阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were _ , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent _ a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was _ our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look _ .
We finally did and it was _ at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and _ of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of _ it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) _ —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t _ us. They renewed their offer _ . It was also much more than we could afford, but far _ than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a _ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the _ directly. We made our final offer, which _ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, _ we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he _ : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d _ the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a _ by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the _ in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are _ they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
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needed 需要；limited有限的；enough足够的；large巨大的；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory可知，以我们的价格没有一所房子是满意的。
固定搭配错误。 fund“资金”和limited搭配。
recommended 介绍； decorated 装饰； sold（sell的过去式）卖； rented租；故选项A正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的a house 搭配可知，中介向我们特别介绍了一所房子。
固定搭配错误。recommend a house 介绍一所房子。
below在……之下；with在……之间；beyond超出……；between在……之间；故选项C正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的so we declined所以我们拒绝了，可知这个价格肯定是超出我们所能承受的范围。
固定搭配错误。 beyond one’s range 超出某人的范围。
at least 至少； at most 最多； at times偶尔；at hand即将到来；故选项A正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，but she kept urging us to have a look，结合选项可知，中介让我们至少也要去看看。
固定搭配错误。at least至少。
relief 减轻； concern 关心； love爱；curiosity好奇；故选项C正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake可知，作者对这所房子非常喜欢，所以第一眼看到就爱上了。
固定搭配错误。love爱。
pride 骄傲；happiness 幸福；challenge挑战；desire渴望；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据上文a nice elderly couple，用nice来形容那对夫妇，可知作者在这所房子里感受到了温暖以及他们夫妇婚姻的幸福美满。
固定搭配错误。 warmth and happiness温暖与快乐。
what在of后作介词宾语引导宾语从句；故选项D正确。
本题考查宾语从句引导词问题，it would be like to live there可知，我们经常坐在湖边想象如果住在这所房子里会是什么样的。
宾语从句引导词错误。 what 在of 后作介词宾语。
make an offer出价，符合文章逻辑；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的far below the asking price远远低于要价，可知两夫妻终于出价了。
固定搭配错误。 make an offer出价。
come across穿过；look after照顾；depend on依靠；laugh at嘲笑；故选项D正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据上文的surprisingly 可知，他们并没有嘲笑我们。
固定搭配错误。laugh at嘲笑。
instead相反；indeed的确；aside离开； apart分开；故选项A正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据上文的they didn’t laugh at us他们并没有嘲笑我们，相反重新调整了一下计划。
固定搭配错误。instead反而，相反。
worse 更糟；better更好；less更少；higher更高；故选项C正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据上文的It was also much more than we could afford虽然这还是远远大于我们所能支付的，后面来个转折but，也大大小于原本的价钱。
固定搭配错误。far less大大小于。
relaxing令人放松的；disappointing令人失望的；pleasant令人愉悦的；regular规律的；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的another buyer had offered a much higher price另外一个买家出了一个比我们高得多的价格，可知这是一则令人失望的消息。
固定搭配错误。a disappointing message一则令人失望的消息。
agents机构；buyer买家；manager经理；owners主人；故选项D正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据上文we got a disappointing message可知，知道这个消息后，夫妻两迫不及待地想和房子的主人谈一谈。
固定搭配错误。 owner 主人。
already已经；still依旧；generally逐渐地；ever曾经；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid可知，作者最后的出价依旧比卖家的少了好几千美元。
固定程度副词错误。still 依旧。
so所以；or或者；for为，为了；but但是；故选项D正确。
本题考查连接词问题，根据下文的we had to try可知，尽管我们知道自己的价格比别人低，但是还是要试一试。
连接词错误。but 但是。
apologize道歉；complain抱怨；criticize批评；explaine解释；故选项D正确。
本题考查常见动词记忆意义问题，根据下文的“Sold!” said the owner可知，房子的主人决定把房子卖给我们了，随后就解释这么做的原因。
常见动词记忆混淆错误。 explain解释。
check检查，查看；analyze解释； appreciate珍惜，欣赏； ignore忽略；故选项C正确。
本题考查常见动词记忆意义问题，根据上文的he knew how much we loved the place他知道我们对这个地方有多么地热爱，可知我们会珍惜他们这么多年来为这里所倾注的心血。
常见动词记忆混淆错误。appreciate珍惜。
loss损失；risk冒险；chance机会；lead引导；故选项B正确。
本题考查词语的搭配问题，根据下文的but it was worthwhile可知，尽管以如此低的价格卖给我们会遭受一些损失，但是是值得的。
固定搭配错误。take a loss遭受损失。
difference in the price差价；故选项C正确。
本题考查常见名词问题，根据下文的an early wedding present可知他让我们把这个差价作为提早的结婚礼物。
名词词义记忆混淆错误。difference不同，差异。
kind善良的；polite礼貌的；smart聪明的；energetic精力充沛的；故选项A正确。
本题考查常见形容词问题，根据全文可知，作者通过自己寻找新房的亲身经历告诉我们，他们是如何了解到人间的善良的。
形容词词义记忆混淆错误。difference不同，差异。