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[2024·½­Î÷ʡƼÏçÊиßÈýÉÏѧÆÚһģ]Life, as I know, has changed. My beloved nanny, a stand­in parent in the absence of my father, had cancer. It was terminal.

As she watched Getaway on television, she talked to me that she'd never __1__ Australia and that she would never later. I __2__ the sadness, tears streaming down my face. Overwhelmed with much grief, I __3__ the power of Facebook and the collective strength of human empathy. I raced from work to __4__ strangers on the internet. “My nanny was ill and she will never see the world. Please send her postcards so she can see the world from her armchair. I can offer nothing but __5__£®”

Surprisingly, one afternoon, a postcard from the United States arrived in our letterbox. That simple postcard was to me a beacon of light in a lonely and __6__ chapter. I held it in my hands, read and re­read the words, feeling something I hadn't felt in a while—__7__. From that day, our letterbox became the __8__ for postcards from all over the world. Tears of happiness mixed with __9__ fell onto those postcards.

My dream of armchair travels became a __10__. We travelled the world together. Her living room became a departure hall. Her bed became an airport lounge and our flights __11__ daily. Whatever she shared became __12__. Our very last flight departed on a warm morning in early August in 2018.My dearest travel companion __13__ on in another time and place.

Among the hushed memories, the __14__£¬ over 100 of them, made their final journey to Nanny's farewell. My nanny, a woman who worried she would never see the world, but did it without regret.

I have recovered from great loss knowing that life consists of first greetings and final partings. Flights arrive and then depart. People are __15__ to us, and taken away.

1£®A.admired    B£®left

C£®defended    D£®honored

2£®A.ate    B£®drank

C£®chewed    D£®swallowed

3£®A.considered    B£®pounded

C£®expected    D£®imagined

4£®A.pick up    B£®see off

C£®turn to    D£®hand over

5£®A.apology    B£®gratitude

C£®sympathy    D£®regret

6£®A.boring    B£®available

C£®blank    D£®pleasant

7£®A.despair    B£®disappointment

C£®embarrassment    D£®hope

8£®A.destination    B£®purpose

C£®principle    D£®spot

9£®A.anger    B£®confusion

C£®fear    D£®sorrow

10£®A.goal    B£®coincidence

C£®reality    D£®brand

11£®A.departed    B£®disappeared

C£®continued    D£®transported

12£®A.limitless    B£®priceless

C£®useless    D£®valueless

13£®A.relied    B£®spent

C£®journeyed    D£®turned

14£®A.flights    B£®postcards

C£®airports    D£®letterboxes

15£®A.showed    B£®pushed

C£®offered    D£®brought