I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I 41 a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too 42 for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was 43 and my stepmother had 44 us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no 45_ what to do with me. And that’s when my other family 46 .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home 47 their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I 48 with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She 49 I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. 50 I could tell, for the Beaches there was no 51 between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I 52 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew 53 about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _54 his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely 55 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
56 the Beaches, I would have bee a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n) 57 that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed by my _58 , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I 59 family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was 60 , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
【小题1】A．lived B．shared C．possessed D．bought【小题2】A．cheap B．noisy C．small D．limited【小题3】A．in trouble B．in sight C．in place D．in parts【小题4】A．struck B．removedC．kicked D．knocked【小题5】A．plan B．choice C．chance D．idea【小题6】A．looked after B．showed up C．turned over D．came across【小题7】A．so B．because C．until D．while【小题8】A．worked B．traveled C．lived D．learned【小题9】A．worked out B．called up C．watched out D．made sure【小题10】A．As long as B．As far asC．As soon as D．As many as【小题11】A．change B．problem C．conflict D．difference【小题12】A．set off B．left forC．entered into D．admitted into【小题13】A．all B．little C．something D．nothing【小题14】A．supplyB．teach C．encourage D．raise【小题15】A．different B．unfair C．easy D．hopeful【小题16】A．Thanks to B．In spite of C．Except for D．But for【小题17】A．home B．house C．ability D．lesson【小题18】A．choice B．failure C．past D．present【小题19】A．doubt about B．call on C．center on D．believe in【小题20】A．born B．accepted C．educated D．desertedB
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(答案→)B
解析：家人不仅仅是血亲。有的时候，有人会在无人愿意伸出援手的时候出现在你的身边，让你感受到爱，那也是家人。
【小题1】B 考查动词辨析。我跟我爸爸共用(shared)一个有两张双人床和一个洗手间的房间。
【小题2】C考查形容词辨析。这卫生间对于一个15岁女孩子和她爸爸来说实在是太小了。
【小题3】A考查介词短语。那时，我爸爸的第二次婚姻陷入了麻烦了。
【小题4】C考查动词辨析。之前一周，我后母把我们父女俩赶了（kick）出来。
【小题5】D考查名词辨析。爸不知道该拿我如何是好。have no idea不知道。
【小题6】B考查动词短语。正在这个时候，我的另一个家庭出现（show up）了。
【小题7】B考查连词辨析。芭芭拉·比奇和罗兰·比奇夫妇两人把我接到他们家里，而这仅仅是因为我最要好的朋友——他们唯一的女儿苏的请求他们做的。
【小题8】C考查动词辨析。从此，我与他们一起生活了达七年之久。
【小题9】D考查动词短语辨析。她确保让我每天都有吃午饭的钱。
【小题10】B考查短语辨析。在我看来(as far as I can tell)，比奇夫妇对待我跟苏一视同仁(no difference)：我也是他们的女儿。
【小题11】D考查名词辨析。见上题解析。
【小题12】B考查短语辨析。后来，我和苏离开家(left for)，上了大学。set off引起；动身；使爆炸 enter into 参加 admit into准许进入。
【小题13】A考查代词辨析。比奇夫妇在接收我的时候，就了解我的一切（all）。
【小题14】D考查动词辨析。从那个时候起，我的爸爸就靠其他人帮他抚养(raise)孩子。
【小题15】B考查形容词辨析。我开始与比奇这一家人住的时候，我相信生活根本就是不公平的。
【小题16】D考查短语辨析。要不是比奇这一家人，我就会变成一个满腹牢骚、愤世嫉俗的女人。
【小题17】A考查名词辨析。但他们给了我一个让我可以成长、可以改变自己的家。
【小题18】C考查名词辨析。们没有让我的过去成为我生活的障碍。
【小题19】D考查短语辨析。我相信家庭。对我来说，家人并不是我出生的那天在等着我的人，而是在我住在十号州际公路旁的豪生汽车旅馆时，向我敞开胸怀的那个“安乐窝”
【小题20】A考查动词辨析。解析见上题。