Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Temperature is part of my married romance. Coming to New York from Baltimore--where there is just one small snowstorm each year---I was 36 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, where winter 38 from September to May and cold wind is 39. “When Canadians have 30 below, they 40 it.” He says. “Cold wind is for crybabies.”

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 we were 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 contented. Its Latin root, comfortare, means 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.

1.A. set down	B. set about	C. set up	D. set out
2.A. lighting	B. burning	C. going	D. flashing
3.A. appears	B. starts	C. keeps	D. runs
4.A. something	B. everything	C. nothing	D. none
5.A. suggest	B. mean	C. overlook	D. enjoy
6.A. wear	B. stand	C. dress	D. ride
7. A. under	B. over	C. inside	D. with
8.A. remark	B. sign	C. warning	D. show
9.A. sleep	B. forget	C. die	D. continue
10.A. hardly	B. easily	C. tightly	D. loosely
11.A. health	B. reaction	C. feelings	D. adaptation
12.A. rainy	B. freezing	C. sunny	D. happy
13.A. character	B. love	C. hope	D. hardship
14.A. Meanwhile	B. However	C. Therefore	D. Besides
15. A. merely	B. ever	C. never	D. just
16.A. wonders	B. knows	C. states	D. decides
17.A. unable	B. accustomed	C. interested	D. willing
18.A. originally	B. exactly	C. actually	D. namely
19.A. wild	B. cold	C. strong	D. warm
20.A. will	B. must	C. can	D. may

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】略