My fiance (未婚夫）and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds (资金) were
_______, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent (代理人)
_______ a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was
_______ our range, so we declined (拒绝). But she kept urging (催促) us to have a look
_______.
We finally did and it was
_______ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and
_______ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of
_______ it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n)
_______ —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t
_______ us. They renewed their offer
________. It was also much more than we could afford but far
________ than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a
________ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the
________ directly. We made our final offer, which
________ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it,
________ we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he
________: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d
________ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a
________ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the
________ in the price as “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are
________ they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
| 【小题1】 | | A．needed | B．limited | C．enough | D．large |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．recommended (推荐) | B．decorated | C．sold | D．rented |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．below | B．within | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．at least | B．at most | C．at times | D．at band |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．relief | B．concern | C．love | D．curiosity |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．pride | B．happiness | C．challenge | D．desire |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．effort | B．offer | C．promise | D．profit |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．come across | B．look after | C．depend on | D．laugh at |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．instead | B．indeed | C．aside | D．apart |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．worse | B．better | C．less | D．higher |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．relaxing | B．disappointing | C．pleasant | D．regular |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．agents | B．buyers | C．managers | D．owners |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．already | B．still | C．generally | D．ever |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．apologized | B．complained | C．criticized | D．explained |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．check | B．analyze | C．appreciate | D．ignore |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．loss | B．risk | C．chance | D．lead |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．increase | B．difference | C．interest | D．average |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．kind | B．polite | C．smart | D．energetic |
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