Temperature is part of my married romance. 36 to New York from Baltimore--where

Temperature is part of my married romance.   36  to New York from Baltimore——where there is just one small snowstorm each year——I was seated by a fireplace in my new home, with fires   37  all day, just as what ancient people did at a wedding.

My husband, Peter, comes from northern Ontario（加拿大的安大略省）, where winter   38  from September to May and cold wind is   39 . “When Canadians have -30℃, they   40  it bravely,” he says, “Cold wind is for crybabies.（爱哭的人）”

So to marry this man I had to learn to   41  for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson, Peter piled me   42  jackets and sweaters, scarves and gloves, even a hat with earflaps. The gift of Sorel boots——comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below, was a   43  meaning getting serious.

That first winter together, living in upstate New York, I thought I’d   44 . My boots were good below freezing, but my fingers could   45  tie them. Physical adaptation is real, but it came slowly. And there is also emotional   46  to cold. Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on   47   days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build   48 .

49 , having a warm house is important. After my first marriage ended, for years I   50  went on a second date with a man whose response to my “I’m cold.” was, “Put on a sweater.” Now I’m married to a man who   51  that cold hands do not mean a warm heart, and that a big oil bill is better than roses. But surprisingly, I’ve grown, too. I am   52  , in this new life and climate, to go and look for that cost-saving sweater.

The word comfortable did not   53  refer to being satisfied. It’s from Latin, comfortare, meaning to strengthen. The Holy Spirit is Comforter；not to make us comfortable, but to make us   54  . We   55  not be warm but we are indeed comforted.

【小题11】

A．health B． reaction C． feelings D． adaptation

【小题16】

A．wonders B． knows C． states D． decides

试题答案

【小题1】A

【小题1】B

【小题1】D

【小题1】C

【小题1】B

【小题1】C

【小题1】D

【小题1】B

【小题1】C

【小题1】A

【小题1】D

【小题1】B

【小题1】A

【小题1】B

【小题1】C

【小题1】B

【小题1】D

【小题1】A

【小题1】C

【小题1】D

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