【原创】As Mr.T steadily pawed his way into our hearts, Colin and I identified for the first time in our lives, as    .My husband was a reasonable and generous father, and l was a sensitive, fussy mom .Colin tried to         the world through Mr. T's eyes, adding a solid wooden door to Mr. T's home when he    how much he liked his privacy .Meanwhile ,I cared about Mr. T's     ,fearing that every nap or failed attempt to mount the coffee table         some terrible illness.
I felt our world conforming to Mr. T's needs - and I          it. Colin and I____  going out to dinner as often and instead spent evenings in our living room, smiling proudly as Mr. T dragged apples and socks into his house with great seriousness. Some nights, we     on the sofa until 2,3,4 in the morning, waiting for Mr.T ,who was active at night, to    and walk downstairs. We stopped traveling together so one of us could always be home to keep him              .
A few years earlier, we had struggled to find even a(n)        hour in the day – but Mr.T taught us how to make        in our lives for the future we wanted, to be more empathetic, more patient.  He taught us to love    . We'd found Mr.  T in one of life's intervals, between dating and marriage, coupledom and      .If it had been a lost dog or a deserted cat on our way home that night, there would be no____ to tell. We would have brought the animal to a shelter.         that nobody would do that for a rat made us bring Mr.T into our home, and doing so made all the       .
Some of our friends and family just didn't          Mr.T.They never understood how we could love a        .We never understood how, if you had the         0f meeting him, it was possible not to.

A．servants B．guides C．tutors D．parents

A．see B．change C．clarify D．believe

A．puzzled B．explained C．realized D．guaranteed

A．mood B．health C．diet D．progress

A．signaled B．shifted C．struck D．designed

A．hated B．regretted C．loved D．understood

A．stopped B．continued C．risked D．delayed

A．held out B．stayed up C．set off D．came over

A．greet B．perform C．rise D．exercise

A．expectation B．justice C．display D．company

A．tight B．urgent C．particular D．spare

A．room B．motivation C．inspiration D．beauty

A．sincerely B．toughly C．unconditionally D．consciously

A．neighborhood B．parenthood C．childhood D．adulthood

A．difference B．truth C．story D．detail

A．Knowing B．Denying C．Hiding D．Contenting

A．contribution B．difference C．contradiction D．reception

A．get B．recall C． serve D．motivate

A．cat B．dog C．bear D．rat

A．courage B．expectation C．pleasure D．temptation