A man and his girlfriend just got married. The husband didn’t talk much but he was a steady man. The wife was pretty and dreamy. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can 36 our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit 37 with the other. Then, we can place them on the table to discuss how we 38 them together and make our life even happier.”
“Are you sure you are about to do this?” the husband sighed and 39 . So each of them went to a(n) 40 room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their 41 .
“I’ll start,” offered his wife eagerly. She 42 her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. She read all three pages to her husband and seemed to be quite pleased with her hard “work”. After hearing that, the husband stated 43 , “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the 44 that you are. I don’t want you to 45 anything for me.”
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for and his 46 of her without any conditions, turned her head and wept. At that moment, she came to understand the saying: “Beauty lies in the lover's eyes”.
In life, there are enough time when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go 47 for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us? If you are accustomed to judging people, you have no time to love them.
36. A. enrich B. strengthen C. lengthen D. deepen
37. A. annoying B. surprising C. satisfying D. inspiring
38. A. fix B. do C. find D. set
39. A. smiled B. refused C. agreed D. hesitated
40. A. spare B. separate C. empty D. special
41. A. dishes B. magazines C. lives D. lists
42. A. put away B. handed in C. took out D. wrote down
43. A. disappointedly B. unluckily C. bitterly D. quietly
44. A. appearance B. way C. situation D. position
45. A. change B. accept C. decide D. drop
46. A. advice B. warning C. acceptance D. pride
47. A. leaving B. waiting C. asking D. looking