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When I was thir, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. __2__the move,
my father __2__us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around
the fire, not __3__ that the universe would suddenly change its course. 'In May, we are__4__
to Arizona.'
The words, so small, didn't seem__5__enough to hold my new life. But the world changed
and I awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the __6__change from green trees
to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that __7__ mysteries yet to
come. Finally, we arrived and __8__ into our new home.
__9__ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I _10_explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring __11__ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I
crouched(蹲)down for a closer look. 'You'd better not __12__ that'
I turned around to see an old woman.
'Are you new to this neighborhood?' I explained that I was, __13__,new to the entire
state．
'My name is Ina Thorne.' Have you got used to life in the __14__? It must be quite a
__15__ after living in Boston.'
How could I explain how I __16__ the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
'It's vastness,' she offered. 'That vastness __17__ you stand on the mountains overlooking
the desert-you can __18__ how little you are in comparison with the world. __19__, you feel
that the possibilities are limitless.'
That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new
home. Again, my __20__ would change with just a few words.
'Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?' Someone should teach you which plant
you should and shouldn't touch.'
( )1.A.During
( )2.A.gathered
( )3.A.hoping
( )4.A.going
( )5.A.good
( )6.A.picture
( )7.A.suggested
( )8.A.settled
( )9.A.If
( )10.A.bitterly
( )11.A.aswell
( )12.A.move
( )13.A.ofcourse
( )14.A.desert
( )15.A.luck
( )16. A.found
( )17.A.why
( )18.A.prove
( )19.A.However
( )20.A.idea

B.Until
B.warned
B.admitting
B.moving
B.
B.ground
B.solved
B.walked
B.After
B.easily
B.asusual
B.dig
B.infact
B.city
B.doubt
B.examined
B.when
B.guess
B.Otherwise
B.life

C.Upon
C.organized
C.realizing
C.driving
C.big
C.scene
C.discovered
C.hurried
C.Once
C.proudly.
C.rightaway
C.pull
C.afterall
C.state
C.shock
C.watched
C.how
C.sense
C.Therefore
C.home D.Before
D.comforted
D.believing
D.flying
D.proper
D.area
D.explained
D.stepped
D.While
D.eagerly
D.ontime
D.touch
D.atleast
D.country
D.er
D.reached
D.where
D.expect
D.Meanwhile
D.family