阅读理解 I shall never forget the night,a few years ago,when Marion J. Douglas w
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adulteducation classes.He told us how tragedy had struck at his home,no
t once,but twice.The first timehe had lost his fiveyearold daughter.He and his wife thought they couldn"t bear that first loss; but,as he
said,"Ten months later,God gave us another little girl and she died in five days."
This double bereavement was almost too much to bear."I couldn"t take it," this father told us"I couldn"t
sleep,eat,rest or relax.My nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone."At last he went to
doctors; one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip,but neither helped.He said,
"My body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice (大钳子),and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter." The tension of grief (悲伤)-if you have ever been paralyzed (使瘫痪) by sorrow,you know
what he meant.
"But thank God,I had one child left-a fouryearold son.He gave me the solution to my problem.One
afternoon as I sat around feeling sorry for myself,he asked,"Daddy,will you build a boat for me?" I was in
no mood to build a boat; in fact,I was in no mood to do anything.But my son is a persistent little fellow!I
had to give in.Building that toy boat took me about three hours.By the time it was finished,I realized that
those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months!I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and
thinking.In my case,building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring.So I determined to keep busy."
"The following night,I made a list of jobs that ought to be done.Scores of items needed to be repaired.Amazingly,I had made a list of 242 items that needed attention.During the last two years I have completed most of them.I am busy so that I have no time for worry."
No time for worry!That is exactly what Winston Churchill said when he was working eighteen hour"s
a day at the height of the war.When he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities,he said,"I
am too busy.I have no time for worry."
1. The underlined word "bereavement" in the second paragraph refers to________.
A. having lost a loved one
B. having lost a valuable article
C. having lost a profitmaking business
D. having lost a wellpaid job
2. Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because________.
A. he couldn"t earn enough money to support his family
B. he was suffering from sleeplessness disease
C. he couldn"t get out of mental pressure
D. he felt tired of adulteducation classes
3. Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because________.
A. he hadn"t been able to spare time to mend them
B. he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them
C. the items had actually been broken and needed attention
D. repairing the items helped crowd worry out of his mind
4. At the end of the passage,the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to________.
A. prove that he followed Churchill"s example
B. support his student"s solution to his problem
C. show that he was successful in his career
D. clarify how his conclusion was reached
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saw my father home from work ill.He had no hobbies, __2__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __3__I left home for college, my father__4__me every Sunday at 9?00 a. m..He was
always interested in my__5__, or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__6__about his
lot (生活状况) in life.The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__7__my first house, my father,67 years old, spent three days__8__my house.
He would not__9__me to pay someone to have it done.All he __10__was a cup of tea, a paint brush
and to talk to him.But I was too__11__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__12__to hold
the brush, or talk to my father.__13__things hap
pened several times later.The morning on Sunday.January 16,1996, my father telephoned me__14__, this time from my sister"s
home in Florida.But the__15__came again at 4?40 p. m.that day.My father was in the__16__in Fl
orida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on an airplane__17__, and on the way, I__18__of all the times I had
not taken the time to talk to my father.I determined that when I arrived, I would__19__for the lost time,
and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11?30 p. m., my father had__20__at 9?12 p. m..This time it was he who did
not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
| ( )1. A. ever ( )2. A. other than ( )3. A. because ( )4. A. visited ( )5. A. work ( )6. A. worry ( )7. A. built ( )8. A. repairing ( )9. A. teach ( )10．A. asked ( )11. A. smart ( )12．A. practice ( )13．A. Different ( )14．A. as usual ( )15．A. call ( )16．A. church ( )17．A. immediately ( )18．A. heard ( )19．A. take up ( )20．A. started out | B. never B. rather than B. before B. praised B. life B. care B. found B. painting B. advise B. kept B. upset B. task B. Similar B. in pain B. moment B. school B. happily B. spoke B. make up B. given in | C. always C. more than C. although C. telephoned C. study C. talk C. purchased C. cleaning C. force C. ordered C. busy C. tea C. Funny C. casually C. situation C. home C. gradually C. thought C. turn up C. passed away | D. often D. or rather D. since D. met D. plan D. look D. sold D. decorating D. allow D. served D. tired D. time D. Strange D. finally D. scene D. hospital D. carefully D. demanded D. put up D. come back | |||||||||||||
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| I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor cafe, when a shabby homeless lady came walking towards me.She was yelling and __1__ everyone who walked past her for spare __2__ and she looked like a mess.My __3__reaction was fear...to close off and hope she didn"t come near me, but she did.I was on  the phone and when she __4__yelling, I said, "I"m on the phone, " in thenicest way I could, assuring myself what she needed was a lesson in __5__.She walked away, mumbling (自言自语), "I"m __6__you.I"m sorry, I"m sorry.I"ll leave." And she turned the corner.__7__, I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn"t __8__.Without another thought, I looked in my __9__for the spare change I had.Even I started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything-for all of the change I could __10__find to give. I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I __11__.She held my hand and said, "Thank you!" Her hand was __12__and dirty, but I didn"t mind __13__her hand.I wanted to be there for her for some reason, when normally I would __14__the other way.She looked at me and said, "Will you touch my face?" And for some reason, I did.I put my hand on her cheek and she started to __15__.I could __16__it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages, __17__, and so I held it there, trying to __18__her with my heart open.It was powerful.She thanked me and walked away quietly.And I walked away with an open heart, trying to__19__sense of what had just happened.It changed something in me and has made me want to be a __20__person to the people I meet during my day. | ||||||||||||||||
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to summer camp, he knew
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costs for it.
le cushion. I left,and in a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen, front room, and __2__ 
of almost every __6__ of it. Not stopping to listen, I __7__ at the children and explained how 
t words I said to him before he left the house that__11__.
n heal.And we all have the__20__