Unchangeable LoveOne day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to

Unchangeable LoveOne day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to

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Unchangeable Love
One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.I was expecting a quiet view of the splendid    36  
A young    37  viewing the paintings ahead of me   38   nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and __39___ the lady was doing all the talking.I admired the man"s   40  for putting up with her   41  stream of words.  42  by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art.Each time I heard her constant flow of words, I moved away   43  .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a   44  when the couple approached the   45  .Before they left, the man   46  into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He   47  it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the   48  to get his wife"s jacket.
"He"s a   49  man." the clerk at the counter said."Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age.During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn"t change.
So, as before, he and his wife come in   50  there is a new art show."
"But what does he get out of the art?" I asked."He can"t see."
"Can"t see! You"re   51  .He sees a lot.More than you and I do," the clerk said."His wife  52  each painting so he can see it in his head."
I learned something about patience,   53  and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without __54_ and the courage of a husband who would not   55  blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, hand in hand.
小题1:
A.vasesB.statuesC.paintingsD.scenery
小题2:
A.ladyB.coupleC.manD.clerk
小题3:
A.chattedB.arguedC.discussedD.spoke
小题4:
A.foundB.findingC.to findD.find
小题5:
A.knowledgeB.confidenceC.wisdomD.patience
小题6:
A.interestingB.boringC.continuousD.funny
小题7:
A.InterestedB.DiscouragedC.SurprisedD.Interrupted
小题8:
A.quicklyB.seriouslyC.anxiouslyD.angrily
小题9:
A.commentB.decisionC.purchaseD.list
小题10:
A.entranceB.exitC.frontD.queue
小题11:
A.reachedB.heldC.putD.turned
小题12:
A.madeB.lengthenedC.broughtD.changed
小题13:
A.shopB.counterC.hallD.coatroom
小题14:
A.braveB.kindC.roughD.blind
小题15:
A.whereverB.whateverC.whicheverD.whenever
小题16:
A.sillyB.wrongC.humorousD.unique
小题17:
A.describesB.drawsC.showsD.tells
小题18:
A.curiosityB.prideC.enthusiasmD.courage
小题19:
A.expectationB.supportC.sightD.hesitation
小题20:
A.getB.hopeC.allowD.stop

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:C
解析
文章通过自己在艺术展上看见的一对夫妻,对于爱有了更深的理解。
小题1:C 上下文串联。根据下文可知他们在欣赏油画。
小题2:B 上下文串联。根据下文可知他们是一对夫妻。
小题3:A 动词辨析。A聊天;B争论;C讨论;D说话。这里是指这对夫妻聊个不停。
小题4:A 语法分析。这里要填的词与上面的watched是并列的,都使用过去式。
小题5:D 名词辨析。根据下文可知我很佩服他的耐心,能听老婆不停的讲。
小题6:C 形容词辨析。解析同上。
小题7:D 词义辨析。A感兴趣;B使泄气;C使惊讶;D打扰。这里是指我根据自己被打扰了。
小题8:A 副词辨析,这里是指我几次遇见他们都赶快离开了。
小题9:C 名词辨析。A评论;B决定;C购物;D列表。根据上文的礼品店可知是在这里购物的。
小题10:B 名词辨析。这里是指这对夫妻要来开了,走向出口。
小题11:A 动词辨析。Reach伸手去拿;这里是指他伸手去拿一个白色的东西。
小题12:B 动词辨析。Lengthen拉长;根据上下文可知是把那个白色的东西拉长,变成一根拐杖。
小题13:D 上下文串联。根据下文的get his wife"s jacket可知是到衣帽间帮老婆拿衣服的。
小题14:A 形容词辨析。本题特别容易错选D。这里是指他虽然看不见了,但是仍然很勇敢。
小题15:D 词义辨析。这里是指无论什么地方有艺术展,他喝他老婆都会去。
小题16:B 形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他认为我的说法错了。
小题17:A 动词辨析。A描述;B画;C展示;D告示;这里是指他老婆给他描述。
小题18:D 名词辨析。根据下文可知我对于爱,勇气和耐心有了更多的理解。
小题19:C 名词辨析。根据上下文可知他看不见了,失去了视力。
小题20:C 动词辨析。这里是指他不允许让失明改变他的生活。
举一反三
Mom was right! If you say thank you, for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness, you’ll feel happy.
Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor or psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness. In his recent took, Thanks!, Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove mom’s point. In acknowledging and developing this much-ignored expression of thankfulness, he explains how people have benefited---- even improved their health.
As one of the leading scholars of the positive psychology movement, he admits gratitude may be difficult to express. He advises you to begin by admitting that life is good and full of events and elements that make daily existence a wonder. Second, recognize that the source of life’s goodness is more than just you. That source may be your mom, a friend, partner, child, colleague at work or play, or any combination of these.
Gratitude is always other-directed, notes Emmons. You can be pleased or angry with yourself and feel guilty about doing something wrong, but you can never be grateful to or for yourself.
Expressing gratitude shouldn’t be a reaction; it should be a state of mind. To feel grateful when life is a breeze and you have more than you need is easy. To feel grateful in time of crisis---- anger, hatred and bitterness----is easier. Also, too many people are aware of life’s blessings only after these are lost.
It’s crisis and chaos ---- danger, disease, disability and death ---- that bring many individuals to realize just how dependent they are on others. Yet it’s the way each of us begins life and ends it. It’s too bad that so many people waste those decades in between labouring under the illusion they are self-sufficient, says Emmons.
The abundance of voices expressing gratitude from his studies of individuals with chronic health problems is many. But Emmons goes beyond his “groundbreaking” science to make his case for gratitude by including the inspirational writings of philosophers, novelists and saints, as well as the beliefs of various religions and their respective scriptures. Taken together, these observations are summed up quite nicely by famous humanist Albert Schweitzer, who said the secret of life is “giving thanks for everything.”
To enable and embrace gratitude, Emmons encourages the readers of Thanks! To keep a gratitude diary. He even provides easy-to-follow directions on how to practice and develop gratitude.
I’m not a reader or advocate of self-help books, but I am thankful for the reference I found in a newspaper article to the research Emmons was conducting on gratitude involving organ donors and recipients. The chance discovery led me to this book.
Mom implied that kindness seems to find its way back to the giver because life really is all about giving, receiving and repaying. So I’ll pay attention to her professional advice and say: Thank you, professor Emmons.
小题1:What is the text mainly discussed?
A.There are many ways of being thankful.
B.Gratitude is important to happiness.
C.Mom is great for her being thankful.
D.Being thankful will keep you fit.
小题2:The author mentions Robert A. Emmons’ book Thanks! In order to prove that ___.
A. Professor Emmons supports mom’s study on psychology.
B. mom is as great a psychologist as Professor Emmons.
C. Professor Emmons is a famous psychologist.
D. mom is right about her viewpoint on gratitude.
小题3:It will be easier for you to feel grateful when ___________.
A.you live a comfortable life
B.you receive gifts on your birthday
C.you get help during your hard times
D.you are congratulated on your success
小题4:What is the opinion of Professor Emmons?
A.It is enough to thank others orally.
B.Whether you are thankful is always up to you.
C.Remember to be thankful anytime and anywhere.
D.It is easier to be thankful for yourself than for others.
小题5:In the writer’s opinion, Emmons’ book Thanks! On gratitude is _______.
A.one-sidedB.reasonableC.puzzlingD.helpful

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Passage 1 is from the introduction to a Zen Buddhist (禅宗的佛教僧侣) manual on the art of “mindfulness”, the practice of paying close attention to the present moment. Passage 2 is from an essay by a United States author.
Passage 1
Every morning, when we wake up, we have 24 brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these 24 hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and to others.
Peace is right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don’t have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don’t have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing how to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with joy, peace, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.
Passage 2
The argument of both the hedonist (享乐主义者) and the guru (印度教的宗师)is that we were but to open ourselves to the richness of the moment, to concentrate on the feast before us, we would be filled with bliss. I have lived in the present from time to time and can tell you that it is much overrated. Occasionally, as a holiday from stroking one’s memories or brooding (担忧) about future worries, I grant you, it can be a nice change of pace. But to “be here now,” hour after hour, would never work. I don’t even approve of stories written in the present tense. Ads for poets who never use a past participate, they deserve the eternity they are striving for.
Besides, the present has a way of intruding whether you like it or not. Why should I go out of my way to meet it? Let it splash on me from time to time, like a car going through a puddle, and I, on the sidewalk of my solitude (孤独), will salute it grimly like any other modern inconvenience.
If I attend a concert, obviously not to listen to the music but to find a brief breathing space in which to meditate on the past and future. I realize that there may be moments when the music invades my ears and I am forced to pay attention to it, note for note. I believe I take such intrusions gracefully. The present is not always anunwelcome guest, so long as it doesn’t stay too long and cut into my remembering or brooding time.
小题1:The author of Passage 1 would most likely view the author of Passage 2 as _______.
A.failing to respect the feelings of other people
B.squandering (浪费) a precious opportunity on a daily basis
C.advocating an action without considering the consequences
D.attaching too much importance to the views of others
小题2:The author of Passage 1 would most likely respond to the “argument” (line 1 Passage 2) with_______.
A.absolute neutralityB.partial acceptance
C.complete agreementD.surprised disbelief
小题3:In Passage 1 line 11, the list (“a job…house”) presents things that most people ________.
A.assume they will eventually obtain
B.eventually realize are overrated
C.are unwilling to make sacrifices for
D.see as worth much effort to acquire
小题4:In Passage 2 lines 8—10, the “present” is characterized as _________.
A.an unavoidable imposition (强加)
B.an unsolvable puzzle
C.a dangerous threat
D.a burdensome obligation
小题5:Which of the following phrases from Passage 2would the author of Passage 1 most likely choose as a title for Passage 1?
A.“the hedonist and the guru” (line 1)
B.“a brief breathing space” (line 11)
C.“the feast before us” (line 2)
D.“an unwelcome guest” (line 14)

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A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a   16 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it   17  from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles,   18  everywhere. I tried to use a broom,   19  with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the   20 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept   21 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and   22  12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining   23 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful   24  I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 25  those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my   26  had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered(破碎. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble   27  his new surroundings and the  28  of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you   29 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never  30 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be  31 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas   32 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them   33  you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to   34 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,  35  will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
小题1:
A.drinkB.fruitC.vegetableD.meat
小题2:
A.movedB.walkedC.ranD.slipped
小题3:
A.rubbed B.rolledC.grew D.existed
小题4:
A.but B.andC.although D.so
小题5:
A.bedroom B.living roomC.kitchenD.storeroom
小题6:
A.getting up B.turning upC.taking upD.using up
小题7:
A.foundB.ateC.leftD.planted
小题8:
A.presentsB.cans C.vegetablesD.peas
小题9:
A.man B.childC.womanD.boy
小题10:
A.ofB.forC.with D.in
小题11:
A.wifeB.life C.sonD.friend
小题12:
A.turning toB.leading toC.adjusting to D.adding to
小题13:
A.thank B.love C.help D.loss
小题14:
A.downB.near C.closeD.wide
小题15:
A.get itB.make itC.take itD.leave it
小题16:
A.grewB.boughtC.collectedD.frozen
小题17:
A.eventuallyB.fortunatelyC.properly D.specially
小题18:
A.bothB.allC.eitherD.each
小题19:
A.call onB.put onC.bring on D.move on
小题20:
A.while B.becauseC.sinceD.or

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For John and Amy, birthdays have always been a big deal-a welcome excuse to celebrate life.
When their son, Alex,  36 three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby park. Not long after that the  37 were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about giving to  38 . “We wanted to do something that would have a(an)  39 on our community, and that our young child could  40 in. We started wondering what  41 fortunate kids do on their birthdays. The next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that  42 children typically didn’t do  43 to celebrate at all. No cake. No gifts. No party.” The couple said.
Several weeks later,   44 held a party at the  45 for the children who had birthdays that month. They decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped to  46 presents.
47 that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea_ 48 Birthday Blessings, a nonprofit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.
To date, Birthday Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500  49 at different shelters and handed out 22, 000 party   50 to nearly 4000 homeless children in and around their community.
Birthday Blessings is 51 entirely by volunteers. The charity(慈善)will take almost anything—toys, clothing, candy, baby items—  52 it’s not used. “These kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big  53 to them psychologically.”
Being “part of this labor love” is 54 making an impression on their son Alex. On his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check.   55 it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.
小题1:
A.turnedB.grewC.cameD.got
小题2:
A.shelterB.neighborsC.friendsD.couple
小题3:
A.the otherB.anotherC.othersD.each other
小题4:
A.impressionB.influenceC.permissionD.description
小题5:
A.participateB.guideC.bringD.move
小题6:
A.fairlyB.lessC.ratherD.more
小题7:
A.pennilessB.joblessC.homelessD.hopeless
小题8:
A.nothingB.anythingC.everythingD.something
小题9:
A.AlexB.JohnC.AmyD.the family
小题10:
A.shelterB.churchC.schoolD.community
小题11:
A.make outB.hand outC.show outD.leave out
小题12:
A.BeforeB.UntilC.AfterD.Since
小题13:
A.intoB.downC.outD.off
小题14:
A.birthdaysB.partiesC.presentsD.donations
小题15:
A.cakesB.honorsC.giftsD.surprises
小题16:
A.continuedB.analyzedC.operatedD.instructed
小题17:
A.as far asB.as soon asC.as simple as D.as long as
小题18:
A.differenceB.surpriseC.benefitD.advantage
小题19:
A.neverB.alwaysC.hardlyD.already
小题20:
A.FoldingB.SavingC.UnfoldingD.Realizing

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The other day I decided to teach my son about the power of small acts of kindness. He had won some lollies(棒棒糖) in a prize machine in the local supermarket, so I asked him if he would like to   46  his prizes with another child. He hesitated(犹豫) for a while because he is a(n)   47  boy, but said yes after I   48  him a bit.
A father and his daughter were   49 . I approached the father and asked if my son could give his   50  a lolly that he had won. The father looked at me in   51  and was unsure what to say. I   52  explained that I was teaching my son about the power of kindness. Eventually he said it was okay.
  53 , his daughter, who was looking at us sideways(侧向一边地),   54  accept the lolly! At this moment, my son was rather embarrassed(尴尬) and then he   55  to me, “We go to the same   56 , Mum.”
Rather than say sorry to my son for embarrassing him and give up this   57 , I put a couple of lollies into their shopping bags and   58  them a great day!
When we left the supermarket, I   59  to my son, “People in the world today are not so open to   60  because their thoughts and opinions have been   61  by the past. However, we can reshape their opinions by   62  small acts of kindness. So don’t be embarrassed. Hey, they may have been standoffish(冷淡的), but I’m sure we left them   63 , moved and inspired in some way. Not only that,   64  the young girl will probably remember you as the boy with a   65  heart when she comes across you at school!”
小题1:
A.giveB.showC.eatD.share
小题2:
A.shyB.outgoingC.handsomeD.kind
小题3:
A.praisedB.encouragedC.persuadedD.blamed(责备)
小题4:
A.far away B.out of sightC.nearbyD.lost
小题5:
A.daughterB.friendC.wifeD.mother
小题6:
A.joyB.sorrowC.surpriseD.anger
小题7:
A.onlyB.furtherC.hardlyD.difficultly
小题8:
A.Therefore(因此)B.BesidesC.AnywayD.However
小题9:
A.shouldn’tB.mustn’tC.wouldn’t D.couldn’t
小题10:
A.shoutedB.whispered(小声说)C.smiledD.cried
小题11:
A.shopB.schoolC.hospitalD.park
小题12:
A.momentB.girlC.lollyD.lesson
小题13:
A.hopedB.helped C.wishedD.offered
小题14:
A.explainedB.shoutedC.pointedD.cried
小题15:
A.happinessB.kindnessC.luckD.presents
小题16:
A.turnedB.viewedC.testedD.shaped
小题17:
A.doingB.readingC.learningD.knowing
小题18:
A.disappointedB.touchedC.sad D.angry
小题19:
A.andB.orC.butD.so
小题20:
A.smallB.bigC.coolD.hot

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