Weallhaveourwaysofmarkingtime.Asaphotographer,mylifeis

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We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is_____41_____ from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a _____42____ of gray wolves.

Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story ____43_____ which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still.

Kathy and I met at a blues bar in college . She had long blond hair and thought I was funny . Beautiful , graceful and patient , she has remained my muse( 文艺女神) for 24years , ____44___the thousands of times I’ve forced her to be photographed , she may have gotten tired of it now and then. I supposed ____45___ pictures on the day when she found that tumor(肿瘤) in her right breast . It was the size of a hen’s egg. Cruelly , it was Thanksgiving . By Christmas , the chemo-therapy ____46_____her weak and lying in bed . Some days she was so ___47____ she couldn’t watch TV. One day she couldn’t even walk.

Early detection saves lives . But ours was not early . By the time you can ____48__ it yourself , it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.

Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as ___49______ at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, ____50_____ what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a ____51_____ to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really __52_______. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.

In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it____53_____ that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.

I’ve ____54_____ my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I ____55_____ our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.

41. A . repeated B. transferred C. conveyed D. measured

42. A. pack B. series C. bunch D. portion

43.A. with B. at C. during D. for

44.A. despite B. beyond C. until D. upon

45.A. making B. taking C. drawing D. painting

46.A. held B. witnessed C. found D. had

47. A. angry B. sick C. sad D. dull

48.A. feel B. see C. seize D. record

49.A. uneasy B. unfit C. unfair D. unusual

50.A. assessing B. approaching C. approving D. appreciating

51.A. guest B. guide C. stranger D. supervisor

52.A. implies B. matters C. means D. works