공통영어1 미래엔 김성연 2과 본문 빈칸 테스트

The phone rang, and it was my dad ____ from my hometown, Waituhi.

“Can you take a week off?” he asked. “Your Nani Tama wants ____ here.”

“But Dad!” I answered. “My boss won’t let me take any more ____ off.”

The phone went ____, and then I heard my grandfather say faintly, “I need your help, Grandson.

I must go to Murupara to f inish the whakapapa. Drive me there. Hurry, I ____ not have much time.”

I just knew I had no choice. “All right, Nani,” I replied with a sigh. “I’ll ____.”

For some time, my grandfather had been busy writing down the village genealogy, known as the ____.

The whakapapa had been in his old ____.

But then came the night of the fire, which ran through the ____ and destroyed our past.

In only one night, everything we knew was ____. Nani Tama, in despair, went to stay with his daughter, my Auntie Hiraina.

Trying to find a way out of the ashes of the past, Nani ____ to write the whakapapa again with his shaky hands.

He chanted the names of the ancestors, joining the past to the ____ once more.

The village went ____ and listened to his chanting.

His voice traveled along the lines of our ____, searching back across the centuries.

Sometimes, there were lines that were diff icult to remember. Then his voice suddenly stopped in the ____ of the chant.

The village waited in worried silence until the next name burst ____ of his mouth.

It ____ Nani Tama almost two years to gather most of the whakapapa, but there were still missing names he needed to fill in.

Now, he wanted me to drive him to Murupara to finish his ____.

When I arrived at Auntie’s place, I was shocked to ____ how thin Nani Tama was.

“Look, Nani,” I ____. “I’m not taking you anywhere. You could die on me!”

____ looked at me in anger. “You want me to die here in this room? Looking at these four walls?

When the whakapapa is not ____ f inished?”

The old man held on tightly to the ____ of the bed and cried out as he stood up.

____ slow, painful step hurt him, but he tried to walk.

I could not ____ but carry him to the car, and we set off with Auntie.

We traveled all night, mostly in silence, listening to Nani ____ in the darkness.

It was strange but wonderful to hear him. Sometimes, he burst ____ a song that he had taught Auntie.

They sang together, lifting up their voices to send the song flying like a bird through the ____.

Just before noon, we arrived at a ____ town called Murupara.

“Where do we go now?” I ____ Nani.

He did not ____, but he was searching inside himself, staring at the small houses.

Then, at a ____ corner, he told us to turn.

After turning the corner, we saw an old man standing in ____ of a house.

He welcomed ____ Tama with a gentle smile, but in his eyes, I saw the message, “We must hurry.”

Now that day seems ____ a dream to me.

I remember the ____ old men sitting at the table and the soft sounds of the Maori words as they talked.

All through the quiet afternoon and into the evening, they recalled ____ names.

I had a strange feeling that there were ____ people in the room.

I felt as if people from the ____ were looking over the shoulders of the two old men to see if the work was correct.

Finally, they stopped. It was done. ____ a moment of silence, the old man whispered to Nani, “Goodbye, friend.”

Crying, they pressed their noses ____ to say goodbye.

It was ____ morning and still dark when we returned to Auntie’s place.

All the ____ were on, and the village people were waiting for us.

Smiling, Nani Tama lifted up the ____ and offered it to the village.

Our hearts were full because our ____ had saved our past for us.

Our Nani ____ smiled again. His smile grew tired.

He sighed. “At ____, I may go now.” Then, he closed his eyes.

“No, Dad!” ____ Hiraina cried. The sun burst across the hills.