Temperature is part of my married romance.
36 to New York from Baltimore——where there is just one small snowstorm each year——I was seated by a fireplace in my new home, with fires
37 all day, just as what ancient people did at a wedding.
My husband, Peter, comes from northern Ontario（加拿大的安大略省）, where winter
38 from September to May and cold wind is
39 . “When Canadians have -30℃, they
40 it bravely,” he says, “Cold wind is for crybabies.（爱哭的人）”
So to marry this man I had to learn to
41 for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson, Peter piled me
42 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
43 meaning getting serious.
That first winter together, living in upstate New York, I thought I’d
44 . My boots were good below freezing, but my fingers could
45 tie them. Physical adaptation is real, but it came slowly. And there is also emotional
46 to cold. Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on
47 days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build
48 .
49 , having a warm house is important. After my first marriage ended, for years I
50 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
51 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
52 , in this new life and climate, to go and look for that cost-saving sweater.
The word comfortable did not
53 refer to being satisfied. It’s from Latin, comfortare, meaning to strengthen. The Holy Spirit is Comforter；not
to make us comfortable, but to make us
54 . We
55 not be warm but we are indeed comforted.
| 小题1: | | A．Coming | B． Having been coming | | C． To come | D． Came |
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| 小题2: | | A．lightning | B． burning | C． going | D． flashing |
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| 小题3: | | A．appears | B． starts | C． keeps | D． runs |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B． everything | C． nothing | D． none |
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| 小题5: | | A．suggest | B． face | C． neglect | D． love |
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| 小题6: | | A．drink | B． receive | C． dress | D． ride |
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| 小题7: | | A．under | B． over | C． inside | D． with |
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| 小题8: | | A．remark | B． sign | C． comment | D． show |
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| 小题9: | | A． sleep | B． forget | | C． die | D．continue |
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| 小题10: | | A． hardly | B． easily | C． tightly | D． loosely |
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| 小题11: | A．health  | B． reaction | | C． feelings | D． adaptation |
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| 小题12: | | A．rainy | B． freezing | C． sunny | D． happy |
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| 小题13: | | A．character | B． love | | C． hope | D． hardship |
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| 小题14: | | A．Meanwhile | B． However | | C． Therefore | D． Besides |
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| 小题15: | | A．merely | B． ever | C． never | D． just |
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| 小题16: | | A．wonders | B． knows | C． states | D． decides |
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| 小题17: | | A．unable | B． accustomed | | C． interested | D． willing |
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| 小题18: | | A．originally | B． exactly | C． actually | D． namely |
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| 小题19: | | A．wild | B． cold | C． strong | D． warm |
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| 小题20: | | A．will | B． must | C． can | D． may |
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to make us comfortable, but to make us 54 . We 55 not be warm but we are indeed comforted. 