My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that 21 men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them, 22 , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life 23 the fullest. Recently, John lost his 24 Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last 25 . One day John took out a folded piece of 26 from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he 27 up some drawers at home. It was a 28 love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy. 29 the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who 30 only had a few months left to live. It was 31   a beautiful recipe ( 处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s 32 of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.” “Helped me when I was ill.” The next 33 reads. After that she turned 34 the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has 35 with and loved most in her life. “ 36 there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote 37 all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.” I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to 38 as Janet was to him. I need to 39 what he has to say much more than he needs to talk. “John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know 40 I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?” “You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.” 小题1: A．old B．wise C．young D．foolish 小题2: A．for instance B．at no time C．in that case D．as a matter of fact 小题3: A．in B．to C．at D．for 小题4: A．friend B．colleague C．wife D．sister 小题5: A．possibility B．chance C．hope D．word 小题6: A．handkerchief B．cloth C．leather D．paper 小题7: A．fixed B．looked C．tidied D．put 小题8: A．small B．long C．descriptive D．talkative 小题9: A．So B．But C．And D．While 小题10: A．probably B．surely C．certainly D．definitely 小题11: A．only B．firstly C．lastly D．also 小题12: A．imagination B．description C．dream D．expectation 小题13: A．letter B．note C．line D．paragraph 小题14: A．away B．down C．off D．over 小题15: A．lived B．dealt C．quarreled D．argued 小题16: A．Constantly B．Always C．Never D．Seldom 小题17: A．take the place of B．get rid of C．take away D．sum up 小题18: A．me B．Janet C．John D．you 小题19: A．speak up B．repeat C．discuss D．hear 小题20: A．why B．where C．if D．when