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My friend John always has something to tell me.He knows so much that__1__ men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them，__2__，who to trust，how to care for others and how to live life__3__the fullest.

Recently，John lost his__4__ Janet.For eight years she fought against cancer，but in the end her sickness had the last __5__.One day John took out a folded piece of __6__ from his wallet.He had found it，as he told me，when he__7__up some drawers at home.

It was a __8__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.__9__the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children，a woman who fought for her life and who__10__only had a few months lef t to live.

It was__11__a beautiful recipe for how to keep a marriage together.Janet's__12__ of her husband begins like this，“Loved me.Took care of me.Worried about me.

“Helped me when I  was ill，”the next __13__reads.After that she turned __14__the paper and added：“Warmth. Humor.  Kindness.  Thoughtfulness.”  And then she writes about the husband she has__15__with and loved most in her life.“__16__there when I needed you，”the last words she wrote __17__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 __18__as Janet was to him.I need to __19__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__20__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.”

【解题导语】　本文为一篇记叙文。“我”的一个叫John的朋友懂得很多，他总是告诉“我”该相信谁、如何关心他人以及如何使生活充实。

1.A.old  B.wise  C.young  D.foolish

答案　C　[根据句子后面的“older and more worldly wise men”和常识可知年轻人不及年老者阅历丰富和更具智慧。]

2.A.for instance  B.at no time

C.in that case  D.as a matter of fact

答案　A　[for instance表示“例如”，列举出中心名词所包含的若干内容，符合上下文的语意和搭配。]

3.A.in  B.to  C.at  D.for

答案　B　[live life to the fullest为固定的短语搭配，意思为“生活得很充实”。]

4.A.friend  B.colleague  C.wife  D.sister

答案　C　[根据第9空后面的“...a woman who had had seven children...”可知本题应该选wife。]

5.A.possibility  B.chance

C.hope  D.word

答案　D　[the last word表示“最后决定”，符合 句意，这里的意思是Janet最后还是无法从病魔手中逃出。]