Temperature is part of my married romance Coming to New’York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year-1was 16 by a fireplace in my new home,wit fires 17 all day,just as what ancient people did at a wedding.

  My husband,Peter,comes from northem Ontario,where winter 18 from September to May and cold wind is 19 .”When Canadians have 30 below,they 20 it,”he says.“Cold wind is for crybabies.”

  So to marry this man I had to learn to 21 for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson,Peter piled me 22 jackets and sweaters,scarves and gloves.even a hat with earflaps.The gift of Sorel boots-comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below,was a 23 we were getting serious.

  That first winter together,living in upstate New York,I thought I’d 24 My boots were good below freezing,but my fingers could 25 tie them.Physical adaptation is real,but it came slowly.And there is also emotional 26 to cold.Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on 27 days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build 28

  29 ,having a warm house is important.After my first marriage ended,for years I 30  ! went on a second date with a man whose response to my”I'm cold”was.”Put on a sweater.”Now I’m married to a man who 31 that cold hands do not mean a warm heart.And that a big oil bill is better than roses But surprisingly,I've grown,too.I am 32,in this new life and climate,to go look for that cost-saving sweater.

  The word comfortable did not 33 refer to being contented.Its Latin root,comfortare, means to strengthen.The Holy Spirit is Comforter;not to make us comfortable,but to make us

34 .we 35 not be warm but we are indeed comforted.

16.A.set down     B.set about     C.set up     D.set out

17.A.lighting      B.burning      C.going      D.flashing

18.A.appears      B.starts       C.keeps      D.runs

19.A.something     B.everything     C.nothing     D.none

20.A.suggest      B.mean       C.overlook    D.enjoy

21.A.wear       B.stand       C.dress     D.ride

22.A under      B.over        C.inside     D.with

23.A.remark      B.sign        C.warning    D.show

24.A.sleep       B.forget       C.die      D.continue

25.A.hardly      B.easily       C.tightly     D.loosely

26.A.health      B.reaction      C.feelings     D.adaptation

27.A.rainy       B.freezing      C.sunny     D.happy

28.A.character     B.love       C.hope      D.hardship

29.A.Meanwhile    B.However     C.Therefore    D.Besides

30.A.merely      B.ever       C.never      D.just

31.A.wonders     B.knows      C.states      D decides

32.A.unable      B.accustomed    C.interested    D.willing

33.A.originally     B.exactly      C.actually     D.namely

34.A.wild        B.cold       C.strong     D.warm

35.A.will       B.must       C.can      D.may

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