题目内容：

You’ve heard the saying: “Love is patient and kind.” If love is ______, it may be because love is truly understanding .

Much of our  ______ is simply misunderstanding. As a new bride, Marge Piercy moved into the small home on her husband’s farm in the mountains .She ______ a shoe box on a shelf in her closet and asked her ______ never to touch it.

For 50 years he left the box ______ , until his life partner was ______ and dying. One day when he was putting their affairs ______ , he found the box again and ______ it might hold something important.

____ it, he discovered two doilies and $82,500 in cash. He ______ the box to her and asked about the ______.

“My mother gave me that ______ the day we married,” she explained. “She told me to make a doily to help me feel better every time I got ______ at you.”

Her husband was ______ that in 50 years she’d only been upset enough to make two doilies.

“What’s the $82,500 for ?”he asked.

She ______ , “Oh, well that’s the money I’ve made selling the doilies.”

A famous poet said, “Everyone will get three ______ in life. Life is the first gift, love is the second and ______ is the third,” But it is love that gives us life and understanding that brings about love.

____ doilies might take your mind off the problem, ______ it won’t change anything .The path from conflict to love is not by way of arts and crafts, but ______ the valley of understanding.

1.A. real    B. patient    C. remote    D. romantic

2.A. conflict    B. worry    C. selfishness    D. love

3.A. measured    B. threw    C. damaged    D. put

4.A. child    B. husband    C. parent    D. friend

5.A. on    B. out    C. alone    D. abroad

6.A. loyal    B. mild    C. old    D. young

7.A. in order    B. on fire    C. into practice    D. on purpose

8.A. sold    B. declared    C. rejected    D. thought

9.A. Destroying    B. Opening    C. Closing    D. Finishing

10.A. took    B. invented    C. bought    D. dug

11.A. structures    B. colors    C. contents    D. materials

12.A. box    B. shoe    C. money    D. doily

13.A. fearful    B. mad    C. strict    D. shameful

14.A. amused    B. disappointed    C. moved    D. confused

15.A. complained    B. begged    C. admitted    D. explained

16.A. ideas    B. messages    C. gifts    D. chances

17.A. kindness    B. concern    C. understanding    D. consideration

18.A. Washing    B. Making    C. Discovering    D. Collecting

19.A. but    B. if    C. and    D. unless

20.A. in    B. under    C. behind    D. through