When my mom came home from the hospital with twins, I was excited at the very beginning. I couldn’t 36 to play with them and be the best big sister ever.
Everyone was coming over to our house to hold the babies and 37  presents to the babies and talk nonstop how  38  the babies were. Then they’d pull out their cameras, and just  39  I was about to say “cheese”, they’d run over to my perfectly perfect little brothers and take 40  of them. At that time I was thinking, “Why can’t I be little again so I can be the one getting all the 41 ?”
When my aunt Camille got  42 , my mom spent forever finding the perfect clothes for them. On the day of the  43 , my twin brothers had the cutest and prettiest clothes. And then there was me, just sitting and watching in my  44  dress.
After the ceremony, all I 45  was how sweet and lovely the twins were.
I definitely  46  that they were wonderful, but I couldn’t help feeling  47  and invisible (看不見的).
There was a big  48  after the wedding. Aunt Camille and her nice new 49  had the first dance, and then everyone started 50  like crazy including me. I 51   my uncomfortable dress shoes, and I danced and danced and danced! It  52  one of the most fun times I’ve had in my entire life.
The very 53 part was when my aunt and I took my twin brothers by the hands and  54  them some dance moves. Teaching them was such a cool thing. I 55  then what a huge waste of time feeling jealous is when you can kick off your shoes and enjoy life!

Life in the twenty-first century will be very   50 . Many changes will take place, but   51  will the changes be.
The population is growing   52 . There will be many   53  in the world and most of them will live   54  than people in the twentieth century.
Computers will be much smaller and   55  and there will be at least one in every   56 . And   57  studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.
People will work   58  and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling.   59  will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to   60  countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our   61 , too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be   62 . Work in the future will be different, too.   63  and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this,   64  will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36  for a few days, I was    37  to wait tables on my own. All went    38  
Tant first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39   the tables not for from the kitchen.   40 　 .I stll felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盤).
Before I knew it ,the    41   was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44   on. It had nice handles, which made it    45   to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to    46   I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47  you work. t seems your tray stand has been very   48   to you, but we are getting ready to  49   now ,and my wife needs her   50  back.”
At first his    51   did not get across.“What was he talking about!”Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was   52  
.I wanted to get into a hole and   53  .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54   I have learned to be more    55   and not to be too sure of myself.

Recently divorced(離婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great   36 . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not   37  another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk   38  with a silver handle inlaid (鑲嵌) with gold. I had   39  seen anything so lovely.
I   40  the handle and saw a   41 . I got off the streetcar and   42  opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a   43  book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes, she said in   44 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present.   45 , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I   46  I was   47  a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her   48  filled with tears.
I refused the   49   she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were   50 . I was able to obtain   51  here and there. l reached the lowest point in my   52 . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen   53  the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were   54  of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was   55  “California”, where she had moved.

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The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to   31    the seats, settled in one of them.
It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of     32   . Susan’s husband Mark watched her    33  into hopelessness and he was    34   to use every possible means to help his wife.
Finally, Susan felt ready to   35   to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too     36   to get around the city by herself. Mark   37  to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening    38   she could manage it by herself.
For two weeks, Mark   39   Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other   40    , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new    41    .
At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip   42   . Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband   43   , her eyes filled with tears of gratitude（感激）.She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their    44   ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement    45   Susan. She was doing it!
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work   46   . As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, “Miss, I sure   47  you.” Curious, Susan asked the driver   48    .
“You know ,every morning for the __49_week,a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely,” the bus driver said.
Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than_50_,That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.
31.A. touch            B.grab          C.count             D.feel
32.A.weakness         B. sickness       C.darkness         D.sadness
33.A.run              B.sink           C.jump             D.step
34.A.inspired          B.determined     C.honored           D.pleased
35.A.return            B.adjust          C.contribute         D.stick
36.A.dred             B.astonished     C.depressed         D.frightened
37.A.volunteered       B.attempted       C.continued         D.struggled
38.A.when            B.as             C.until             D.after
39.A.drove            B.direted         C.accompanied      D.sent
40.A.feeling          B.organs         C.skills             D.senses
41.A.position          B.environment    C.status            D.role
42.A.on her own       B.in person        C.to her benefit      D.on foot
43.A.politely          B.calmly          C.briefly          D.tightly
44.A.opposite         B.separate         C.fixed             D.lonely
45.A.took charge of                      B.took place of
C.took advantage of                    D.took hold of
46.A.as usual                           B.as a rule
C.as well                            D.as a consequence
47.A.respect       B.evry               C.know         D.support
48.A.what         B.how               C. who          D.who
49.A.past         B.same               C.first          D.next
50.A.courage      B.will                C.sight         D.wisdom