完形填空。      Life happens whether we are ready for it or not, and in May 2005, my mom passed away after an
extended illness. I"m not sure we are ever really     1  to lose a parent, especially Mom. There were more
things I needed to    2  with her about, and I know I wasn"t ready to let her    3  . Less than one month later, my    4    fell from a ladder, suffered a head injury, and died a week later.
     My husband was not only my life partner but my business    5  , and there I was left to    6  our business and my life alone. After    7   the initial (  最初的 )shock of losing the two people who had the greatest
    8  on my life, I started to pick up the pieces with the   9  and strength provided by family, friends, and
business associates.
     I quickly    10   that asking for help was the only way I would    11  the sadness and keep my business
and my home intact (完好无损的). I"d often   12   myself looking around in a confused state , feeling
overwhelmed (难以抵抗的) because my challenges seemed so   13 . Learning to    14    for the help I
needed was a huge achievement. I discovered that people    15 wanted to help, but they didn"t know how. My   16  opened the door for them to give the support they wanted to share.
     Three years have passed since that time. I sold my    17   and my house and chose to return to the
state of my birth, where my family once lived. I    18    to ask for help from my    19 of family, friends, and
colleagues because I am driven to a life of simplicity and joy, and I know I won"t get there alone. And
that"s just    20 .   (     )1. A. afraid      
(     )2. A. quarrel    
(     )3. A. go       
(     )4. A. child     
(     )5. A. partner  
(     )6. A. start      
(     )7. A. passing by  
(     )8. A. effort  
(     )9. A. help     
(     )10. A. admitted
(     )11. A. catch  
(     )12. A. control    
(     )13. A. easy    
(     )14. A. hope    
(     )15. A. really  
(     )16. A. order    
(     )17. A. garden    
(     )18. A. pretend    
(     )19. A. circle    
(     )20. A. important   B. prepared    
B. talk         
B. cry          
B. father       
B. colleague  
B. sell        
B. coming across  
B. effect      
B. energy       
B. remembered  
B. survive     
B. forgive     
B. small        
B. answer      
B. hardly       
B. request     
B. farm        
B. stop         
B. record       
B. possible     C. content    
C. joke        
C. pass       
C. sister      
C .leader     
C. run        
C. running over
C. pressure    
C. speech     
C. learned    
C. suffer      
C. think       
C. great      
C. pay        
C. secretly    
C. excuse    
C. business    
C. continue    
C. choice      
C. necessary     D. thought          
D. do                
D.stop              
D. husband          
D. friend            
D. make              
D. getting through  
D. impression        
D. care              
D. expected          
D. accept            
D. find              
D. exciting          
D. ask              
D. proudly          
D. attempt          
D. wealth            
D. decide            
D. sense            
D. fine