Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母己給）：

During our first summer in the Arizona desert, I got b1. burned by the sun. It was too hot there. By the next April I was already worrying about those three months coming up. I told Mr. Simpson about that at his gas station while he filled my car’s tank.

“You don’t need to worry in that way,” he said, “worrying about the heat just makes the summer start sooner or last l2..”

I realized, as I paid the bill, that he was right. “Treat the heat like a welcome surprise.” he said. “ Take advantage of the best that our summer offers and ignore (忽視）the r3..”

To my surprise, Mr. Simpson’s advice worked. When the hot summer did arrive, I wanted the flowers in my garden in the morning. In the afternoon I slept with my kids, and in the evening we played games and made ice cream together. I l4.the beauty of the summer in the desert.

Years later, when we moved to Cleveland, our neighbors there were already worrying about winter in September. When the snows of December did arrive, our children were e5.because they had never seen snow before. They made snowballs and went skating together.

One afternoon, a middle-aged neighbor told me, “For years the snow had just been something to shovel (鏟子). I’d forgotten what real fun it can be !”

A few years later, we moved b6. to the desert. When I drove to the gas station, I learned from the new owner that age had forced Mr. Simpson to sell the station. He had bought a small station nearby.

I drove there and talked with Mr. Simpson. He was thinner and older now, but his pleasant smile was s7. the same. I asked him how he was.

“ I’m not worrying about growing old.” he said. “ I am too busy e8. life out there in the country.”

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