Mom had lived in a nursing home for the past three and a half years, suffering the increasing effects of dementia(老年痴呆). They were tough years, actually 21 for us family members than for her, I believe. She suffered very little 22 in those final years, less than she 23 when living in her own home. This was because other people took better care of her than she did herself.
All dementia is not alike. Mom’s form 24 her short-term memory more than her long-term memory. By the time she went to the nursing home, her short-term memory was _25 non-existent. We learned to _26 our conversations with her to old things of the past. Usually, she could connect with these 27 and seem to enjoy us 28 about them. I noticed in her last year that her long-term memory was 29 ., too. And it became ever more 30_ to engage her. In her last six months, we had very little 31 of her responding, though a few times she 32 us. So, when we called her, we would just 33 to tell her about our lives, things we were doing, things our children and grandchildren were doing. The 34 would be short. We would tell her we loved her; she would either be 35 or make some grunting(咕哝) sounds.
36 I expected Mom’s death, it was still bad news to hear. She is 37 . Even one-way conversations were more 38 than no conversations.
So now, all we have are 39 and a few physical items that were hers or gifts from her. On Mother’s Day this year we will send no 40 , no gift, make no call. But we will remember her.
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解析：本文介绍妈妈患老年痴呆症而去世，从文章的字里行间可以看出我对妈妈深深的爱。
【小题1】D 形容词辨析。A更幸运B更快C更忙D更困难；对家人来说要比对她还要困难。
【小题2】B 名词辨析。A担忧B痛苦C噪音D恐惧；在最后几年里，她几乎没有遭受痛苦。
【小题3】A 动词辨析。A报告B建议C注意D听见；他遭受的痛苦少于住在自己放在里报告的痛苦。
【小题4】D 动词辨析。A带领B麻烦C责备D攻击；指她的病影响的是她的短期记忆而不是长期的。
【小题5】B 副词辨析。A从未B几乎C仍然D再一次；她的短期记忆几乎不存在了，都没有了。
【小题6】C 动词辨析。A给B练习C引导D通过；我们学会把对话引导到过去的事情上。
【小题7】B 名词辨析。A时间表B经历C数据D毒药；她似乎能够把这些经历联系起来了。
【小题8】D 动词辨析。A听见B问C关心D交谈；她似乎喜欢我们谈论这样的事情。
【小题9】C 动词辨析。A表现B完成C衰败D改变；在最后的一年里，他的长期记忆也衰败了。
【小题10】A 形容词辨析。A困难的B奇怪C必要D有希望的；和她交流变得更困难。
【小题11】C 名词辨析。A机会B选择C期待D征兆；我们对她的回应没有任何的期待。
【小题12】D 动词辨析。A允诺B使…恼怒C愚弄D使…惊讶；有时候他也会给我们意外的惊喜。
【小题13】A 动词辨析。A计划B继续C发生D假装；我们计划告诉她我们做的事情等。
【小题14】B 上下文串联。根据上文的when we called说明这里是calls正确。
【小题15】D 形容词辨析。A失望B友好C确定D安静；她要么保持安静要么就是咕哝着。
【小题16】C 连词辨析。尽管我们已经预料到她的去世了，但是听到这个消息仍然让人很难过。
【小题17】D 形容词辨析。Gone指去世了。指我的Mom换老年痴呆症去世了。
【小题18】C 形容词辨析。A烦人的B放松的C让人满意的D挑战的；有人说话总比没人说话好。
【小题19】A 名词辨析。A记忆B希望C规则D借口；我们拥有的只是记忆和她留下的一些东西。
【小题20】B 名词辨析。A账单B卡片C难题D邮件。在母亲节这一天没有可以送卡片的人。