I have a strong faith that families are not only relatives，but sometimes people who turn up and love you when no one else will.

  In May l987, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate l0 in Houston. My dad and I 31 a room with two double beds and a bathroom. It was too 32 for a 15-year-old girl and her father．Dad’s second marriage was 33 and my stepmother had 34 us both out of the house．Dad had no 35 what to do with me．And that was when my other family 36 .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home37 their only daughter, Su，my best friend，asked them to. I 38 with them for the next seven years．

   Barbara washed my skirts just as she did Su’s. She 39 I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments，help with homework and nightly hugs．Barbara and Roland Beach attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders．40 I could tell，for the Beaches there was no 41 between Su and me；I was their daughter, too.

  When Su and I 42 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 23 years．

   The Beaches knew 43 about me when they took me in：They had heard the whole story from Su．When I was seven，my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 44 his kids. Before the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 45 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy，I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

   46 the Beaches，I would have become a bitter, cynical(憤世嫉俗的)woman．They gave me a(n) 47 that allowed me to grow and change．They kept me from being paralyzed by my 48 and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

  I 49 the family．For me，it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was 50 ，but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10.

31．A．lived       B．shared     C．possessed  D．bought

32．A．cheap      B．noisy      C．small      D．limited

33．A．in trouble   B．in sight    C．in place    D．in parts

34．A．struck      B．removed   C．kicked     D．knocked

35．A．plan        B．choice    C．chance     D．idea

36．A．look after    B．showed up C．turned over  D．came across

37．A．so          B．because   C．until        D．while

38．A．worked      B．traveled   C．lived       D．learned

39．A．worked  out  B．called up  C．watched out  D．made sure

40．A．As long as    B．As far as   C．As soon as   D．As much as

41．A．change       B．problem   C．conflict     D．difference

42．A．set off        B．1eft for    C．entered into  D．a(chǎn)dmitted into

43．A．a(chǎn)ll           B．little      C．something   D．nothing

44．A．supply        B．teach     C．encourage   D．raise

45．A．different       B．unfair     C．stressful     D．hopeful

46．A．Thanks to      B．In spite of  C．Except for   D．But for

47．A．home         B．house      C．a(chǎn)bility      D．1esson

48．A．choice         B．failure     C．past        D．present

49．A．doubt about    B．care about   C．center on    D．believe in

50．A．born          B．a(chǎn)ccepted    C．educated    D．deserted

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