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Grandma likes to keep busy. She ___1___ idling around and watching television all day long. She insists on washing and ironing her own ___2___ and does not believe in the use of the washing machine. "The clothes are not properly washed. They simply go ___3___ the different cycles of 'wash and spin' and come out with stains ___4___ intact," she declared. So, very often, she will scrub the collar and sleeves of Dad's ___5___ before allowing the maid to put them into the machine to be washed.Every morning, long ___6___ anyone of us is awake, Grandma goes for her morning exercise in the park opposite our house. She ___7___ herself. You see, Grandma is a ___8___ nurse. She joined the service before the war and retired at the age of forty-five. She ___9___ to work as a private nurse after her retirement and only gave it up at the insistence of my father who felt that she should relax and enjoy life. Grandma also helps the maid to cook and do the marketing. "Oh, Mum, ___10___ must you tire yourself out? Let the maid do the work. Besides, she does not like it," Mandy used to tell her. "Oh, but I do!" exclaimed Grandma, smiling broadly at her daughter-in-law.

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1. dislikes   2. clothes   3. through   4. still   5. shirts   6. before   7. spends   8. retired   9. continued   10. why

Grandma likes to keep busy. She dislikes idling around and watching television all day long. She insists on washing and ironing her own clothes and does not believe in the use of the washing machine. "The clothes are not properly washed. They simply gothrough the different cycles of 'wash and spin' and come out with stains still intact," she declared. So, very often, she will scrub the collar and sleeves of Dad's shirtsbefore allowing the maid to put them into the machine to be washed.Every morning, long before anyone of us is awake, Grandma goes for her morning exercise in the park opposite our house. She spends herself. You see, Grandma is aretired nurse. She joined the service before the war and retired at the age of forty-five. She continued to work as a private nurse after her retirement and only gave it up at the insistence of my father who felt that she should relax and enjoy life. Grandma also helps the maid to cook and do the marketing. "Oh, Mum, why must you tire yourself out? Let the maid do the work. Besides, she does not like it," Mandy used to tell her. "Oh, but I do!" exclaimed Grandma, smiling broadly at her daughter-in-law.