Ihaveastrongfaiththatfamiliesarenotonlyrelatives，butsometimespeoplewhoturnupandloveyouwhennooneelsewill.InMayl987IwaslivinginaHowardJohnson’smoteloffInterstatel0inHouston.MydadandI31
Ihaveastrongfaiththatfamiliesarenotonlyrelatives，butsometimespeoplewhoturnupandloveyouwhennooneelsewill.
InMayl987IwaslivinginaHowardJohnson’smoteloffInterstatel0inHouston.MydadandI31aroomwithtwodoublebedsandabathroom.Itwastoo32fora15-year-oldgirlandherfather．Dad’ssecondmarriagewas33andmystepmotherhad34usbothoutofthehouse．Dadhadno35whattodowithme．Andthatwaswhenmyotherfamily36.
BarbaraandRolandBeachtookmeintotheirhome37theironlydaughterSu，mybestfriend，askedthemto.I38withthemforthenextsevenyears．
BarbarawashedmyskirtsjustasshedidSu’s.She39Ihadlunchmoneydoctors’appointments，helpwithhomeworkandnightlyhugs．BarbaraandRolandBeachattendedeveryfootballgamewhereSuandIwerebeingcheerleaders．40Icouldtell，fortheBeachestherewasno41betweenSuandme；Iwastheirdaughtertoo.
WhenSuandI42collegetheykeptmyroomthesamefortheentirefouryearsIattendedschool.RecentlyBarbarapresentedmewithaninsurancepolicytheyboughtwhenIfirstmovedinwiththemandhadcontinuedtopayfor23years．
TheBeachesknew43aboutmewhentheytookmein：TheyhadheardthewholestoryfromSu．WhenIwasseven，mymotherdiedandfromthenonmyfatherreliedonotherpeopleto44hiskids.BeforethetimeIwenttolivewiththeBeachesIbelievedthatlifewasentirely45andthatlovewasshakyanduntrustworthy，Ibelievedthattheonlypersonwhowouldtakecareofmewasme.
46theBeaches，Iwouldhavebecomeabittercynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman．Theygavemea(n)47thatallowedmetogrowandchange．Theykeptmefrombeingparalyzedbymy48andtheygavemetheconfidencetoopenmyheart.
I49thefamily．Forme，itwasn’tthefamilythatwasthereonthedayIwas50，buttheonethatwasthereformewhenIwaslivinginaHowardJohnson’smoteloffInterstate10.
31．A．lived B．shared C．possessed D．bought
32．A．cheap B．noisy C．small D．limited
33．A．introuble B．insight C．inplace D．inparts
34．A．struck B．removed C．kicked D．knocked
35．A．plan B．choice C．chance D．idea
36．A．lookafter B．showedupC．turnedover D．cameacross
