I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack. About a week after his death, she __21__ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shone _22__ the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she __23__ a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a __24__ look on her face, she paused and said, “__25__ class is over, I'd like to share with all of you a deep __26__ which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on __27__ to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. _28_ of us knows when this fantastic experience will__29__. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the God’s __30__ of telling us that we must make the __31__ of every single day. ”
Her eyes were beginning to _32__, but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a __33__: From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to __34__. It doesn’t have to be something you see. It could be a __35__ of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the soft __36__ rustling（使发出沙沙声）the leaves in the trees…Please look for these things, and __37__ them, for at anytime they can all be taken away…”
The class was completely __38__. We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That __39__, I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.
Remember: Life is not __40__by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
21. A. learned B. shared C. argued D. discussed
22. A. onto B. into C. across D. through
23. A. moved B. brushed C. swept D. pulled
24. A. surprised B. worried C. gentle D. strange
25. A. After B. Unless C. Before D. If
26. A. feeling B. understanding C. love D. memory
27. A. business B. time C. duty D. earth
28. A. None B. All C. Each D. Neither
29. A. happen B. begin C. end D. gain
30. A. way B. signal C. plan D. arrangement
31. A. least B. worst C. lowest D. most
32. A. ache B. water C. shine D. dry
33. A. promise B. choice C. wish D. rule
34. A. buy B. enjoy C. take D. learn
35. A. smell B. gift C. taste D. sight
36. A. wind B. hand C. light D. color
37. A. get B. appreciate C. hide D. follow
38. A. puzzled B. excited C. quiet D. anxious
39. A. morning B. night C. noon D. afternoon
40. A. wasted B. measured C. saved D. lost