题目内容：

For me, two of the loveliest words in English are “Life persists”.

I _______ them years ago as a college student, sitting in the library, _______, working on a paper. Out of nowhere, those words came _______ off the page in a quote: “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of _______ truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

Suddenly I wasn’t unhappy and impatient any more. Then I _______ my granddad. I loved to talk with him. And I was _______ to hear what he’d think of it. He had poor hearing, so I had to _______ it a few times, but once he _______ it, he laughed. “All I can say to that is totally _______,”he said on the phone. I told him how glad I was, after a long winter, to finally see spring and ________ to find that quote. “Why is that?” he asked. "Well, spring is a sure ________ that life persists. And it just makes me ________.”

He laughed again, and then in his ________ voice, he recited for me his ________“spring time” words: “The desert shall rejoice(高兴), and ________ as the rose does…Even with joy and singing.”

Many years later, ________ my husband and I drove across a desert with many wildflowers and blooming cactuses(仙人掌), I could ________ hear my granddad laughing: “The desert shall rejoice."

Life persists, and so do we, in the silence of ________ and the blooming of cactuses; and in the dead of ________ and the green of spring. Spring ________ us that we’re alive forever.

1.A. looked for    B. came across    C. picked out    D. made up

2.A. bored    B. worried    C. tired    D. confused

3.A. running    B. dancing    C. rushing.    D. moving

4.A. fear    B. doubt    C. terror    D. lie

5.A. called    B. visited    C. consulted    D. informed

6.A. patient    B. confident    C. upset    D. desperate

7.A. copy    B. print    C. repeat    D. recite

8.A. got    B. made    C. undertook    D. managed

9.A. puzzlement    B. excitement    C. agreement    D. amusement

10.A. practically    B. especially    C. obviously    D. naturally

11.A. way    B. inspiration    C. mark    D. sign

12.A. nervous    B. energetic    C. merry    D. alive

13.A. lovely    B. calm    C. cold    D. high

14.A. impressive    B. superb    C. classical    D. favorite

15.A. exist    B. flower    C. survive    D. sow

16.A. after    B. when    C. until    D. although

17.A. hardly    B. always    C. almost    D. mostly

18.A. journeys    B. words    C. world    D. desert

19.A. winter    B. spring    C. summer    D. autumn

20.A. convinces    B. ensures    C. reminds    D. strikes