题目内容
My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were______ , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent(代理人) ________ a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was ______our range, so we declined. But she kept urging(催促) us to have a look _____.
We finally did and it was _______ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and ________ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of _______ it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) _____ —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t _______ us. They renewed their offer ______ . It was also much more than we could afford, but far ______ than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a _______ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the _______ directly. We made our final offer, which______ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, ________ we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he _____ : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d _______ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a ______ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the ______ in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are _______ they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
1.A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large
2.A. recommended B. decorated C. sold D. spun
3.A. below B. within C. beyond D. between
4.A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand
5.A. relief B. concern C. love D. curiosity
6.A. poverty B. happiness C. challenge D. desire
7.A. which B. why C. that D. what
8.A. effort B. offer C. promise D. profit
9.A. come across B. look after C. depend on D. laugh at
10.A. instead B. indeed C. aside D. apart
11.A. worse B. better C. less D. higher
12.A. relaxing B. disappointing C. pleasant D. regular
13.A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners
14.A. already B. still C. generally D. ever
15.A. so B. or C. for D. but
16.A. apologized B. complained C. blamed D. explained
17.A. check B. analyze C. appreciate D. ignore
18.A. loss B. risk C. chance D. lead
19.A. increase B. difference C. interest D. mistake
20.A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic
A. | float | B. | drown | C. | shrink | D. | split |
A. | excellent | B. | example | C. | exercise | D. | expensive |