1 . It was a _______ January day. When I left home for the office, the weather report said, “Windy and cold, but no rain.” _______,by the time I was about to leave work in the early evening, it was absolutely _______! 

My office was close to the bus stop, so I just _______ out of the door and onto the bus. Unfortunately, when I got off, I still had about a mile to walk to my home. As I stepped off the bus to walk home, I_______to get my tiny umbrella to go up in the strong wind. Then, suddenly and to my _______,I heard my mum’s voice. 

I rushed under my bigger _______ and stared at Mum in surprise. My mum was eighty-three that year, and _______ fit and healthy, she didn’t like going out _______ strong wind and heavy rain. 

“You told me to come round for dinner tonight, and I saw your big umbrella lying on the chair. I ________you had forgotten it, so I just picked it ________ and came out to meet you.” 

My mum passed away the following year. This simple________ remains embedded (深留) in my mind, and reminds me how completely my mum ________ me. She wouldn’t have gone out in the wind and rain for herself, but, at eighty-three, she never gave a second ________ about braving the storm so I wouldn’t get ________.

7 . It was a summer evening almost 30 years ago. I was rocking my baby boy in my arms and when he fell asleep, I put him_______down into his crib for the night. My wife,tired out after a long day of work, was half napping and half watching TV in the living room. Not caring for the_______, I poured myself a glass of iced tea in the kitchen, took a lawn chair off our porch (门廊) and walked into the front yard to_______ the stars. 

As soon as I stepped into the yard, I heard the sweet sound of _______ floating through the air. On the hill next to our house, the neighbor’s children were _______fireflies (萤火虫), hoping to catch one in a jar. I sat down in my chair and watched them for a while. They ran very fast; _______, they couldn’t seem to catch the slow moving lighting bugs. _______, exhausted, they both sat down on the grass and _______watched the little guys flying through the air, blinking on and off. I drank my tea and joined them in their _______. It felt so good to get to see one of many miracles lighting up my front yard on a ________ night. It made me feel a part of something far greater than myself. 

Over the years since then, I have appreciated and________ all of the glorious light in this world. I have taken it into my heart and welcomed it into my soul. I have found it in nature, books, music, animals, prayers, and most of all in the lives of those around me. I have never tried to catch this ________, however. I have learned that true light and true love must come from ________. It must flow freely between us and can’t be________in a jar. The next time you see some fireflies, take a seat and enjoy their light. Let them remind you to give off your own light as well. Let them remind you that you, too, are one of the________ in this world.

13.

A．near

B．behind

C．within

D．around