Directions: For each bland in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context． 

  I have a strong faith that families are not only relatives，but sometimes people who turn up and love you when no one else will.

  In May l987, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate l0 in Houston. My dad and I 31 a room with two double beds and a bathroom. It was too small for a 15-year-old girl and her father．Dad’s second marriage was in trouble and my stepmother had 34 us both out of the house．Dad had no idea what to do with me．And that was when my other family 36 .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home37 their only daughter, Su，my best friend，asked them to. I lived with them for the next seven years．

   Barbara washed my skirts just as she did Su’s. She made sure I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments，help with homework and nightly hugs．Barbara and Roland Beach attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders．40 I could tell，for the Beaches there was no difference between Su and me；I was their daughter, too.

  When Su and I 42 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 23 years．

   The Beaches knew 43 about me when they took me in：They had heard the whole story from Su．When I was seven，my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 44 his kids. Before the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 45 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy，I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

   46 the Beaches，I would have become a bitter, cynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman．They gave me a home that allowed me to grow and change．They kept me from being paralyzed by my 48 and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

  I 49 the family．For me，it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was born，but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10.

36．A．lived       B．shared     C．possessed  D．owned

37．A．struck      B．removed   C．kicked     D．knocked

38．A．formed    B．showed up   C．turned over  D．came across

39．A．so          B．because   C．until        D．while

40．A．As long as    B．As far as   C．As soon as   D．As much as

41．A．set off        B．1eft for    C．entered into  D．admitted into

42．A．all           B．little      C．something   D．nothing

43．A．supply for       B．teach     C．encourage   D．raising

44．A．different       B．unfair     C．stressful     D．miserable

45．A．Thanks to      B．In spite of  C．Except for   D．But for

46．A．choice         B．failure     C．past        D．present

47．A．doubt about    B．care about   C．center on    D．believe in

The new CEO asked that all inter-office communications ______ in writing rather than in person, ______ possible.

A. have been made; whoever                             B. would be made; whichever

C. be made; whenever                                      D. were made; whatever

China's political advisors _______ increasing use of micro-blogging to get public opinions.

A. make           B. are making         C. are made              D. have made

 The way _______I thought of ________ this problem proves to be practical.

      A. that; solving   B. /; to solve   C. in which; to solve  D.which; solving

 ___________ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

A. So curious the couple were            B. So curious were the couple   

C. How curious the couple were                 D. The couple were such curious

Nobody but doctors and nurses and those ___________by Dr. Hu_________ to enter the patient’s room.

　 A. invited; is allowed　　　　 B. are invited; are allowed

C. being invited; is allowed D. invited; are allowed

—Where _____ Mary have put the empty bottles?

— She _____ them away. They must be somewhere.

A. may; must have thrown　　　　　　　　 B. must; needn’t　　

C. can; can’t have thrown D. can; mustn’t have thrown

 _______ talented a man may be, the collective will always be wiser and stronger.

A. Whatever                 B. Whether                   C. However                  D. No matter

 Fighting an artificial greenhouse effect seems to be the greatest of environmental challenges, ________?

A. isn’t it                      B. does it             C. doesn’t it                  D. is it

Some of us fail to learn that pain is the body’s way of informing the mind ______ we are doing something wrong, not necessarily ______ something is wrong.

A. that, what                 B. that, that                   C. what, that                 D. what, what