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I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I 41 most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we42 ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to43 his family as cold. When we got into the 44 to go home, his father suddenly appeared.45 , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often 46 me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant 47 or inquiry about my life

, just financial instructions. This manner of his 48 me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his 49 morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I 50 him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt 51 . For example, I always return phone calls52 and regularly contact my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the53 : She wasn’t a good friend. My anger54 as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I 55 and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was56 at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be 57 . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often, I ignored their 58 expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my 59 . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to 60 other persons’ love signs.

41. A. remember B. enjoy C. value D. admire

42. A. excitedly B. nervously C. silently D. instantly

43. A. regard B. treat C. take D. think

44. A. bus B. train C. car D. plane

45. A. Punctually B. Carefully C. Proudly D. Coldly

46. A. visited B. interrupted C. warned D. telephoned

47. A. greeting B. meeting C. apology D. explanation

48. A. interested B. angered C. encouraged D. surprised

49. A. long B. short C. warm D. polite

50. A. praised B. remembered C. blamed D. thanked

51. A. content B. guilty C. curious D. disappointed

52. A. in order B. in turn C. without delay D. without difficulty