While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to       his family.
First he moved to his younger son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug.       they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!” Then the man stood up, gazed in the        of his older son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug. After several        , he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and       to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember       .
For an instant they       me of a newly-married couple, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my        to nervously ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?” “Almost twelve years.” he replied,        breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man      turned and looked at me, “Two whole days.”
Two days? I was       . By the intensity of the greeting, I had        he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression      me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my        for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my          is still that passionate after twelve years!”
The man suddenly      smiling. He looked at me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul. He told me something that left me a      person. He told me, “Don’t      , friend …decide!” Then with a wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together.
I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend       
to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without     , and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!”

A．appreciate B．watch C．comfort D．greet

A．As B．After C．Because D．Since

A．mind B．eyes C．heart D．head

A．months B．hours C．moments D．weeks

A．proceeded B．inspired C．pretended D．promised

A．dreaming B．studying C．seeing D．sensing

A．thought B．exposed C．warned D．reminded

A．confidence B．courage C．imagination D．patience

A．on B．after C．without D．by

A．directly B．finally C．cautiously D．deliberately

A．discouraged B．frightened C．delighted D．shocked

A．assumed B．planned C．realized D．decided

A．discovered B．overlooked C．betrayed D．withdrew

A．research B．search C．control D．touch

A．marriage B．relatives C．family D．friends

A．continued B．kept C．tried D．stopped

A．different B．reliable C．wonderful D．perfect

A．remark B．imagine C．hope D．quit

A．called on B．dropped in C．came up D．waved at

A．hesitation B．decision C．difficulty D．intention