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第二节：完形填空(兆20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Temperature is part of my married romance Coming to New’York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year-1was 21 by a fireplace in my new home，wit fires 22 all day,just as what ancient people did at a wedding．
My husband，Peter,comes from northem Ontario，where winter 23 from September to May and cold wind is 24 ．”When Canadians have 30 below,they 25 it，”he says．“Cold wind is for crybabies．”
So to marry this man I had to learn to 26 for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson，Peter piled me 27 jackets and sweaters，scarves and gloves．even a hat with earflaps．The gift of Sorel boots-comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below,was a 28 we were getting serious．
That first winter together,living in upstate New York,I thought I’d 29 My boots were good below freezing，but my fingers could 30 tie them．Physical adaptation is real，but it came slowly．And there is also emotional 31 to cold．Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on 32 days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build 33 ．
34 ，having a warm house is important．After my first marriage ended，for years I 35 ! went on a second date with a man whose response to my”I'm cold”was．”Put on a sweater．”Now I’m married to a man who 36 that cold hands do not mean a warm heart．And that a big oil bill is better than roses But surprisingly,I've grown，too．I am 37 ，in this new life and climate，to go look for that cost-saving sweater．
The word comfortable did not 38 refer to being contented．Its Latin root，comfortare， means to strengthen．The Holy Spirit is Comforter；not to make us comfortable，but to make us
39 ．we 40 not be warm but we are indeed comforted．
21．A．set down B．set about C．set up D．set out
22．A．lighting B．burning C．going D．flashing
23．A．appears B．starts C．keeps D．runs
24．A．something B．everything C．nothing D．none
25．A．suggest B．mean C．overlook D．enjoy
26．A．wear B．stand C．dress D．ride
27．A under B．over C．inside D．with
28．A．remark B．sign C．warning D．show
29．A．sleep B．forget C．die D．continue
30．A．hardly B．easily C．tightly D．loosely
31．A．health B．reaction C．feelings D．adaptation
32．A．rainy B．freezing C．sunny D．happy
33．A．character B．love C．hope D．hardship
34．A．Meanwhile B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
35．A．merely B．ever C．never D．just
36．A．wonders B．knows C．states D decides
37．A．unable B．accustomed C．interested D．willing
38．A．originally B．exactly C．actually D．namely
39．A．wild B．cold C．strong D．warm
40．A．will B．must C．can D．may
