Ten years ago, I moved to Chicago. As I was new to the area, I had       friends and rarely went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I       an elderly couple.
The wife and I     for a long time. She told me how       she was about her husband who was       a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same     where the husband would be going for his operation,       I told her to set down my phone number and       me to let me know when he was there. She phoned a few weeks later as       and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and       waiting. I told her that I would go and cheek on him every day when I was at      . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I was determined to keep       with them. Weeks turned into months and it just became my       to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation.
Sometimes I’d bring a       for him to read, or some food that we would       together. As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the      . Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often      each other on holidays. Now, ten years later, I have my own      .
Since our parents don’t       close by, this couple has become my son’s “local” grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly       to have this couple as our “local” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.

A．some B．few C．several D．many

A．served B．supported C．met D．saved

A．talked B．looked C．worked D．searched

A．pleased B．mad C．worried D．guilty

A．giving up B．turning down C．paying for D．waiting for

A．hotel B．hospital C．restaurant D．office

A．so B．but C．or D．since

A．invite B．help C．ask D．call

A．required B．predicted C．imagined D．promised

A．ever B．never C．still D．already

A．work B．school C．home D．play

A．control B．company C．pace D．trust

A．problem B．purpose C．stress D．habit

A．book B．letter C．report D．post

A．order B．share C．cook D．prepare

A．guest B．member C．doctor D．head

A．missed B．followed C．watched D．visited

A．duty B．style C．family D．dream

A．walk B．come C．live D．drive

A．thankful B．interested C．surprised D．successful