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y parents’ first date was planned much like a military maneuver(演习). Uncle Wally worked with my dad at a gas station near Revere Beach. Mum, who ___36___ 21 that summer, and her friend, Mary, walked to the beach almost daily and made it a ___37___to make sure Dad and Wally saw them walk by. One look at my mother, and both Wally and Dad ___38__ her. Since Wally was the ___39___ of the two, he arranged a double date, but he made ___40___ clear right away that he’d be Elizabeth’s date; Stan was Mary’s escort. The four ___41___ for a movie, but Dad drove because Wally didn’t own a car. That made a big ___42___. When the evening was over, Dad drove his date home; then he drove Wally home. Wally p rotested ___43___ that Elizabeth was his date and Stan should take her home next and then take Wally home. Dad wouldn’t take no for an answer. ___44___ Wally went, muttering with indignation. The next day Dad ___45___ at Elizabeth’s house with a note that he ___46___ to her, “Wally says ‘it’s OK with him if it’s OK with you for you to go out with me’.” He looked for her ___47___. I imagine ___48___ played around her lips as she ___49___ her response—she was that kind of woman. Over the years my father wrote poems for her that he __50__ with his own watercolor designs. For her birthday one year he wrote about ___51___ he loved her on the back of a piece of birch bark(白桦树皮). They were traveling in Alaska at that time. He often stopped the car to __52___ wildflowers for her and usually knew the ___53___ thing to say. Only once did he make the ___54___ of telling her she made lumpy gravy(一种肉汁). ___55__, we never had gravy after that. Mum and Dad were married six days before Valentine’s Day in 1939. 36. A. turned B. got C. grew D. became37. A. sense B. significance C. point D. possibility38. A. took in B. took to C. took up D. took down39. A. braver B. weaker C. stronger D. heavier40. A. that B. which C. what D. it41. A. went out B. brought out C. took out D. put out42. A. distance B. adaptation C. difference D. result43. A. happily B. readily C. excitedly D. angrily44. A. In B. Out C. Up D. Down45. A. brought up B. picked up C. gathered up D. showed up46. A. snatched B. seized C. handed D. held47. A. action B. response C. behavior D. movement48. A. a cry B. a smile C. a sob D. a sigh49. A. nodded B. wagged C. shook D. quaked50. A. equipped B. furnished C. decorated D. applied51. A. how much B. how many C. how long D. how often 52. A. donate B. raise C. catch D. pick 53. A. correct B. right C. wrong D. mistaken54. A. mistake B. point C. excuse D. st ory55. A. Instead B. However C. As a consequence D. In contrast