On a gray afternoon two weeks before Christmas 1986, my doctor told me that I was
101 . "Frank," he said, "you should start 102 of your life in 103 of months, not years." There was an embarrassing 104 . I looked at my wife. She was 105 a sad smile that seemed to say, " 106 now you know, love."
Experts on the 107 of dying say that terminal patients go 108 stages after hearing their death 109 : denial, anger and, finally, acceptance. I skipped right to acceptance. 110 years of struggling with liver disease which had destroyed my body and confused my 111 , I still had anxiety about dying. 112 it just wasn't my style. to "rage 113 the dying of the light." I preferred to accept it with 114 , the way the heroes of my childhood 115 in books and movies. However, I never imagined that within five weeks a team of surgeons would 116 my diseased liver and 117 it with an organ that only hours before had kept 118 a healthy person whose name I'll never know. I now am learning to live again; learning to 119 life in a new way, 120 way you hold water in your hands, gently.
101.
[A] dead
[B] die
[C] died
[D] dying
102.
[A] regarding
[B] considering
[C] planning
[D] thinking
103.
[A] directions
[B] regards
[C] conditions
[D] terms
104.
[A] silence
[B] quietness
[C] peace
[D] calm
105.
[A] putting on
[B] making up
[C] wearing
[D] showing
106.
[A] Then
[B] Thus
[C] Hence
[D] So
107.
[A] skill
[B] art
[C] time
[D] experience
108.
[A] by
[B] under
[C] through
[D] beyond
109.
[A] announcements
[B] reports
[C] statements
[D] sentences
110.
[A] Before
[B] After
[C] Since
[D] Among
111.
[A] brain
[B] spirits
[C] head
[D] mind
112.
[A] But
[B] And
[C] For
[D] So
113.
[A] on
[B] about
[C] against
[D] for
114.
[A] pleasure
[B] honor
[C] doubt
[D] dignity
115.
[A] would do
[B] did
[C] had
[D] used do
116.
[A] cut out
[B] cut down
[C] cut at
[D] cut
117.
[A] place
[B] substitute
[C] displace
[D] replace
118.
[A] live
[B] living
[C] life
[D] alive
119.
[A] catch
[B] hold
[C] seize
[D] own
120.
[A] a
[B] same
[C] the
[D] as