No. 1
(2020. 黑龙江省大庆实验中学高三模考)Next week，strangers with a truck will take away everything we own，except the clothes on our backs，the car we will drive，and as much stuff as we can pack into it．
It’s called ___1___ ．Some people do it often．For others，like me，it’g a ___2___experience．In all my adult years，I’ve moved only three times．
My first ___3___ and I moved into our first house with a bed，our clothes and a few gifts．That was many years ago．Over the years，I ___4___ that house with three children，a few dogs and enough stuff to ___5___ the ceiling．
Then the kids grew up，I lost my husband to cancer，and I began to learn about ___6___ ．
First，I let go of the ___7___ of being in contro1．Life isn’t about being in charge of what ___8___ ；it’s about being in charge of what we do with it．
Next，I let go of ___9___ the things I care most about，like keeping in touch with the people that ____10____ the most to me．
I let go of the people whose ____11____ are about anger or hatred，and tried instead to ____12____ myself with those who shine with ____13____ ．
Finally，I let go of being alone—I remarried．I ____14____ moved to a new city with my new husband，and after that move，I ____15____ I’d stop collecting meaningless things．But 12 years later，here I am，still learning about letting go．
We’11 all move someday from this ____16____ to the next，but we won’t need a truck to do it．We’ll take ____17____ with us and leave behind a(n) ____18____ of the life we lived，the mistakes we ____19____ ，and all the love and kindness we tried to show．
That memory might not be a treasure，but if we’re ____20____ ，someone will keep it and hold it close and never let it go．
1. A. moving B. changing C. losing D. missing
2. A. similar B. familiar C. rare D. valuable
3. A. son B. daughter C. husband D. wife
4. A. equipped B. filled C. involved D. provided
5. A. paint B. repair C. build D. reach
6. A. holding on B. 1etting go C. giving back D. turning down
7. A. plan B. idea C. concept D. decision
8. A. devotes B. matters C. happens D. arrives
9. A. putting off B. coming across C. making out D. taking over
10. A. offer B. appear C. indicate D. mean
11. A. issues B. subjects C. 1ives D. beliefs
12. A. present B. attract C. support D. surround
13. A. kindness B. patience C. fortune D. humour
14. A. naturally B. eventually C. formally D. regularly
15. A. suggested B. informed C. insisted D. promised
16. A. city B. town C. world D. country
17. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
18. A. memory B. experience C. record D. history
19. A. completed B. made C. conducted D. forgot
20. A. optimistic B. generous C. determined D. fortunate
