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This world is not really peaceful. The heartbroken scenes in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine are 41 day by day. I cannot help thinking about my unique family situation. I am the father of two adopted boys, one from Russia and the other from Ukraine, and I 42 them when they were very little.
Young men now, each 43 his way in life, but they still carry a strong 44 of their origins, although Alyosha less so than Anton. While Alyosha does not often 45 the land of his Russian birth, Anton's feelings for Ukraine run deep: When Crimea(克里米亚) joined Russia in 2014, Anton was 17.
I'm grateful that 46 the conflict, they behave as if their 47 is one of blood.
In addition to 48 another word comes to mind: absence. I often see crowded 49 of mothers and children everywhere, huddled(蜷缩) in dark and 50 spaces on the news now. But my boys aren't there. I also often see children crying as they hug tightly fathers who must 51 themselves to wars. But my sons are here, and I am available to them.
Especially, in these 52 times, when it is easy to draw battle lines and take 53 events have, instead, pushed my sons 54 together. Staring at them, I realize that I am not looking at a Russian and a Ukrainian; I am looking at two people who love each other so much that doing the other 55 is unthinkable.
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41. A. finishing B. unfolding C. decreasing D. improving
42. A. disliked B. attracted C. arranged D. adopted
43. A. blocks B. abandons C. makes D. quits
44. A. offence B. boredom. C. sense D. discrimination
45. A. flee from B. take over C. deal with D. think of
46. A. before B. until C. despite D. without
47. A. hair B. bond C. brain D. health.
48. A. surprise B. gratitude C. excitement D. enthusiasm
49. A. gatherings B. harbors C. airports