In 2020, Laura Rudd and her husband bought their first home. They expected the moving day would be unforgettable, ____1____ they didn’t expect the following would be one of the reasons why. On the kitchen table, the couple found a ____2____ from the previous (先前的) owners. With it was a bottle of wine to celebrate the big day.

The letter shows that the previous owners were ____3____ to four children. Sadly, both of them have passed away, leaving their adult children to ____4____ the home they loved so much. Now, they’re hoping the ____5____ owners have the same love for the home as they always have. 

“We thought their note was so meaningful, and of course we ____6____ it,” she shares. “It was with a bottle of wine when we came into the house. It was ____7____ that the family loved the home, and we knew that when we bought the house.” Laura shares that she cried when she first read the letter. She plans to take it with them wherever they go in life. This was proven (被证明的) to be true when the couple ____8____ out of the home in 2022.

Like the previous owners, Laura and her husband told the newest owners ____9____ they knew about the previous owners who left them that letter. Best of all, the previous owners’ wishes for the couple ____10____. “We loved that home very much,” Laura says, “it was filled with our love, too.”

1.1.

A when

B but

C so

D if

解析：选B。B 考查连词辨析。他们本以为搬家的那一天会令人难忘，他们怎么也没想到下面发生的事情会是原因之一，前后两句存在逻辑上的转折关系。故选B。

2.2.

A bag

B cake

C letter

D map

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据题空后面的“The letter shows that”可知，在厨房的桌子上，有一封来自前房主的信。故选C。

3.3.

A friends

B doctors

C teachers

D parents

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据后面的“to four children”和“leaving their adult children”可知，前房主是四个孩子的父母。故选D。

4.4.

A sell

B find

C buy

D leave

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据前文可知，劳拉购买这个前房主的房，因此前房主离世后，使得他们的孩子把他们曾经深爱的房子出售。故选A。

5.5.

A future

B previous

C careless

D poor

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。根据前面的“the previous owners”可知，前房主一家留下字条和葡萄酒，希望未来这个房子的主人能像以前他们爱它一样爱它。故选A。

6.6.

A threw

B kept

C controlled

D repaired

解析：选B。B 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“She plans to take it with them wherever they go in life.”可知，劳拉认为这封信很有意义，并且她打算随身带着这封信，因此劳拉保留了它。故选B。

7.7.

A surprising

B wrong

C crazy

D clear

解析：选D。D 考查形容词辨析。根据文章内容可知前房主很爱那个房子，所以这家人爱这个房子是很明显的。故选D。

8.8.

A run

B got

C moved

D flew

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。根据前面的“She plans to take it with them wherever they go in life.”可知，她打算随身带着这封信，又根据后面的“Like the previous owners, Laura and her husband told the newest owners...”可知，劳拉在2022年搬离了这个房子，像他们的前房主那样，告诉下一任新房主，关于房子的故事。故选C。

9.9.

A everything

B nothing

C nobody

D everyone

解析：选A。A 考查不定代词辨析。根据后面的“they knew about the previous owners who left them that letter”可知，劳拉在搬离这个房子的时候，像他们的前房主那样，告诉下一任新房主，他们知道的所有关于这个房子之前的故事。故选A。

10.10.

A turned down

B came true

C dealt with

D went wrong

解析：选B。B 考查动词短语辨析。根据后面的“‘We loved that home very much,’ Laura says, ‘it was filled with our love, too.’”可知，劳拉在搬离这个房子的时候，像他们的前房主那样，告诉下一任新房主，关于这个房子之前的故事，将这种特殊的爱进行传递，所以前房主的希望实现了。故选B。