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Ten years ago, I moved to Chicago. As I was new to the area, I had   21   friends and rarely went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I   22   an elderly couple.

The wife and I   23   for a long time. She told me how   24   she was about her husband who was   25   a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same   26    where the husband would be going for his operation,    27   I told her to set down my phone number and    28   me to let me know when he was there. She phoned a few weeks later as    29    and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and    30  waiting. I told her that I would go and cheek on him every day when I was at   31    . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I    32    to keep company with them. Weeks turned into months and it just became my   33    to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation.

Sometimes I’d bring a   34    for him to read, or some food that we would    35    together. As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the    36   . Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often    37    each other on holidays. Now, ten years later, I    38    my own family.

Since our parents don’t    39    close by, this couple has become my son’s “local” grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly    40    to have this couple as our “local” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.

21. A. few        　　B. some               C. several               D. many

22. A. served           B. supported         C. saved                D. met

23. A. looked            B. talked               C. worked       D. searched

24. A. pleased           B. mad              C. guilty            D. worried

25. A. waiting for        B. turning down        C. paying for     D. giving up

26. A. hospital        B. hotel           　　C. restaurant     D. office

27. A. so               B. but                      C. or             D. since

28. A. invite             B. help              C. ask            D. call

29. A. required         B. reported             C. imagined      D. expected

30. A. ever             B. never             C. still            D. already

31. A. home             　　B. school            C. work          D. play

32. A. stopped         B. decided              C. pace                 D. trust

33. A. problem          B. purpose           C. stress                D. habit

34. A. book            B. letter             C. report        D. post

35. A. order            B. share               C. cook         D. prepare

36. A. family           B. public              C. team           D. group

37. A. missed          B. followed          C. watched      D. visited

38. A. leave            B. find              C. have            D. need

39. A. walk             B. come             C. live            D. drive

40. A. thankful         B. interested            C. surprised             D. successful

【回答】

ADBDA   AADDC   CBDAB   ADCCA

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空