A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was   36 .
Some months later, the wife said to the   37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our   38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with   39  person. Then, we can talk about how we can   40  them together and make our life happier together.”
The husband   41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that  42 them about the other.
The next morning, at the   43  table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife.
She took out her list. It had   44  items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she   45  that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “  46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”
The wife continued to read   47  she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the   48  and crossed her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said   49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are   50  as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to   51  anything for me.”
The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his   52  of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).
We have a wonderful   53  that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why   54  time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can   55  us and see the wonderful things before us?   

A man and his girlfriend just got married. The husband didn’t talk much but he was a steady man. The wife was pretty and dreamy.  Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

     A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can  36   our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit   37    with the other. Then, we can place them on the table to discuss how we    38    them together and make our life even happier.”

     “Are you sure you are about to do this?” the husband sighed and    39   . So each of them went to a(n)   40    room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.

     The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their    41    .

     “I’ll start,” offered his wife eagerly. She    42    her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. She read all three pages to her husband and seemed to be quite pleased with her hard “work”. After hearing that, the husband stated   43   , “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the   44   that you are. I don’t want you to   45   anything for me.”

     The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for and his   46   of her without any conditions, turned her head and wept. At that moment, she came to understand the saying: “Beauty lies in the lover's eyes”.

     In life, there are enough time when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go  47   for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us? If you are accustomed to judging people, you have no time to love them.

1.A. enrich                   B. strengthen              C. lengthen                D. deepen

2.A. annoying                B. surprising                C. satisfying                 D. inspiring

3.A. fix               B. do                C. find             D. set

4.A. smiled         B. refused                C. agreed                   D. hesitated

5.A. spare          B. separate           C. empty                D. special

6.A. dishes                  B. magazines         C. lives                    D. lists

7.A. put away                B. handed in          C. took out             D. wrote down

8.A. disappointedly          B. unluckily                C. bitterly                   D. quietly

9.A. appearance            B. way               C. situation                 D. position

10.A. change               B. accept                  C. decide                  D. drop

11.A. advice                 B. warning                 C. acceptance              D. pride

12.A. leaving         B. waiting               C. asking                   D. looking

A man and his girlfriend got married. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, "I read in a magazine about how we can   36  our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit   37  with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can   38  them together and make our lives happier together."
The husband   39 . So each of them went to a(n)   40  room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their   41 .
"I'll start," offered the wife. She   42  her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband,   43  the husband stated, "I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the   44  that you are. I don't want you to   45  anything for me."
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his   46  of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don't really have to go   47  for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?

A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was   36 .

Some months later, the wife said to the   37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our   38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with   39  person. Then, we can talk about how we can   40  them together and make our life happier together.”

The husband   41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that  42 them about the other.

The next morning, at the   43  table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

“I’ll start,” offered the wife.

She took out her list. It had   44  items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she   45  that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.

“What’s wrong?” she asked. “  46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”

The wife continued to read   47  she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the   48  and crossed her hands over top of it.

“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said   49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are   50  as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to   51  anything for me.”

The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his   52  of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).

We have a wonderful   53  that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why   54  time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can   55  us and see the wonderful things before us?   

1.                A．true           B．false           C．kind D．happy

2.                A．boyfriend       B．husband        C．father    D．mother

3.                A．home          B．family          C．house    D．marriage

4.                A．some          B．other          C．the other D．another

5.                A．repair          B．solve           C．set  D．raise

6.                A．agreed         B．admitted        C．refused   D．laughed

7.                A．interested      B．surprised       C．troubled  D．puzzled

8.                A．lunch          B．supper         C．breakfast D．dinner

9.                A．such           B．few            C．no   D．many

10.               A．guessed        B．understood     C．knew D．noticed

11.               A．Nothing        B．Something      C．Everything D．Anything

12.               A．unless         B．until           C．after  D．when

13.               A．floor           B．bed           C．chair D．table

14.               A．sadly          B．happily         C．angrily    D．crazily

15.               A．perfect         B．beautiful        C．gentle D．rich

16.               A．read           B．write          C．change    D．do

17.               A．belief          B．doubt          C．understanding  D．acceptance

18.               A．home          B．earth          C．world D．country

19.               A．waste          B．spend          C．take  D．devote

20.               A．look at         B．look around     C．look after  D．look for

A man and his girlfriend were married.All of their friends and family came to partake in the festivities and celebrations.In the ceremony，everyone could tell the couple's__16__for each other was true.

A few months later，the wife came to the husband with a__17__，“I read in a magazine，a while ago，about how we can__18__our marriage，” she offered.“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit__19__with the other person.Then，we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives__20__．”

The husband__21__．So each of them went to a__22__room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.Then they thought about this question and wrote down what they__23__．

The next morning，they decided that they would__24__their lists.

“I'll start，” offered the wife.She took out her list.It had many items on it，__25__to fill 3 pages.In fact，as she started reading the list of the little annoyances，she noticed that__26__was starting to appear on her husband's face.

“What's wrong？” she asked.“Nothing，”the husband replied，“__27__reading your list.”

The wife continued to read__28__she had read all three pages to her husband.

“Now，you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists，” she said__29__．

Quietly the husband stated，“I don't have anything on my list.I think that you are__30__the way that you are.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and__31__anything about you.”

The wife，__32__by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his__33__of her，turned her head and wept.

In life，there are enough times when we are disappointed，__34__and annoyed.We don't really have to go looking for them.We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty，light and promise.Why__35__time looking for the bad，disappointing or annoying when we can see the wonderful things before us?

16．A.honesty  B．information

C．love  D．marriage

17．A.question  B．proposal

C．problem  D．doubt

18．A.complete  B．improve

C．destroy  D．strengthen

19．A.annoying  B．relaxing

C．delighting  D．amusing

20．A.happier  B．farther

C．longer  D．richer

21．A.confused  B．worried

C．refused  D．agreed

22．A.comfortable  B．separate

C．small  D．quiet

23．A.fit in with  B．looked up to

C．came up with  D．faced up to

24．A.go over  B．carry out

C．answer for  D．look for

25．A.equal  B．accurate

C．enough  D．temporary

26．A.anger  B．happiness

C．sadness  D．smiles

27．A.stop  B．keep

C．delay  D．appreciate

28．A.before  B．until

C．unless  D．after

29．A.happily  B．miserably

C．slightly  D．cautiously

30．A.wrong  B．honest

C．hopeful  D．perfect

31．A.tell  B．change

C．discuss  D．interrupt

32．A.touched  B．encouraged

C．frustrated  D．supported

33．A.forgiveness  B．sympathy

C．acceptance  D．understanding

34．A.inspired  B．excited

C．satisfied  D．depressed

35．A.save  B．kill  C．devote  D．waste