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 42 with dust. Deciding to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They 43 .

As I carefully opened each letter, 44 of them fragile with age, I discovered a new page 45 unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives.

My father used to 46 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline 47 of the things about the war. Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was 48 to these letters like a magnet（磁铁）.

Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 49 and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a 50 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 51 . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had 52 to him when he had been so far from home.

It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the 53 letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.

At his bedside, I talked with him, saying 54 , "Today is Valentine's Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?" He became 55 when I handed him the old 56 . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he 57 it, his eyes were filled with tears.

My father, in a 58 tight with emotion (情感) read the loving message he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years 59 . And this time, he could read it to her in 60 .

41. A. came B. hit C. drew D. fell

42. A. hidden B. covered C. buried D. filled

43. A. refused B. smiled C. shocked D. agreed

44. A. all B. none C. both D. neither

45. A. recently B. usually C. previously D. occasionally

46. A. work B. study C. serve D. report

47. A. accounts B. documents C. introductions D. occupations

48. A. devoted B. addicted C. thrown D. drawn

49. A. sad B. dead C. dangerous D. ill

50. A. typical B. traditional C. different D. familiar

51. A. wars B. illnesses C. letters D. hospitals

52. A. meant B. intended C. planned D. said