While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to his family. First he moved to his youngest son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug. they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!” Then the man stood up, gazed in the of his oldest son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug. After several , he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I remember seeing. For an instant they me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇), but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my courage to ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?” “Almost twelve years.” he replied, breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man turned and looked at me,. “Two whole days” Two days? I was . By the intensity of the greeting, I had he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my is still that passionate after twelve years!” The man suddenly smiling. He looked me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul, he told me something that left me a person. He told me, “Don’t , friend …decide!” Then with wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together. I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without , and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!” 小题1: A．greet B．hug C．comfort D．appreciate 小题2: A．As B．Before C．Because D．Since 小题3: A．mind B．eyes C．heart D．head 小题4: A．months B．hours C．moments D．weeks 小题5: A．proceeded B．managed C．pretended D．promised 小题6: A．never B．already C．ever D．almost 小题7: A．remembered B．reminded C．warned D．informed 小题8: A．nervously B．strangely C．casually D．excitedly 小题9: A．on B．after C．without D．by 小题10: A．directly B．finally C．cautiously D．deliberately 小题11: A．shocked B．frightened C．delighted D．discouraged 小题12: A．assumed B．planned C．realized D．decided 小题13: A．discovered B．overlooked C．betrayed D．withdrew 小题14: A．research B．control C．search D．reach 小题15: A．marriage B．relatives C．family D．friends 小题16: A．continued B．kept C．stopped D．tried 小题17: A．different B．reliable C．wonderful D．perfect 小题18: A．remark B．imagine C．hope D．quit 小题19: A．called on B．dropped in C．came up D．waved at 小题20: A．hesitation B．decision C．difficulty D．intention