Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado's history. We were on "evacuation alert (疏散警报) ”.If we got the 1        to evacuate,we would have to leave imme?diately.

  We 2       suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn't 3        these things were valuable,but time was. We moved the computers,with which I wrote for news?papers and made a 4      . We took family pictures off the 5        and packed them in boxes.

  Then we took a hard look at all that 6        There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7       to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev 8        to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9        in itself,but another family connection.

  The thought of 10       something passed down from our families saddened me deeply,11 I'd never been much attached to things. It's about what they 12      family and love. They each had a(n) 13       to tell,and some of them spoke in the 14        of our parents and grandparents.

  The fire 15        reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16      . I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17      . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone 18       said, " There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money."And now I 19      . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family,rich in memories,rich in everything that really 20       .

  I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

(   ) 1. A. answer   B. call   C. chance   D. task

(   ) 2. A. sold   B. bought   C. searched   D. packed

(   ) 3. A. worry   B. care   C. think   D. doubt

(   ) 4. A. mark   B. living   C. sign   D. plan

(   ) 5. A. walls   B. ceilings   C. windows   D. albums

(   ) 6. A. left   B. burnt   C. remained   D. unmoved

(   ) 7. A. present   B. connection   C. symbol   D. treasure

(   ) 8. A. learned   B. agreed   C. forgot   D. refused

(   ) 9. A. quality   B. taste   C. value   D. sense

(   ) 10. A. knocking out   B. picking out   

       C. giving away   D. leaving behind

(   ) 11. A. but   B. unless   C. even though   D. or

(   ) 12. A. contained   B. included   C. represented   D. gathered

(   ) 13. A. idea   B. lie   C. right   D. story

(   ) 14. A. sounds   B. voices   C. speeds   D. feelings

(   ) 15. A. never   B. once   C. seldom   D. finally

(   ) 16. A. returned   B. spared   C. stopped   D. found

(   ) 17. A. in another way   B. in return   C. at last   D. at most

(   ) 18. A. curiously   B. accidentally   C. wisely   D. coldly

(   ) 19. A. promised   B. knew   C. announced   D. thanked

(   ) 20. A. affects   B. desires   C. helps   D. counts

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