A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large 41 .
All of their friends and 42 came to see the lovely ceremony and to 43 in the
festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time. The bride was impressive
44 her white wedding gown and the groom was very attractive in his black suit. Evcry0ne could 45____ that the love they had for each other was 46 .
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a/an 47 . “I read in
amagazine about how we can 48 our marriage," she offered. “Each of us will a list
of the things that we find a bit 49 with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can 50 them and make our lives happier together.
The husband agreed. So 51 0f them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them. They thought about this question for the _52 of the day and wrote down what they 53 . The next morning, at the breakfast table, they
decided that they would 54 their lists.
“I'll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many 55 on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing,” the husband replied, “Keep reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She __56 placed her list on the table and 57 her hands over the top of it.
“Now, you read your list,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband 58 . “I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way 59 you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. The wife, 60 by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
We have a wonderful world that is fiill of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful before us?
41. A. festival B. feast C. celebration D. holiday
42. A. family B. colleagues C. schoolmates D. neighbors
43. A. overcome B. undertake C. intake D. participate
44. A. dressed in B. pull on C. put on D. wore
45. A. say B. tell C. know D. leam
46, A. real B. actual C. true D. pure
47. A. proposal B. idea C. request D. command
48. A. expand B. strengthen C. broaden D. deepen
49. A. annoyed B. disturbed C. disturbing D. annoying
50. A. focus B. fix C. concentrate D.react
51. A. both B. all C. each D. neither
52. A. remained B. rest C. left D. following
53. A. came up B. came out C. came for D. came up with
54. A. go over B. make up C. look over D. turn to
55. A. matters B. topics C. items D. details
56. A. cleanly B. clearly C. proudly D. neatly
57.A. unfolded B.folded C. opened D. stretched
58.A. stated B. declared C. announced D. suggested
59. A. what B.where C. who D.that
60.A. encouragedB.criticized C. touched D. Loved