After reading the passage below, fill in the
blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks
with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;
for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Happiness Is an Attitude
The 92-year-old
confident and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock,
with her hair fashionably combed and makeup perfectly applied, moved to a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nurse) home today.
Her husband of 70 years
recently passed away, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) the move necessary.
After many hours of
waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (smile) sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she got into the elevator {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her wheelchair, I provided a description of
her tiny room.
"I love it,"
she started with the enthusiasm of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} eight-year-old child having just been
presented with a new dog.
"Mrs. Jones, you
haven't seen the room….just wait."
"That has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to do with it," she replied. "Happiness
is something you decide on ahead of time. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I like my room or not doesn't
depend on how the furniture is arranged…it's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I arrange my mind. I already decided to love
it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can
spend the day in bed {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (recount) the difficulty I have with the parts
of my body{#blank#}10{#/blank#} no longer work or get out of bed and be
thankful for the ones working. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open,
I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away… just for
this time in my life.”
