When I met my husband, Mark, I found out that his parents speaks only Spanish. As our relationship 36 I know that I has to take it upon myself to learn the language. It was terrifying, but 37 and I wanted to make the effort. I thought that the best way to show his parents how much I 38 about their culture and their son was to enroll in（注册）a Spanish school in Mexico to study and learn their 39 language. I know, I could have taken Spanish class anywhere, but I 40 that if I was going to REALLY learn the language, I should 41 it.
So I 42 to San Miguel Allende, a small Spanish colonial（殖民的）town in central Mexico, I 43 a house and enrolled in classes for a month. His parents were so 44 at it that they wanted to come and live with me for that month. We would be 45 ! It actually 46 great. We cooked and shopped together, and in the evenings we would go into the town square and listen to 47 music. It so 48 that there were several friends of them living near the language school. We were often invited to attend their family 49 and social clubs. There I met some more friends 50 they really helped me a lot in learning Spanish.
It was 51 . In the beginning, I only knew how to say “Hola”, but by the 52 of that trip I has a basic vocabulary and has started a great 53 with Mark’s parents. On the last day of school my husband flew down and we had a grand party to celebrate my “ 54 ”. Needless to say, my trip to Mexico was well 55 it!
36．A．improved B．progressed C．matched D．envered
37．A．exciting B．tiring C．easy D．frightening
38．A．set B．brought C．cared D．talked
39．A．oral B．spoken C．foreign D．native
40．A．figuared B．counted C．doubted D．underlined
41．A．SPEND B．LIVE C．WORK D．ENJOY
42．A．removed B．arranged C．advanced D．moved
43．A．rented B．hired C．employed D．managed
44．A．disappointed B．interested C．delighted D．astonished
45．A．roommates B．friends C．members D．teammates
46．A．took out B．looked out C．set out D．turned out
47．A．local B．popular C．folk D．countryside
48．A．occurred B．broke out C．happened D．took place
49．A．meetings B．parties C．reunion D．weddings
50．A．so B．but C．or D．and
51．A．impossible B．believable C．magical D．classical
52．A．time B．end C．year D．stop
53．A．organization B．realization C．hardship D．relationship
54．A．graduation B．return C．work D．employment
55．A．valuable B．important C．helpful D．worth