2014高考英语（暑假基础训练（12）附答案
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It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death，it started to snow，just __1__ any November day. His __2__ , when I found it，was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months，while I sat on the couch and watched it __3__. One morning，I walked slowly __4__ and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, __5__ those good people would not see me. I was __6__. My first thought was，how would I ever __7__ them? I didn't have the __8__ to brush my hair, __9__ clear someone's walk.
Before John's death，I felt proud that I __10__ asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and __11__ . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I __12__myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and __13__ from others wasn't easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally，my friend Kathy said，“ Mary, cooking for you isn't a __14__ for me；it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over，I heard __15__ words from the people who supported me during those __16__ days. One wise man told me，“ You aren't doing nothing because being fully open to your __17__ may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
I am not the person I __18__ was, but in many ways I have changed for the __19__. I've been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from __20__ one's worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure，in accepting a dark period of our life.
本文描述了一位妇女失去丈夫后，由最初的悲痛消沉到后来的自立坚强的心路历程。
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