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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.

1.A.    Coming                    B.    Having been coming     

C.  To come               D.    Came

2.A.    lightning   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.  face            C.  neglect     D.  love

6.A.    drink       B.  receive     C.  dress       D.  ride

7.A.    under       B.  over        C.  inside      D.  with

8.A.    remark      B.  sign            C.  comment 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