35. We need a piano in this group to____
the sense of this piece of classical music.
A. break down B.
work on
C. bring out
D. turn up
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I met John on a blind date in 1973. He was
working as a(n) 36 in
Long Island. I was instantly 37 when I saw him. He had a
tough 38 , but a gentle and rich inner
world. I 39
that he was someone I wanted to spend my hfe with. We got married and lived 40 with our four
children. John attended to his work, 41 I stayed home with the kids.
We 42 our little spare
time with barbecues in the backyard. It was
a quiet, American Dream 43
Being a police
officer' s 44 , I had to learn to assume
the 45 until I hear otherwise. So on
September 11, when hours went by with no
word from my 46 , I didn' t
panic. But immediately
John's brother Patrick walked 47 toward me, I lost it. "Do you
have something to tell me?" I
screamed. 48 Patrick had to tell me was that my
husband had gone into the 49 , and was now
missing.
John was 50 . He was the last rescue worker
pulled alive from the 51 . Much of his lower
body was crashed and large sections of
destroyed muscles had to be
52 . He has to wear
pants with
belts now because there's no longer enough
flesh around his hips (屁股) to keep them up. Last
Saturday, the family gathered in the
backyard and friends were visiting. All of a sudden I realized things
were quite 53 , though kind of back to normal.
"Our lives
have changed forever," John says. "We need to be 54 of the human suffering that
went on that day. If we forget, we're
allowing ourselves to be set up for another 55 "