Every morning, Lula wheels herself into the living room where she sits for hours, totally lost in thoughts．

    The days are short and __21__ now, so different from last summer when Lula, at age 94, walked through a world lit up by __22__．Her college sweetheart had found her, 76 years after their first kiss．They married. Five weeks later a car crash __23__ their honeymoon．Now she is __24__ again．

    In 1923, barely 18, Lula first met Paul．Then one day they danced and Paul sent Lula home, kissed her and left．Their __25__ was on．They left school to teach in __26__ places, but kept up a __27__, writing letters and seeing each other __28__．Neither of them had a car．__29__ were not for chatting in those days．

      Lula loved Paul, but she was __30__, since he never spoke of __31__．She started dating others and fell in love with Larry Marschat．Near the end of 1926, Lula __32__ telling Paul she had been asked to marry．

      Paul was __33__ learning Lula was leaving him．He __34__ wrote back．He had been in __35__ for very long．He had intended to see her when he felt fit enough．But Lula did not know this．She __36__ Mrs．Marschat in June 1927．Sixty years later, her husband __37__ away．

      Last April 21, a letter arrived from Paul．She called him that night．Paul suggested they should make a __38_ and so they united, spending every minute together knowing time was __39__ for them．But __40__ disappeared so quickly．

21．A．windy                 B．blue                    C．bright                  D．gray

22．A．fire                     B．love                    C．candle                 D．flash

23．A．entered                B．touched               C．ruined                 D．shocked

24． A．alone                 B．quiet                   C．serious                D．dependent

25． A．quarrel              B．romance              C．adventure            D．fortune

26． A．unknown           B．nearby                 C．distant                 D．native

27． A．hardship            B．friendship            C．partnership          D．relationship

28． A．usually              B．infrequently         C．unexpectedly       D．continuously

29． A．Mails                 B．Radios                 C．Phones                D．Cinemas

30． A．puzzled              B．delighted              C．interrupted           D．mistaken

31． A．children             B．marriage              C．freedom              D．incomes

32． A．wrote                B．insisted                C．avoided               D．stopped

33． A．disappointed       B．impressed            C．confused             D．heartbroken

34． A．finally                B．quickly                C．never                  D．certainly

35． A．bed                   B．school                 C．trouble                D．hospital

36． A．became             B．surprised             C．punished             D．refused

37． A．traveled             B．stayed                 C．moved                D．passed

38． A．decision             B．promise               C．couple                 D．memory

39． A．precious            B．enough                C．pleasant               D．difficult

40． A．chances             B．happiness            C．beauty                 D．loneliness