【译林版】2019届高考英语总复习 真题研练80 含解析.pdfVIP

试题习题、尽在百度 Task 1 ：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20 各题所给的A 、B 、C 、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项. (2015·天津)My fiancé (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home.But our funds were __1__ ，and none of the houses in our price range seeme satisfactory. One agent __2__ a house in particular.Although her description sounde wonderful，the price was __3__ our range ，so we declined.But she kept urging us to have a look __4__. We finally di an it was __5__ at first sight.It was Our Home ，small an charming，overlooking a quiet lake.Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners，a nice elderly couple ，we felt the warmth and __6__ of the marriage within that home.As perfect as it was ，the price remained too high for us.But every day ，we would sit by the lake ，looking at the house and dreaming of __7__ it would be like to live there. Days later ，we made a(n) __8__—far below the asking price.Surprisingly ，they didnt __9__us.They renewed their offer __10__.It was also much more than we coul affor ，but far __11__ than the original asking price. The next day ，we got a __12__ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.Even so ，we decided to talk with the __13__ directly.We made our final offer，which __14__ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyers bid.We knew it ，__15__ we had to try. “Sol ！” said the owner.Then he __16__ ：Hes seen us sitting by the lake all those times ；he knew how much we loved the place and that wed __17__ the years of work they had put into their home ；he realized he would take a __18__ by selling it to us ，but it was worthwhile ；we were the people they wanted to live there.He told us to consider the __19__ in the price “an early wedding present” ． Thats how we found our home and how I learned that when people are __20__ ， they are not strangers ，only friends we havent yet met.