I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I
41 a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too 42 for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was
43 and my stepmother had
44 us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no
45_ what to do with me. And that’s when my other family
46 .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home
47 their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I
48 with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She
49 I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.
50 I could tell, for the Beaches there was no
51 between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I
52 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew
53 about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _
54 his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely
55__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
56 the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)
57 that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed by my _
58 , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I
59 family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was
60 , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
| 小题1: | | A．lived | B．shared | C．possessed | D．bought |
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| 小题2: | | A．cheap | B．noisy | C．small | D．limited |
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| 小题3: | | A．in trouble | B．in sight | C．in place | D．in parts |
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| 小题4: | | A．struck | B．removed | C．kicked | D．knocked |
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| 小题5: | | A．plan | B．choice | C．chance | D．idea |
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| 小题6: | | A．looked after | B．showed up | C．turned over | D．came across |
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| 小题7: | | A．so | B．because | C．until | D．while |
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| 小题8: | | A．worked | B．traveled | C．lived | D．learned |
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| 小题9: | | A．worked out | B．called up | C．watched out | D．made sure |
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| 小题10: | | A．As long as | B．As far as | C．As soon as | D．As many as |
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| 小题11: | | A．change | B．problem | C．conflict | D．difference |
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| 小题12: | | A．set off | B．left for | C．entered into | D．admitted into |
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| 小题13: | | A．all | B．little | C．something | D．nothing |
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| 小题14: | | A．supply | B．teach | C．encourage | D．raise |
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| 小题15: | | A．different | B．unfair | C．easy | D．hopeful |
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| 小题16: | | A．Thanks to | B．In spite of | C．Except for | D．But for |
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| 小题17: | | A．home | B．house | C．ability | D．lesson |
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| 小题18: | | A．choice | B．failure | C．past | D．present |
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| 小题19: | | A．doubt about | B．call on | C．center on | D．believe in |
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| 小题20: | | A．born | B．accepted | C．educated | D．deserted |
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