If your home were on fire, what would you try to save? Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. On getting the call to evacuate(疏散), we had to consider what we couldn’t live without, __1__ whatever we could save and leaving immediately.
We __2__ suitcases with necessary clothes. We took the __3__ we worked with. We took financial records—who wants to __4__ himself with the government over __5__ documents? Now, what else? We seized the valuable family __6__ from the walls, which couldn’t be replaced.
Then we took a hard look at all that __7__. A lamp that __8__ my great grandmother. A __9__ my wife learned to play as a kid. A large tent for which we spent months __10__ money for camping. Bedroom furniture we wanted to pass down to our __11__ some day. The gifts that decorated our house from our treasured friends. These things __12__ our love as a family and friends. It was __13__ to move everything from our home. __14__ at all that we might lose, I found it difficult to say goodbye. But __15__， I felt warm.
We were __16__ with memories as we __17__ at these items. Each had stories to tell just like the photos. They told about where we’d been, where we __18__ were and where we were going. They were __19__ of those people we loved and who loved us. Now I didn’t think my “things” meant that much to me. Indeed, the spirit of them was all that truly __20__．
1．A.covering B．removing
C．collecting D．spotting
2．A.carried B．piled
C．supplied D．packed
3．A.cars B．computers
C．books D．food
4．A.enjoy B．entertain
C．bother D．force
5．A.extra B．regular
C．useless D．missing
6．A.pictures B．televisions
C．decorations D．chargers
7．A.abandoned B．remained
C．burned D．kept
8．A.belonged to B．adapted to
C．related to D．appealed to
9．A.doll B．radio
C．sport D．piano
10．A.borrowing B．saving
C．paying D．lending
11．A.children B．friends
C．colleagues D．relatives
12．A.inspired B．measured
C．represented D．expressed
13．A.unbelievable B．impractical
C．inconvenient D．unnecessary
14．A.Looking up B．Looking around
C．Looking forward D．Looking out
15．A.roughly B．casually
C．strangely D．curiously
16．A.flooded B．impressed
C．surrounded D．satisfied
17．A.wondered B．glanced
C．glared D．stared
18．A.normally B．frequently
C．suddenly D．presently
19．A.signals B．signs
C．symbols D．lessons
20．A.mattered B．proved
C．lasted D．changed
