A man and his girlfriend got married. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, "I read in a magazine about how we can
36 our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit
37 with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can
38 them together and make our lives happier together."
The husband
39 . So each of them went to a(n)
40 room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their
41 .
"I'll start," offered the wife. She
42 her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband,
43 the husband stated, "I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the
44 that you are. I don't want you to
45 anything for me."
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his
46 of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don't really have to go
47 for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．enrich | B．strengthen | C．lengthen | D．deepen |
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| 小题2: | | A．annoying | B．surprising | C．satisfying | D．inspiring |
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| 小题4: | | A．smiled | B．refused | C．agreed | D．hesitated |
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| 小题5: | | A．spare | B．separate | C．empty | D．special |
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| 小题6: | | A．dishes | B．magazines | C．lives | D．lists |
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| 小题7: | | A．put away | B．handed in | C．took out | D．wrote down |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappointedly | B．unluckily | C．bitterly | D．quietly |
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| 小题9: | | A．appearance | B．way | C．situation | D．position |
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| 小题10: | | A．change | B．accept | C．decide | D．drop |
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| 小题11: | | A．advice | B．warning | C．acceptance | D．pride |
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| 小题12: | | A．leaving | B．waiting | C．asking | D．looking |
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