15.I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage.For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father.Totally loving.No ifs,ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio.The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives.Then he went on to say,"Love is an act of will.A person can choose to love."To myself,I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband.Well,for two weeks that would change.
And it did.Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said,"That new yellow sweater looks great on you.""Oh,Tom,you noticed",she said,surprised and pleased.Maybe a little puzzled.After the long drive,I wanted to sit and read.Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach.I started to refuse,but then I thought,"Evelyn's been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me."We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went.Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums.Relaxed and happy,that's how the whole vacation passed.I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.?
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment,however.Evelyn and I still laugh about it today.On the last night at our cottage,preparing for bed,Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
"What's the matter?"I asked her.
"Tom,"she said in a voice filled with distress,"I don't?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me?Tom,you've been so good to me…am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to be understood.Then I burst out laughing.
"No,honey,"I said,wrapping her in my arms."You're not dying; I'm just starting to live."
56.In the first paragraph,"No ifs,ands or buts"probably meansD.
A.Unintentionally
B.Independently
C.Impressively
D.Unconditionally
57.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottageC.
A.with his family
B.with Evelyn
C.a(chǎn)lone
D.with his children
58.During the two weeks on the beach,Tom showed more love to his wife becauseA.
A.he was determined to be a good husband
B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C.she looked lovely in her new clothes
D.the doctor said his wife was seriously ill
59.The author says,"There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment."What does"one thing"refer to?D
A.He praised her sweater,which puzzled her.
B.She insisted on visiting a museum,which he hated.
C.He knew something about her illness but didn't tell her.
D.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
60.By saying"I'm just starting to live,"Tom means thatB.
A.he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B.he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C.he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D.he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before.
分析 本文寫(xiě)了一名丈夫決定做一個(gè)好丈夫,在生活中開(kāi)始對(duì)妻子和孩子充滿(mǎn)愛(ài)的故事.
解答 56.答案是D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中句子"Totally loving.No ifs,ands or buts",完完全全的充滿(mǎn)愛(ài)意,沒(méi)有如果,并且,但是等任何的條件,unconditionally無(wú)條件的,所以答案選D.
57.答案是C.推理判斷題,根據(jù)文章第一句"I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage."在去獨(dú)家海灘的小屋的路上,我對(duì)自己做出了一個(gè)承諾要改變自己,下一次去海邊的時(shí)候是帶著全家去的,可以推斷去海邊的房子是他一個(gè)人去的,所以答案選C.
58.答案是A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,陪著老婆孩子在海邊度假是作者決定做一個(gè)充滿(mǎn)愛(ài)心的丈夫和父親之后作者做到的,之后作者"I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love."又給自己另一個(gè)承諾選擇愛(ài),可見(jiàn)作者是決心做一個(gè)好丈夫,故答案選A.
59.答案是D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)下文的敘述"Tom,you've been so good to me…am I dying"我對(duì)妻子如此好,以至于她認(rèn)為自己快要死了,所以答案選D.
60.答案是B.推理判斷題,從文章開(kāi)頭作者做了一個(gè)承諾要做一位好丈夫,對(duì)妻子的好才剛剛開(kāi)始,所以答案B復(fù)合句意.
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