My husband Sid and I were never able to have children. I had always wanted a family and that feeling 36 after his death. He was all I had. When he 37 , I felt like I had lost my entire family. I never 38 I would finally get the family I had always wished for. A few years later I met Tom. When we married, I 39 got four grown children and eight grandchildren. I was 40 about my first meeting with his children. My worries melted away when I realized that they 41 me and were more than willing to bring me into their family. And when his daughters 42 me if their children could call me “Mimi,” I was excited, Tom was divorced, and 43 I was also concerned about the 44 that the children already had two grandmothers. Would the little ones understand 45 I fit into the family？ At our first extended family gathering, I 46 our six-year-old grandson Jim staring at me with a 47 look. He seemed to be thinking about something serious. 48 sporting a big grin(咧嘴笑)，he jumped and said, “I know who you are! You are our 49 grandma!” At that moment, I know it was time to just relax and enjoy my new 50 . People say when a door close, God opens a window. Now I know what that 51 . I lost so much joy when Sid died, 52 now I have a new happy life. I am enjoying so many things I 53 got to experience before like reading bedtime stories. My refrigerator is covered with drawings, and my walls are 54 with photos of the kids. I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes, but I am just as 55 any other “regular” grandma I know. 小题1: A．disappeared B．deepened C．improved D．worsened 小题2: A．died B．returned C．recovered D．divorced 小题3: A．dreamed B．found C．forgot D．regretted 小题4: A．unwillingly B．merely C．naturally D．surely 小题5: A．excited B．crazy C．curious D．anxious 小题6: A．doubted B．praised C．liked D．changed 小题7: A．challenged B．asked C．promised D．tested 小题8: A．as a result B．in other words C．from then on D．in the end 小题9: A．trouble B．behavior C．choice D．fact 小题10: A．when B．where C．what D．why 小题11: A．allowed B．noticed C．ignored D．hated 小题12: A．frightened B．sad C．happy D．confused 小题13: A．Generally B．Eventually C．Gradually D．Suddenly 小题14: A．new B．extra C．distant D．great 小题15: A．cause B．partner C．role D．job 小题16: A．contains B．determines C．means D．matters 小题17: A．and B．but C．or D．so 小题18: A．ever B．still C．once D．never 小题19: A．decorated B．replaced C．covered D．filled 小题20: A．proud B．busy C．careful D．healthy