【Myfiance（未婚夫）andIwereexcitedaboutshoppingforourfirsthome．Butourfundswere（16）___，andnoneofthehousesinourpricerangeseemedsatisfactory．Oneagent（17）___ahouseinparticular．Althoughherdescriptionso】
My fiance （未婚夫） and I were excited about shopping for our first home．But our funds were（16）___，and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory．
One agent（17）___ a house in particular．Although her description sounded wonderful，the price was（18）___ our range，so we declined．But she kept urging us to have a look（19）___．
We finally did and it was（20）___ 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（21）___ 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（22）___ it would be like to live there．
Days later，we made a（n）（23）___-far below the asking price．Surprisingly，they didn’t（24）___ us．They renewed their offer（25）___．It was also much more than we could afford，but far（26）___than the original asking price．
The next day，we got a（27）___ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price．Even so，we decided to talk with the（28）___ directly．We made our final offer，which（29）___ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid．We knew it，（30）___ we had to try．
“Sold!”said the owner．Then he（31）___：He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times； he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d（32）___the years of work they had put into their home； he realized he would take a （33）___ by selling it to us，but it was worthwhile； we were the people they wanted to live there．He told us to consider the（34）___ in the price“an early wedding present．”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are（35）___ they are not strangers，only friends we haven’t yet met．
16．A．needed B．limited C．enough D．large
17．A．recommended B．decorated C．sold D．rented
18．A．below B．within C．b