Onthetopofatreewhichhadlostallitsotherleaves.twostillremainedhangingfromonebranch:OleandTrufa.Forsomereasonunknowntothem,OleandTrufahad36alltherainsandwinds.ButOleandTrufabelievedtheanswer37inthegreatlovetheyboreoneanother.Oneleafcando 38 foranotherwhenthewindblows,therainpours 39 ,OleencouragedTrufaateveryopportunity
Attimesduringcoldandstormynights,Olewould 40 :“Mytimehascome,Trufa,butyouhangon!”
“Whatfor?”Trufaasked.“Withoutyou,mylifeis 41 .Ifyoufall,I’11fallwithyou.”
OnedayJustasTrufaspokethesewords,whattheytwohad 42allthesemonthshappened-awindcameupandtoreOle43fromthebranch.SoonOledisappearedfromsightandTrufawasleftallaloneonthetree.
AslongasitwasstilldayTrufamanagedsomehowto 44 hersorrow.Butwhenitgrewdarkandcoldshe 45 despair.Somehowshefeltthattheblameforalltheleafy 46 waslaidonthetree.Leavesfellbutthetrunkstoodtalland 47 rootedinthewood.Nowindorraincould 48 it.
OnenightTrufadozedoff.Thenextmorningtoher 49 shefoundthatshewasnolonger 50 onthetree.Thewindhadblownherdownwhileshewasasleep.She 51 nowthatshewasn'tjustaleafthat52thewindbutthatshewas53oftheuniverse.
NexttoherlayOleandthey 54 eachotherwithalovetheyhadn'tbeenawareofbefore.Thiswasn'talovethatdependedonchancebutaloveaspowerfuland 55 astheuniverseitself.
36.A.suffered
B.survived
C.escaped
D.avoided37.
A.resulted
B.brought
C.lay
D.came
38.A.little
B.much
C.favor
D.few
39.A.But
B.Still
C.Though
D.Otherwise
40.A.complain
B.say
C.request
D.announce
41.A.regretful
B.senseless
C.different
D.happy
42A.expected
B.intended
Cfeared
D.imagined
43.A.open