Question

My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds 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. 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 “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.

1.A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large

2.A. recommended B. decorated C. sold D. spun

3.A. below B. within C. beyond D. between

4.A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand

5.A. relief B. concern C. love D. curiosity

6.A. poverty B. happiness C. challenge D. desire

7.A. which B. why C. that D. what

8.A. effort B. offer C. promise D. profit

9.A. come across B. look after C. depend on D. laugh at

10.A. instead B. indeed C. aside D. apart

11.A. worse B. better C. less D. higher

12.A. relaxing B. disappointing C. pleasant D. regular

13.A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners

14.A. already B. still C. generally D. ever

15.A. so B. or C. for D. but

16.A. apologized B. complained C. blamed D. explained

17.A. check B. analyze C. appreciate D. ignore

18.A. loss B. risk C. chance D. lead

19.A. increase B. difference C. interest D. mistake

20.A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic

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