My sister got married yesterday for the second time. The first time she got married, she was only nineteen years old. My parents didn't like the idea then and tried to(1) ˍˍ her out of it. She thought she knew best, but (2)ˍˍ the end, she got a divorce1 after two years. She's twenty-six now and she felt that she was ready to get married again. All of us were a bit worried(3)ˍ, until we found out that her new husband happens to be her old husband. She said she never stopped(4) ˍˍ him, and they were both older and wiser. Hopefully2, it will all work out. I'm keeping my fingers(5) ˍˍ.
1.（A）speak（B）ask   （C）tell（D）talk
2.（A）with（B）at    （C）in（D）for
3.（A）at beginning（B）at first  （C）at start（D）at end
4.（A）loving（B）love （C）to love（D）loved
5.（A）crossed3（B）closed  （C）opened（D）cleaned

我妹妹昨天梅開二度，她第一次結婚時只有十九歲，父母親當時不喜歡她的想法便勸她不要結婚。她自以為自己很清楚，結果在兩年後以離婚收場。現在她已經廿六歲了，覺得自己已準備好可以再婚了。剛開始我們都有點擔心，直到我們發現她的新夫婿剛好就是她的前夫。她說她一直愛他，而且他們已更加成熟和理智了。希望一切順利，我衷心祝福他們。
答案：1.（D）2.（C）3.（B）   4.（A）5.（A）

單字一點通
1.divorce      n. 離婚
2.hopefully   adv. 希望，但願
例：Hopefully it'll rain this afternoon.   希望今天下午會下雨。
3.cross    vt. 使交叉

片語大補帖
1.for the first／second time......生平第一次／第二次……
例：For  the  first  time I realized how important it is to 　　learn English.
我生平第一次了解學英文有多麼重要。
2.talk sb out of Ving　   說服某人不要……
talk sb into Ving　    說服某人從事……
例：I need to talk him out of smoking.

我必須說服他不要抽煙。
Can you talk him into going with us

你可否說服他跟我們一起去？

3.be ready to V　準備好……
例：Are you ready to set out now   你準備好要出發了嗎？

4.happen to V　碰巧……
例：I happen to have $500 with me.  我正巧身邊有五百元。

5.work out　順利進行 
例：I hope our marriage can work out fine.
希望我們的婚姻很順利。
精解
1.此處空格應選（D）理由:
a.talk sb out of......　
勸服某人放棄……
talk sb into......　
說服某人做……
例：My mother talked me out of smoking.
我媽媽勸阻我抽煙。
John talked me into lending him my car.
約翰說服我把車子借給他。
b."talk sb out of......"是固定用法，故選（D）。

2.此處空格應選（C）理由：
a.In the end, S + V　
     最後／終於，……
In the begining, S + V　
   起初／開始，……
例：At first, I thought he was a nice person. But in the 　end, he proved to be a bad guy.
起先我還以為他人不錯，最後卻證明他是個壞蛋。
b.（B）項的at the end須與of並用。
at the end of......　在……結束時
at the beginning of......　
在……開始時
例：John showed up at the end of the party.
約翰在派對結束時出現了。
c.空格之後無of引導的片語，故（C）是唯一正選。

3.此處空格應選（B）理由：
a.at first　 起初，一開始
  =in the beginning
例：No one believed me at first.
      起初沒有人相信我的話。
b."at first"是固定用法，故選（B）。

4.此處空格應選（A）理由：
a.stop Ving　停止做……
  stop to V　停止某事而去做……
例：We   stopped   talking   when  our teacher appeared.
老師一出現我們就停止講話。
I stopped to take a rest.
我停下來休息一下。
b."stop Ving"為固定用法，故選（A）。

5.此處空格應選（A）理由：
a. keep one's fingers crossed　
（把中指與食指交叉成十字狀）祝福
例：Knowing  that  you'll climb Mt. Everest alone,
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
知道你要獨自攀登聖母峰，我祝福你。
b."keep one's fingers crossed"為固定用法，故選（A）。