The bed was about 45 years old when Morn passed it along to me s few years after my father died．I decided to remove the  1  and repair it for my daughter Melanie．The headboard was

full of  2  ．   3  starting to take the paint off，  4  that one of the marks was a date：September 18，1946，the day my parents  5 ．Then it   6   me——that was the first bed

they had as husband and wife!

  Right above their wedding date was  7   name and date“Elizabeth，October 22，1947．”

  “Who is Elizabeth．”I asked my mother on the phone，“and what does October 22，1947

mean?”

    “She is your sister．”My mother   8   the phone．

    I knew Mom   9   a baby，but I never Saw this as anything more than a   10  for my

parents．  11   ，they went on to have five  12  children．

    “You gave her a name? ”I asked．

    “Yes．Elizabeth has been    13 us from heaven for45 years．She is as much a part of me as

  14  of you．”

   “Mom，there are other dates On the headboard．I  15  it is full of stories．How  16  you

give it tome?”

    “Your dad and I  17  our first date on the headboard the night we married．  18   ，it

was a  19  four life together．when Dad died，our life together was over．But the  20  never die．”

1．A．dust                   B．paint                C．pictures               D．stories

2．A．names                B．dates                C．numbers              D．marks

3．A．Long after          B．Soon after        C．Just before         D．Just now

4．A．reminded            B．caught              C．thought              D．noticed

5．A．were born          B．were married                                    C．were brought up D．got to know

6．A．struck                B．beat                 C．hurt                   D．hit

7．A．other’s               B．other                C．some               D．a(chǎn)nother

8．A．called                 B．a(chǎn)nswered          C．heard                 D．replied

9．A．had sold             B．had sent           C．had saved           D．had

10．A．chance              B．mistake            C．misfortune          D．joke

11．A．Above all          B．After a11          C．All the same        D．In all

12．A．more                B．a(chǎn)n other            C．others              D．some

13．A．staring             B．noticing            C．watching            D．frightening

14．A．some               B．a(chǎn)ny                  C．many                 D．most

15．A．sense               B．touch               C．smell                   D．taste

16．A．might               B．would              C．could                 D．dared

17．A．remembered    B．carved              C．stayed                 D．remained

18．A．From then on     B．At that time       C．Just then            D．Even then

19．A．duty                 B．task                 C．diary                  D．work

20．A．interest          B．marriage           C．headboards        D．memories

——Have you_____?　　 ——Yes,I____for about five years.　 A.been married;married　　

B.got married;have married　 C.married;have married　　 D.got married;have been married