During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.

To be   36   , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the   37    would be ― a very low figure that   38   one home―cooked meal a day. I thought about the    39    and decided to move in.

At the end of the term I had planned to find     40    living place, since the daughter was to    41     home. To my delight, they   42   that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their   43   ―her people became my people.  I    44   accepted the offer.

As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be   45    to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I    46    that she was more independent than I first      47     .

We finally fell in love,   48    , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more    49   than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go    50   largely because we knew that we are deeply    51     .

It isn’t about marriage… it’s about   52   . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as     53   as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be   54   ―you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”

Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is     55    to look after, and when someone is looking after us.

During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live．One Sunday after church the pastor（牧师） told me to stay in his daughter's room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year．

       To be _1_, I really didn't want to stay with “the pastor's family”．He told me how much the _2_ would be — a very low figure that _3_ one home-cooked meal a day．I thought about the _4_ and decided to move in．

       At the end of the term I had planned to find _5_ living place, since the daughter was to _6_ home．To my delight, they _7_ that I share a room with their son．I seemed to have been adopted into their _8_ —her people．I _9_ accepted the offer．

       As I emptied the daughter's bedroom, I thought it might be _10_ to have a little sister to look after．But when I later met my new sister, I _11_ that she was more independent than I first _32_．

       We finally feel in love, _13_, and have looked after each other for many years．There have been times that life turned out more _14_ than either of us could have known．But we have always been able to go _15_ largely because we knew that we are deeply _16_ ．

       It isn't about marriage …it's about _17_．It's about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as _18_ as family．It's about anybody who can say, “I'll be _19_ —you can count on me．I'll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me．”

       Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is  _20_ to look after, and when someone is looking after us．

1．A．honest                        B．surprised               C．friendly                  D．please

2．A．price                          B．rent                       C．money                    D．pay

3．A．had                           B．included                C．made                      D．contained

4．A．idea                           B．plan                      C．service                   D．offer

5．A．same                          B．different                C．another                   D．extra

6．A．return                        B．go                         C．get                         D．leave

7．A．ordered                     B．agreed                   C．arranged                 D．suggested

8．A．house                       B．family                   C．group                     D．friends

9．A．happily                       B．sorrowfully            C．evidently                 D．efficiently

10．A．bad                          B．exciting                 C．nice                       D．strange

11．A．realised                     B．thought                 C．knew                     D．doubted

12．A．saw                         B．told                       C．imagined                 D．believed

13．A．separated                  B．parted                   C．left                         D．married

14．A．smooth                     B．challenging            C．hard                       D．different

15．A．backward                B．eastward               C．forward                  D．westward

16．A．hated                        B．cared                    C．felt                         D．liked

17．A．friendship                 B．relation                  C．love                       D．family

18．A．close                        B．good                     C．far                         D．long

19．A．away                        B．out                        C．in                           D．around

20．A．nobody              B．somebody          C．anybody              D．everybody

She’s arranged________swimming lessons next month.

A．her son to have 　 B．for her son to have

C．for her son having D．her son having

The Healing

Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.

      Thirty hours ago, Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to      Joshua. It was a     trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be        from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurse. But 12 hours later, at Children’s Hospital,      the doctors had exhausted（用尽） all     , little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted       of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a      decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and       couple.

      The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans.       one point Jim realized he needed a     .When Jim settled into the chair      the barber’s, he began to        the past hours, trying to       some sense of it all.      had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….He had     begun his life. The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just       him.

      While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch, “They are transplanting one of his heart valves（瓣膜）right now.”

   The       stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this. But about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry       she could get to Children’s Hospital. She       here so full of joy. Her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a     needed transplant—a heart valve.”

   Jim’s healing began.

1.A. pick out               B. pick up           C. set out                             D. set up

2.A. routine                B. annual                     C. average                            D. difficult

3.A. called                            B. disturbed               C. awakened                        D. survived

4.A. though                 B. since                       C. because                           D. as

5.A. medicine             B. strength                  C. attempts                          D. spirits

6.A. part                      B. few                    C. some                       D. wise

7.A. giving                       B. tiring                         C. boring                    D. thinking

8.A. Of                    B. In                C. On                        D. At

9.A. haircut                     B. break                        C. donation                          D. decision

10.A. with                   B. at                   C. by                     D. near

11.A. decide on                  B. reflect on               C. keep on                           D. focus on

12.A. get                B. take                           C. hold                                  D. make

13.A. How                              B. Why           C. Whether                          D. If

14.A. barely                      B. nearly                   C. seldom                    D. almost

15.A. covered         B. drew            C. enveloped                       D. choked

16.A. hairdresser            B. customer           C. father               D. parent

17.A. since                  B. as                 C. so                          D. and

18.A. arrived           B. left              C. stayed               D. sat

19.A. desperately      B. deadly       C. clearly                D. obviously