完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were      , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent          a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was       our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look      .
We finally did and it was       at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and       of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of________it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n)  ________—far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t ________ us. They renewed their offer  ________. It was also much more than we could afford, but far ________ than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a  ________ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the   ________  directly. We made our final offer, which  ________  was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it,  ________   we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he   ________   : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d  ________  the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a  ________ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the   ________   in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are  ________  they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.

A．needed B．limited C．enough D．large

A．recommended B．decorated C．sold D．rented

A．below B．within C．beyond D．between

A．at least B．at most C．at times D．at hand

A．relief B．concern C．love D．curiosity

A．pride B．happiness C．challenge D．desire

A．which B．why C．that D．what

A．effort B．offer C．promise D．profit

A．come across B．look after C．depend on D．laugh at

A．instead B．indeed C．aside D．apart

A．worse B．better C．less D．higher

A．relaxing B．disappointing C．pleasant D．regular

A．agents B．buyers C．managers D．owners

A．already B．still C．generally D．ever

A．so B．or C．for D．but

A．apologized B．complained C．criticized D．explained

A．check B．analyze C．appreciate D．ignore

A．loss B．risk C．chance D．lead

A．increase B．difference C．interest D．average

A．kind B．polite C．smart D．Energetic