Ibelievethatfamiliesarenotonlybloodrelativesbutsometimespeoplewhoshowupandloveyouwhennooneelsewill.
InMay1977IwaslivinginaHowardJohnson’smoteloffInterstate10inHouston.MydadandI 21 aroomwithtwodoublebedsandabathroomwhichwastoo 22 fora15-year-oldgirlandherfather.Dad’ssecondmarriagewas 23 andmystepmotherhad 24 usbothoutofthehousethepreviousweek.Dadhadno 25_ whattodowithme.Andthat’swhenmyotherfamily 26 .
BarbaraandRolandBeachtookmeintotheirhome 27 theironlydaughterSumybestfriendaskedthemto.I 28 withthemforthenextsevenyears.
BarbwashedmyskirtsthesameasSu’s.She 29 Ihadlunchmoneydoctors’appointmentshelpwithhomeworkandnightlyhugs.BarbaraandRolandattendedeveryfootballgamewhereSuandIwerebeingcheerleaders. 30 IcouldtellfortheBeachestherewasno 31 betweenSuandme;Iwastheirdaughtertoo.
WhenSuandI 32 collegetheykeptmyroomthesamefortheentirefouryearsIattendedschool.RecentlyBarbpresentedmewithaninsurancepolicytheyboughtwhenIfirstmovedinwiththemandhadcontinuedtopayonfor23years.
TheBeachesknew 33 aboutmewhentheytookmein–theyhadheardthewholestoryfromSu.WhenIwassevenmymotherdiedandfromthenonmyfatherreliedonotherpeopleto_34 hiskids.BeforeIwenttolivewiththeBeachesIhadbelievedthatlifewasentirely 35__andthatlovewasshakyanduntrustworthy.Ihadbelievedthattheonlypersonwhowouldtakecareofmewasme.
36 theBeachesIwouldhavebecomeabittercynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman.Theygavemea(n) 37 thatallowedmetogrowandchange.Theykeptmefrombeingparalyzed(使瘫痪 使麻痹 使无能力)bymy_38 andtheygavemetheconfidencetoopenmyheart.
I 39 family.Formeitwasn’tthefamilythatwasthereonthedayIwas 40 buttheonethatwasthereformewhenIwaslivinginaHowardJohnson’sonInterstate10.
1.A.lived B.shared C.possessed D.bought
2.A.cheap B.noisy C.small D.limited
3.A.introuble B.insight C.inplace D.inparts
4.A.struck B.removed C.kickedD.knocked
5.A.plan B.choice C.cha