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"I love you, Bob." "I love you, too, Nancy." My parents' loving reassurances were sweet, touching
and surprising.
They married on September 14th, 1940, after several __
1__ she was __
2__ 30 and knew it was
time to start a(n) __
3__. The handsome, welleducated man who came by her office was __
4__ by her
figure, her blue eyes.
The __
5__ didn't last long.
Seeds of __
6__ started to grow almost immediately. She liked to travel; he __
7__ the thought. He
loved golf; she did not. He was a Republican; she was a Democrat. They __
8__ at the bridge table,
at the dinner table, over money, and so on. __
9__, they owned a business together and the __
10__
frustrations (挫折) of life at the office came to cause trouble at home.
There was a hope that they would __
11__ once they retired, and the angry winds did calm
somewhat, __
12__ what remained made itself bright, hard bitterness. "I always thought we'd… " my
mother __
13__ begin, before launching __
14__ a long list of my father's faults, which I can still recite
today. __
15__ he listened, my father would murmur angry threats and curses(辱骂).
It wasn't the happiest marriage, but as their 60th anniversary __
16__, my sister and I decided to
throw a party. Sixty years was a long time, __
17__; why not try to make the best of things? We'd
provide the cake, the balloons, the toasts, and they'd abide by one rule: no __
18__.
The agreement was honored. We had a wonderful__
19__. It was an important celebration,
because __
20__, things began to change for my parents. As debilitating dementia (老年痴呆症)
settled in, their marriage was about the only thing they wouldn't lose.
( )1. A. talks ( )2. A. drawing ( )3. A. family ( )4. A. astonished ( )5. A. story ( )6. A. anger ( )7. A. hated ( )8. A. beat ( )9. A. As a result ( )10. A. everyday ( )11. A. distinguish ( )12. A. though ( )13. A. might ( )14. A. for ( )15. A. As ( )16. A. passed ( )17. A. all in all ( )18. A. fighting ( )19. A. beginning ( )20. A. day after day |
B. dates B. getting B. firm B. moved B. relationship B. difference B. welcomed B. hit B. To make matters worse B. major B. change B. and B. would B. by B. After B. approved B. at all B. attacking B. life B. soon after |
C. interviews C. nearing C. business C. affected C. romance C. confusion C. encouraged C. struggled C. To everyone's surprise C. regular C. continue C. while C. could C. with C. Before C. approached C. after all C. blaming C. try C. now and then |
D. visits D. becoming D. occupation D. struck D. marriage D. betrayal D. avoided D. fought D. At the same time D. normal D. turn D. but D. should D. into D. Once D. arrived D. as a whole D. scolding D. day D. never before |