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 become 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.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
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小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A
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。