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For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”. I ___21___ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, ___22___, working on a paper. Out of nowhere , those words came ___23___ off the page in a quote: “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of ___24___ truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.” Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more. Then I ___25___ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was ___26___ to hear what he’d think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to ___27___ it a few times, but once he ___28___ it, he laughed. “All I can say to that is totally ___29___,”he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and ___30___ to find that quote. “Why is that?” he asked. "Well, spring is a sure ___31___ that life persists. And it just makes me ___32___. ” He laughed again, and then in his ___33___ voice, he recited for me his ___34___“spring time” words: “The desert shall rejoice(高兴)，and ___35___ as the rose does…Even with joy and singing.” Many years later. ___36___ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming cactuses(仙人掌), I could ___37___ hear my granddad laughing: “The desert shall rejoice." Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of ___38___ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of ___39___ and the green of spring. Spring ___40___ us that we’re alive forever. 21. A. looked for    B. came across    C. picked out    D. made up 22. A. bored    B. worried    C. tired    D. confused 23. A. running    B. dancing    C. rushing.    D. moving 24. A. fear    B. doubt    C. terror    D. lie 25. A. called    B. visited    C. consulted    D. informed 26. A. patient    B. confident    C. upset    D. desperate 27. A. copy    B. print    C. repeat    D. recite 28. A. got    B. made    C. undertook    D. managed 29. A. puzzlement    B. excitement    C. agreement    D. amusement 30. A. practically    B. especially    C. obviously    D. naturally 31. A. way    B. inspiration    C. mark    D. sign 32. A. nervous    B. energetic    C. merry    D. alive 33. A. lovely    B. calm    C. cold    D. high 34. A. impressive    B. superb    C. classical    D. favorite 35. A. exist    B. flower    C. survive    D. sow 36. A. after    B. when    C. until    D. although 37. A. hardly    B. always    C. almost    D. mostly 38. A. journeys    B. words    C. world    D. desert 39. A. winter    B. spring    C. summer    D. autumn 40. A. convinces    B. ensures    C. reminds    D. strikes 答案：BABDA  DCACB  DCADB BCDAC

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