Next week, strangers with a truck will take away everything we own, except the clothes on our backs, the car we will drive, and as much stuff as we can pack into it.
It's called 1 . Some people do it often. For others, like me, it's a 2 experience. In all my adult years, I've moved only three times.
My first 3 and I moved into our first house with a bed, our clothes and a few gifts. That was many years ago. Over the years, I 4 that house with three children, a few dogs and enough stuff to 5 the ceiling.
Then the kids grew up, I lost my husband to cancer, and I began to learn about 6 ．
First, I let go of the 7 of being in control. Life isn't about being in charge of what 8 ； it's about being in charge of what we do with it.
Next, I let go of 9 the things I care most about, like keeping in touch with the people that 10 the most to me.
I let go of the people whose 11 are about anger or hatred, and tried instead to 12 myself with those who shine with 13 ．
Finally, I let go of being alone—I remarried. I 14 moved to a new city with my new husband, and after that move, I 15 I'd stop collecting meaningless things. But 12 years later, here I am, still learning about letting go.
We'll all move someday from this 16 to the next, but we won't need a truck to do it. We'll take 17 with us and leave behind a(n) 18 of the life we lived, the mistakes we 19 ， and all the love and kindness we tried to show.
That memory might not be a treasure, but if we're 20 ， someone will keep it and hold it close and never let it go.
【语篇解读】 人这一辈子有什么是需要坚持的，又有什么是需要放手的呢？经历生活中的风风雨雨后，作者终于找到了她苦苦追寻的答案：不要留恋没必要的人或事，要学会放手。
1．A.moving B．changing
C．losing D．missing
解析：选A 由“In all my adult years，I've moved only three times.”及下文作者讲述的自己“搬家”的经历可知，A项正确。
2．A.similar B．familiar
C．rare D．valuable
解析：选C 根据下文“In all my adult years, I've moved only three times.”可知，C项正确。
3．A.son B．daughter
C．husband D．wife
解析：选C 根据下文提到的“I lost my husband”可知，此处是指作者和“丈夫”一起搬进了新家。
4．A.equipped B．filled
C．involved D．provided
解析：选B 这里表示作者成家后生了三个小孩，养了几条狗。 fill...with...表示“用……装满……”，符合文章语境。
5．A.paint B．repair
C．build D．reach
解析：选D 这里表示作者为家里添置了很多东西，以至于都快堆到天花板附近了。故D项正确。
6．A.holding on B．letting go
C．giving back D．turning down
解析：选B let go在下文中多次出现，故选B项，与下文相呼应。let go意为“放手，放下，放弃”，符合文章主题。
7．A.plan B．idea
C．concept D．decision
解析：选B 由后面的“being in control”可知，作者放弃了想掌控一切的“想法”，因此B项正确。
8．A.devotes B．matters
C．happens D．arrives
解析：选C 由语境可知，作者认为，我们不能掌控生活中所“发生”的一切。
9．A.putting off B．coming across
C．making out D．taking over
解析：选A 根据下文可知，作者要表达的是：我们不应该“推迟”自己想做的事。故A项正确。
10．A.offer B．appear
C．indicate D．mean
解析：选D 由语境可知，作者认为，我们应该跟那些“对我们来说”最重要的人保持联系。故选D。
11．A.issues B．subjects
C．lives D．beliefs
解析：选C 由语境可知，作者主张远离“生活”中充满愤怒和仇恨的人。故选C。
12．A.present B．attract
C．support D．surround
解析：选D instead一词暗示下文所说的是与上文相反的情况。也就是说让自己的身边都“围绕”着热心善良的人。
13．A.kindness B．patience
C．fortune D．humour
解析：选A 上句说要远离充满愤怒和仇恨的那些人，因此下句建议我们接近那些“善良”的人。
14．A.naturally B．eventually
C．formally D．regularly
解析：选B 由语境可知，作者再婚后，“最终”搬到了新的城市，开始了新的生活。
15．A.suggested B．informed
C．insisted D．promised
解析：选D 由语境可知，作者组建新的家庭后，“承诺”自己不再收集那些无意义的东西。
16．A.city B．town
C．world D．country
解析：选C 根据下文可知，作者这里是说最终我们都会离开这个“世界”。
17．A.something B．anything
C．everything D．nothing
解析：选D 当我们离开人世时，我们无法带走任何东西。因此选择D项。
18．A.memory B．experience
C．record D．history
解析：选A 根据下一段的“That memory might not be a treasure”可知，当我们离开这个世界时，给人们留下的只能是“回忆”。
19．A.completed B．made
C．conducted D．forgot
解析：选B 我们留给世人的，还有我们曾“犯”过的错误。make a mistake意为“犯错”，是固定短语。
20．A.optimistic B．generous
C．determined D．fortunate
解析：选D 作者认为，我们所留下的回忆未必珍贵，但是如果我们“幸运”的话，别人会牢牢记住这份回忆。
