After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinne
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After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner. 36 woman was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made 37 impossible to visit her very often. That night I called to 38 her to go out for dinner.“What’s wrong? Are you 39 ?”she asked. “I thought that it would be 40 to spend some time with you. Just the two of us,”I answered. She thought about it 41 moment, and agreed.
That Friday after work, 42 I drove to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I 43 that, she, too, seemed to be 44 about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 45 her last wedding anniversary.
We went to a restaurant that, 46 not elegant, was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there 47 at me. A nostalgic(怀旧的)smile was 48 her lips. During the dinner, we had a(an) 49 conversation—nothing special but catching up on(了解)recent events of each other’s life.
A few days 50 , my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do 51 for her. Sometime later, I received an envelope with a note 52 “You will never know what that night meant to me. I’m looking forward to the 53 dinner. I love you, Son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time“I LOVE YOU”. Nothing in life is more important than your 54 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 55 till“some other time”.
| 小题1: | | A．Another | B．This other | C．Other | D．Others |
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| 小题3: | | A．force | B．order | C．advise | D．invite |
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| 小题5: | | A．glad | B．pleasant | C．interesting | D．pleased |
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| 小题6: | | A．at the | B．for a | C．in a | D．for the |
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| 小题7: | | A．until | B．after | C．as | D．since |
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| 小题8: | | A．noticed | B．observed | C．watched | D．heard |
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| 小题9: | | A．confused | B．calm | C．nervous | D．easy |
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| 小题10: | | A．congratulate | B．celebrate | C．memorize | D．honor |
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| 小题12: | | A．glancing | B．staring | C．glaring | D．smiling |
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| 小题14: | | A．deep | B．curious | C．agreeable | D．short |
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| 小题15: | | A．later | B．after | C．before | D．ago |
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| 小题16: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题17: | | A．writing | B．saying | C．speaking | D．telling |
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| 小题18: | | A．first | B．second | C．last | D．next |
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| 小题19: | | A．mother | B．wife | C．family | D．work |
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| 小题20: | | A．put off | B．taken over | C．cut off | D．picked up |
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答案
小题1:B
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小题1:C
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解析
无论多么忙，我们都应当和家人经常交流、共处，千万不要以各种理由把和家人交流、共处的时间一次 次地推迟，因为生活中有些事情是不能往后推的，否则，有可能会留下终生的遗憾……
小题1:B。This other这个其它的。这个其它的妇女是我的母亲。
小题1:D 这里it 代替后面的不定式，作形式宾语。
小题1:D 由上下文可知，作者邀请母亲外出吃饭。invite sb. to do sth.邀请某人做某事。其他各词也可用于这 种结构，但force 意思是“强迫”，order 意为“命令”，advise 意为“建议”，均不符合语境。
小题1:C 这么多年来第一次被儿子邀请出去吃饭，还以为儿子出什么事了呢？所以关切地问“你还好吗？”
小题1:B pleased 和glad 是用来描述人的情绪的，而这里主语是一件事情(to spend some time with you)，这是作者对母亲说的话，所以选pleasant(令人愉快的)。
小题1:B 句意为：她想了一会儿(for a moment)，同意了。
小题1:C 句意为：当我开车去接她的时候，有点紧张。as 意为“当……的时候”。
小题1:A notice 意为“留意，注意到”；observe 意为“观察某种自然现象”；watch 意为“观看，有意识地注意 看”；hear 意为“听见”。根据语境暗示，可以看出此处表示的应是“注意到”。
小题1:C 上文提到“我”开车去接母亲时有点紧张，由too 可以看出，母亲对这次约会也感到有点“紧张”。
小题1:B 由后面的宾语wedding anniversary 可以看出，应选celebrate。 celebrate 表达“庆祝”之意，限于事 物，如节日、胜利、结婚纪念、生日等，是指以仪式、典礼等活动庆祝令人欢乐的事或日子。而congratulate指对人进行祝贺，常构成短语congratulate sb. on sth.，表达“为某事而祝贺某人”的意思。
小题1:A 由句意“这家饭店不是最好的，但却非常漂亮、舒适”可知，前后两句应是转折关系。
小题1:B 由语境可知，这次特殊的约会，妈妈特别重视，这么久以来第一次和儿子面对面坐在一起，所以stare at(凝视)最符合语境。如果选择smile 则和下文意思重复。
小题1:D “在嘴唇(脸等)上”应用介词on。
小题1:C agreeable愉快的。由语境尤其是下文可以看出，这次谈话是令人愉快的。
小题1:A“时间段＋later”意思是“多久以后”。如果用after 应放在时间段之前。
小题1:A 句意为：妈妈的去世是这么突然，以至于我没有机会为她做任何事情。not…anything…＝nothing。
小题1:B say 表示信上写着什么内容， 用saying 是现在分词作定语。
小题1:D 这顿饭刚结束，自然是盼望着下一顿了。
小题1:C 由后面的them可以看出，这里应选family(家人)，生活中没有比你的家人更重要的了。
小题1:A 由前文讲述的故事可看出，作者要表达的意思是：这些事情是不能拖到以后的。put off 推迟，拖 延。 |
举一反三
One silly question I simply can’t stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action—a man on the go, walking along the streets, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right,” but you have put a bug in his ear —maybe now he’s not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk that he overlooked that morning. It starts worrying him a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, “How do you feel?”
Every question has its time and p lace. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to make a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” he said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead.”
小题1:The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of_________.| A．a friend who is ill | B．a ma n working at his desk | | C．a person having lost a close friend | D．a stranger who looks somewhat worried |
小题2:G eorge Bernard Shaw’s reply in the passage shows his________.| A．cheerfulness | B．cleverness | C．ability | D．politeness |
小题3:The underlined ‘You’ve put a bug in his ear’ in the 1st paragraph means that you’ve _____. | A．made him laugh | B．shown concern for him | | C．made fun of him | D．given him some kind of warning |
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One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to 36 his son how 37 people live, 38 they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor 39 .When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the 40 ?” “very 41 , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a 42 that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a stream that has no 43 . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the 44 . Our patio(天井) reaches to the front yard, 45 they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was 46 , his father was speechless.
His son 47 , “Thanks Dad 48 showing me how 49 we are!” Isn’t it true that it all depends 50 the 51 you look at things? If you have love, friends, humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度) 52 life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy 53 of these things, 54 still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc. But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing! Attitude is 55 ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude every day!
| 小题2: | | A．happy | B．sorrow | C．rich | D．poor |
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| 小题3: | | A．thus | B．so | C．therefore | D．when |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．home | C．family | D．room |
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| 小题5: | | A．journey | B．trip | C．stay | D．travel |
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| 小题7: | | A．river | B．lake | C．canal(运河/沟渠) | D．pool |
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| 小题8: | | A．endless | B．ending | C．end | D．ended |
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| 小题9: | | A．sun | B．stars | C．planet | D．electricity light |
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| 小题10: | | A．yet | B．however | C．so | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．finished | B．finishing | C．completed | D．completing |
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| 小题12: | | A．adding | B．added | C．saying | D．said |
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| 小题14: | | A．poor | B．rich | C．glad | D．happy |
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| 小题16: | | A．method | B．manners | C．way | D．means |
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| 小题18: | | A．nothing | B．any | C．some | D．everything |
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| 小题20: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everything | D．something |
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小题1:The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _______.| A．she liked to live in the busiest place | | B．she didn’t like to live in the country | | C．her home was far away from where she worked | | D．she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer |
小题2:In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ________.| A．gave him two tickets for her show | | B．sang and danced for him for hours | | C．paid him 3 pounds | | D．decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour |
小题3:The actress got the painter’s bill ______.| A．to ask for the money of his painting work | | B．to ask to pay for his watching her show | | C．in which he showed his thanks for the tickets | | D．in which he expressed his dissatisfaction |
小题4:It can be learned from the text that one pound is __________ shillings.小题5: What kind of man was the painter?| A．He was a careful man. | | B．He was a poor man. | | C．He was not friendly to others. | | D．He knew little about music and dances. |
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The rumors had been spreading for months but it still came as a shock when the hospital would be closing. It had served this poor neighborhood for nearly 100 years but it would close because of the health care crisis.
The day after the announcement co-workers found out that pretzels(椒盐饼干) had been eliminated. Soft pretzels are the lifeblood of this city. So losing access to soft pretzels is no small matter.
 I said, “I only have $6. I’m not sure how many pretzels I need. You see, I work at a hospital and it’s closing and they stopped selling pretzels.” The man’s smile disappeared. “What hospital?” “Oh, Northeastern Hospital.”
The guy looked deeply shocked. “I used to sell medical supplies and that was one of my hospitals.” Then he turned around and grabbed a box of 25 pretzels and slid them across the counter.
I was surprised by his generosity and started to reach for my wallet, “Oh I can pay. Please let me …” The guy smiled, “Just tell them Joe Sullivan said to do something nice for someone else.”
And so that day everyone in medical records was treated to a soft pretzel. Word spread fast as people came asking, “Is it really true?” It was as if I’d carried in a box of gold. It mattered to them that a stranger cared.
小题1:The underlined word “eliminated” in Paragraph 2 means _____. | A．highly priced | B．added | C．overcooked | D．removed |
小题2:Why did the author decide to buy pretzels for his co-workers? | A．To show his generosity. | B．To make them feel less sad. | | C．To show his thanks to them. | D．To encourage them to work hard. |
小题3:To buy 25 pretzels, the author should pay ____. | A．$25 | B．$12.5 | C．$12 | D．$50 |
小题4:According to the passage, Joe Sullivan used to be a ____. | A．cook | B．doctor | C．shopkeeper | D．salesman |
小题5:What can be the best title of the passage? | A．A nice treat | | B．The rumor that came true | | C．Tell them Joe cared | | D．Northeastern Hospital is closing down |
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American author Mark Twain once noted that “life would be surely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.” Twain’s words were only one of many complaints about aging. The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age “hateful”, and William Shakespeare termed it “terrible winter”.
Alexander the Great, who conquered most of the known world before he died around 323 B.C., may have been looking for a river that healed the ravages of age. During the 12th century A.D., a king called Prester John ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth.
But the name linked most closely to the search for a fountain of youth is 16th-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. He thought it would be found in Florida. In St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S., there’s a tourist attraction. It is said to be the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon discovered soon after he arrived in what is now Florida in 1513. However, elderly visitors who drink the spring’s water don’t turn into teenagers.
But the tale of the search for a fountain of youth is so appealing(有吸引力的) that it survives anyway, says Ryan K. Smith, a professor of history. “People are more attracted by the story of looking and not finding than they are by the idea that the fountain might be out there somewhere.”
Still, a few grains of truth have helped to support the story. Kathleen Deagan, a professor of archaeology, says a graveyard and the remains of a Spanish mission dating back to St. Augustine’s founding in 1565 have been discovered near the so-called fountain of youth. Michelle Reyna, a spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Arc haeological Park in St. Augustine, says the fountain has been a tourist attraction since at least 1901 and may have been attracting visitors since 1860.
小题1:According to the passage, who searched for a fountain of youth? | A．Ponce de Leon | B．William Shakespeare. | C．Kathleen Deagan | D．Michelle Reyna |
小题2:What does the underlined word “ravages” in the second paragraph probably mean? | A．Growth. | B．Limits. | C．Damages. | D．Benefits. |
小题3:What is the attitude of people towards the fountain of youth? | A．People find much pleasure in looking for it. | | B．People believe the existence of it somewhere. | | C．People have no interest in searching for it. | | D．People consider the idea of the fountain of youth absurd(荒谬的). |
小题4:The passage mainly tells us _____. | A．how the fountain of youth came into being | | B．why some famous people hate becoming old | | C．how to remain young forever | | D．whether the fountain of youth exists |
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The underlined words “the story” refers to Alexander the Great ruling a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth. | | B．Augustine, which is the oldest city in the U.S, lies in Florida. | | C．Some elderly visitors find themselves younger after drinking the water from the fountain of youth. | | D．Kathleen Deagan is the spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. |
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