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Temperature is part of my married romance Coming to New’York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year-1was  21  by a fireplace in my new home,wit fires  22  all day,just as what ancient people did at a wedding.
My husband,Peter,comes from northem Ontario,where winter  23  from September to May and cold wind is  24 .”When Canadians have 30 below,they  25  it,”he says.“Cold wind is for crybabies.”
So to marry this man I had to learn to  26  for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson,Peter piled me  27  jackets and sweaters,scarves and gloves.even a hat with earflaps.The gift of Sorel boots-comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below,was a  28  we were getting serious.
That first winter together,living in upstate New York,I thought I’d  29  My boots were good below freezing,but my fingers could  30  tie them.Physical adaptation is real,but it came slowly.And there is also emotional  31  to cold.Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on  32  days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build  33 .
34 ,having a warm house is important.After my first marriage ended,for years I 35   ! went on a second date with a man whose response to my”I'm cold”was.”Put on a sweater.”Now I’m married to a man who  36  that cold hands do not mean a warm heart.And that a big oil bill is better than roses But surprisingly,I've grown,too.I am  37 ,in this new life and climate,to go look for that cost-saving sweater.
The word comfortable did not  38  refer to being contented.Its Latin root,comfortare, means to strengthen.The Holy Spirit is Comforter;not to make us comfortable,but to make us
39 .we  40  not be warm but we are indeed comforted.
21.A.set down          B.set about          C.set up          D.set out
22.A.lighting           B.burning            C.going           D.flashing
23.A.appears           B.starts             C.keeps           D.runs
24.A.something         B.everything        C.nothing         D.none
25.A.suggest           B.mean              C.overlook        D.enjoy
26.A.wear             B.stand              C.dress          D.ride
27.A  under            B.over               C.inside          D.with
28.A.remark           B.sign               C.warning        D.show
29.A.sleep             B.forget             C.die            D.continue
30.A.hardly            B.easily             C.tightly          D.loosely
31.A.health            B.reaction          C.feelings         D.adaptation
32.A.rainy             B.freezing           C.sunny          D.happy
33.A.character         B.love              C.hope           D.hardship
34.A.Meanwhile        B.However          C.Therefore       D.Besides
35.A.merely            B.ever             C.never           D.just
36.A.wonders          B.knows            C.states           D decides
37.A.unable            B.accustomed       C.interested       D.willing
38.A.originally          B.exactly           C.actually         D.namely
39.A.wild              B.cold              C.strong          D.warm
40.A.will              B.must              C.can            D.may

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