寒假作业 3 My fiancé ( 未婚夫 ) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were 1 , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory. One agent 2 a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, t he price was 3 our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look 4 . We finally did and it was 5 at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and 6 of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of 7 it would be like to live there. Days later, we made a(n) 8 —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t 9 us. They renewed their offer 10 . It was also much more than we could afford, but far 11 than the original asking price. The next day, we got a 12 message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the 13 directly. We made our final offer, which 14 was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, 15 we had to try. “Sold!” said the owner. Then he 16 : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d 17 the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a 18 by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the 19 in the price “an early wedding present.” That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are 20 they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met. 1. A. needed B. limited C. enough D. large 2. A. recommended B. decorated C. sold D. rented 3. A. below B. within C. beyond D. between 4. A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand 5. A. relief B. concern C. love D. curiosity 6. A. pride B. happiness C. challenge D. desire 7. A. which B. why C. that D. what 8. A. effort B. offer C. promise D. profit 9. A. come across B. look after C. depend on D. laugh at 10. A. instead B. indeed C. aside D. apart 11. A. worse B. better C. less D. higher 12. A. relaxing B. disappointing C. pleasant D. regular 13. A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners 14. A. already B. still C. generally D. ever 15. A. so B. or C. for D. but 16. A. apologized B. complained C. criticized D. explained 17. A. check B. yze C. appreciate D. ignore 18. A. loss B. risk C. chance D. lead 19. A. increase B. difference C. interest D. average 20. A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic