Question

A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything talked about everything and kept no secrets 25.   each other except that the woman

had a box in a drawer 26.    she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

He'd never thought about it ever since. One day 27.   woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover.  To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 28.   (bring) it should know 29.     was in the box. 30.   (open) it he found two small table mats and a sum of money totalling $ 25,000. He asked

her about the contents. "When we were to be married,"she said, "my grandma told me the secret of happy 31.   (marry) was never to argue, and I should

just keep quiet and make a mat 32.      I got angry with you.

The man was so 33.  (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! "Honey," he said, "that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from?"

"Oh," she said, " that's the money I made from

selling 34.     

Answer 1

25. from 26. that/which 27. the 28. brought 29. what 30.  Opening     31.   marriage     32.   if/when     33. moved them