IlookedatmybeautifulChristmastreeandsighed.TheNewYear...

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   I looked at my beautiful Christmas tree and sighed. The New Year was week old and my tree  41 stood in the corner of our room with its collection of memories proudly  42   in shower of colorful lights. I’d  43  long enough.

   I got up, went to the  44  and dragged all the boxes into the room. The garland(花环)was the first to  45  . I took the large ornament（装饰物）off next. They  46  a large pile on our bed. An hour later, our bed was covered with Christmas memories.

I prepared the boxes and   47  placed ornaments in their protective packaging, pausing every few minutes to 48 a favorite. “Hey, little Santa!” I held the Santa from my childhood. “Thanks for being my friend for almost fifty years.” He was a little  49   but still gives me a flood of wonderful memories.

There was a collection of handmade ones. My children made in the their first years of school more than twenty years ago. They are  50  perfect in design, but every year they go on my memory tree.

A few hours after I started, the  51  boxes were back in the garage, the room was  52  and I sat staring at the corner. It took me two days of work to  53  my tree, but only a few hours to take it apart.

My tree is like a good marriage or a great friendship.  54  the tree, they take a long time to decorate with memories, but can be torn down  55  . What once stood proudly in the glow of love comes tumbling(摔跟头)down and all it   56 is an unkind word or a thoughtless act.

Every year I have to put my tree away, but not my marriage or friendships. I take great care of those. They get to glow in the corner of my life for  57  I live. I get to analyze my tree and find memories for a few weeks every year. I can do the same with the loves in my life every day. When I held the Santa, a flood of wonderful memories 58 . The same happens when I hold my wife or see the smile of a friend across the room.

59  your friendships and your marriage. Once they come down, they aren’t as easy to put back together as a Christmas tree. If  60  . Stand them in that special spot in the corner of your heart and admire their glow.

41. A. already                      B. even                 C. still                D. yet

42. A. maintained                   B. displayed            C. collected                D. located

43. A. complained               B. suffered             C. postponed            D. missed

44. A. courtyard                B. basement             C. storehouse               D. garage

45. A. come down                    B. break up                 C. fade away            D. stand out

46. A. covered                      B. made                 C. lay                  D. occupied

47. A. cautiously                   B. casually             C. randomly                 D. desperately

48. A. spot                         B. witness              C. evaluate                 D. admire

49. A. ragged                       B. ugly                     C. dull                 D. rigid

50. A. free of                      B. far from                 C. away from            D. close to

51. A. abandoned                B. aged                 C. filled                   D. increased

52. A. clean                    B. empty                C. orderly              D. quiet

53. A. choose                   B. equip                    C. decorate                 D. furnish

54. A. As for                       B. Similar to           C. Contrary to          D. Along with

55. A. quickly                      B. carelessly               C. directly                 D. suddenly

56. A. proves                   B. lacks                    C. means                    D. takes

57. A. as far as                    B. as long as           C. as soon as               D. as much as

58. A. recovered                    B. returned                 C. remained                 D. repeated

59. A. Share                    B. Preserve                 C. Cherish                  D. Pursue

60. A. in all                       B. above all            C. at all                   D. after all

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