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. I had 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 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 daze, feeling overwhelmed (难以抵
抗的) because my challenges seemed so   13 . Learning to    14   for the help I needed was a huge
accomplishment. 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 relocate back to the
state of my birth, where my family 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. talk        (     )3. A. cry       (     )4. A. child      (     )5. A. partner     (     )6. A. start       (     )7. A. passing by (     )8. A. effort      (     )9. A. care       (     )10. A. learned    (     )11. A. forget     (     )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. fine

B. willing      B. quarrel      B. go          B. father     B. colleague     B. run        B. coming across B. effect       B. energy       B. remembered     B. accept     B. find       B. small       B. answer        B. hardly      B. excuse      B. business        B. stop        B. record     B. possible

C. prepared            C. joke                C. pass               C. sister               C. assistant           C. sell                   C. getting through    C. pressure            C. help                C. admitted         C. suffer            C. think               C. great              C. pay                  C. secretly            C. request              C. belongings           C. continue             C. choice            C. necessary

D. thought           D. do                D. leave             D. husband           D. friend            D. make              D. running over      D. impression        D. advice            D. expected          D. survive           D. forgive           D. exciting          D. ask               D. proudly           D. attempt           D. wealth            D. decide            D. sense             D. important