An ancient Hebraic (希伯来的) text says, "Love is as strong as death." It seems that not everyone ____26____ this kind of strong love. The increasing probability of crime and war tells us that the world is in ____27____ need of true love. But what is true love?Love is something we all need. But how do we know when we experience it?True love is best seen as the ____28____ and action, not an emotion. Love is not ____29____ based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are ____30____. But they cannot be our only ____31____ for love. True love is when you care enough about another person that you will lay down your life for them. When this happens, then love truly is as ____32____ as death. How many of you have a mother, or father, husband or wife, son or daughter or friend who would ____33____ his or her own life on yours? Those of you who truly love your family members would ____34____ lay your life on the line to save them from death. That is why many people in an emergency room with their loved ones would ____35____, "Please, God, take me instead of them." May you find true love and be a true lover as well.
An ancient Hebraic (希伯来的) text says, "Love is as strong as death." It seems that not everyone ____26____ this kind of strong love. The increasing probability of crime and war tells us that the world is in ____27____ need of true love. But what is true love? Love is something we all need. But how do we know when we experience it? True love is best seen as the ____28____ and action, not an emotion. Love is not ____29____ based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are ____30____. But they cannot be our only ____31____ for love. True love is when you care enough about another person that you will lay down your life for them. When this happens, then love truly is as ____32____ as death. How many of you have a mother, or father, husband or wife, son or daughter or friend who would ____33____ his or her own life on yours? Those of you who truly love your family members would ____34____ lay your life on the line to save them from death. That is why many people in an emergency room with their loved ones would ____35____, "Please, God, take me instead of them." May you find true love and be a true lover as well.
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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解以及词汇的运用。解题的关键在于结合上下文语境，理解句子的含义，从而选择合适的词汇填入空格。
26题
根据上下文，这里表达的是并非所有人都能理解这种强烈的爱。“everyone”作主语是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词要用第三人称单数形式，所以应填“understands”。
27题
“in desperate need of”是固定短语，意为“极度需要”，结合语境，世界极度需要真爱，所以填“desperate”。
28题
前文提到真爱不仅仅是情感，这里说真爱最好被看作是“承诺与行动”，“commitment”有“承诺的意思，符合文意，故填“commitment”。
29题
真爱不是仅仅基于我们的感觉，“solely”的副词形式“solely”表示“仅仅，只”，符合语境，所以填“solely”。
30题
根据常识，情感是重要的，“important”表示“重要的”，符合文意，因此填“important”。
31题
前文说情感不能成为爱的唯一依据，“basis”有“基础，依据”的意思，所以填“basis”。
32题
文章开头提到“Love is as strong as death”，这里再次强调真爱如死亡般强大，所以填“strong”。
33题“lay one's life on sb.”表示“为某人牺牲生命”，是固定表达，所以填“lay”。
34题真爱者会心甘情愿地为所爱之人牺牲自己，“willingly”表示“愿意地，心甘情愿地”，符合文意，故填“willingly”。
35题在紧急情况下，人们会向上帝祈祷，“pray”表示“祈祷”，所以填“pray”。