My husband Bill, was diagnosed with cancer(癌癥）.Over the course of seven months. he went from beating me silly at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't_________ mean that, but it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I had become a respected professor, and a responsible wife. During those seven months, I came to understand that nothing would________ more than what I had done to my husband.

When I couldn't sleep at night, I prayed(析禱）to God. Then I began praying it daily even if I had no difficulty sleeping, which ________.my breathing and calmed my mind.

During his last week. a relative visited I noticed that she'd changed her appearance. but in a funny way. It was the kind of ________ I kept to myself. After she left .Bill voiced exactly what I'd been thinking, in that truthful way he bad and I found myself laughing out in my heart.

I could live with this man, even needing as much care as he does, for the next 40 years, I thought. ________,he would be dead very soon. I will never again have that high a purpose in my life. I will try to be a little less unhappy, and a little more _________for the small moments in life .I am a better person for caring for Bill. It was his last, best gift to me.

1.A. completely B. hardly C. actually D. carefully

2.A. care B. matter C. change D. cost

3.A. slowed B. increased C. held D. took

4.A. jokes B. friends C. work D. thought

5.A. Luckily B. However C. Instead D. Finally

6.A. sorry B. excited C. thankful D. worried

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.C 【解析】文章介紹了作者在她丈夫得癌癥的7個月里，對生活的感受。 1.句意：也許我沒有真正的意識到那。A. completely 完全地； B. hardly幾乎不； C. actually 真正的，事實(shí)上； D. carefully仔細(xì)地；根據(jù)but it was certainly the time whe...
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