2．Dearest Clare，
As I write this，I am sitting at my desk in the back bedroom looking out at your studio across the backyard full of blue evening snow，everything is smooth and crusty with ice，and it is very still．It's one of those winter evenings when the coldness of every single thing seems to slow down time，like the narrow center of an hourglass which time itself flows through，but slowly，slowly．I had a sudden urge，tonight，here in the house by myself to write you a letter．I suddenly wanted to leave something，for after．I think that time is short，now．I feel as though all my reserves，of energy，of pleasure，of duration，are thin，small．I don't feel capable of continuing very much longer．I know you know．
If you are reading this，I am probably dead．But you know：you know that if I could have stayed，if I could have gone on，that I would have seized every second：whatever it was，this death，you know that it came and took me，like a child carried away by goblins （妖精）．
Clare，I want to tell you，again，I love you．But I hate to think of you waiting．I know that you have been waiting for me all your life，always uncertain of how long this patch of waiting would be．Ten minutes，ten days．A month．What an uncertain husband I have been，Clare，like a sailor．Please，Clare．When I am dead，stop waiting and be free．Of me-put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live．Love the world and yourself in it，move through it as though the world is your natural element．
After my mom died she ate my father up completely．She would have hated it．Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence，every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against．And when I was young I didn't understand，but now，I know，how absence can be present．
If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it．But I hope，I have this vision of you walking，with your shining hair in the sun．I have not seen this with my eyes，but only with my imagination，that makes pictures，that always wanted to paint you，shining； but I hope that this vision will be true，anyway．
Clare，there is one last thing，and I have hesitated to tell you，because I'm afraid that telling might cause it to not happen and also because I have just been going on about not waiting and this might cause you to wait longer than you have ever waited before．But I will tell you in case you need something，after．
Last summer，I was sitting in Kendrick's waiting room when I suddenly found myself in a dark hallway in a house I don't know．At the end of the hall I could see a rim of light around a door，and so I went very slowly and very quietly to the door and looked in．The room was white，and lit with morning sun．At the window，with her back to me，sat a woman，wearing a coral-colored cardigan sweater，with long white hair all down her back．She had a cup of tea beside her，on a table．I must have made some little noise，or she sensed me behind her…she turned and saw me，and I saw her，and it was you，Clare，this was you as an old woman，in the future．It was sweet，Clare，it was sweet beyond telling．I won't tell you any more，so you can imagine it．We will see each other again，Clare．Until then，live，fully，present in the world，which is so beautiful．
It's dark，now，and I am very tired．I love you，always．Time is nothing．
Henry
67．Why did Henry mention the snow and ice in the first Paragraph？C
A．To indicate the death is approaching．
B．To illustrate that he has an easy mind．
C．To express how urgent he was to write the letter．
D．To show the weather conditions when he wrote the letter．
68．From Paragraph 4we can know thatD．
A．his mother died soon after Henry was born
B．the living shouldn't miss the dead too much
C．his mother had a narrow affection for his father
D．his father lived in the shadow of his mother's absence
69．By describing what he found in Kendrick's waiting room，Henry intended to tell Clare thatC．
A．he hoped she would wait for him forever
B．his health was worsening step by step
C．she should stop waiting and be free to live
D．she would be more beautiful when she was old
70．Which of the following can best describe Henry？A
A．Considerate．B．Generous．D．Explicit．D．Rigid．
分析 本文是一封瀕臨死亡的丈夫?qū)懡o妻子的信，信中丈夫表現(xiàn)了對(duì)妻子的不舍，希望自己死后妻子能自由樂觀的生活下去．
解答 67．答案 C 主旨大意題．作者提到冰和雪表面上是為了渲染冬夜的寒冷，寂靜，時(shí)間仿佛被減慢，如同沙漏，但實(shí)際上作者是為了表達(dá)寫信的時(shí)間很緊迫（I think that time is short）．故答案為C
68．答案 D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第四段中的"Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence，every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against"可知，作者的父親生活在失去妻子的陰影里，故答案為D．
69．答案 C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．作者描述在Kendrick's waiting room所發(fā)現(xiàn)的情景是為了讓他的妻子在他死后繼續(xù)好好的生活，結(jié)合上文"When I am dead，stop waiting and be free．Of me-put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live"可知，故答案為 C．
70．答案 A 詞義猜測題．considerate體貼的，考慮周到的；generous慷慨的；explicit明確的；rigid嚴(yán)格的，固執(zhí)的．結(jié)合本文可知，作者臨終前寫信給妻子，鼓勵(lì)她堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，樂觀地生活，由此可知他是一個(gè)體貼的，考慮周到的人．故答案為A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 首先對(duì)原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．
其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個(gè)擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀文章后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．
要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時(shí)，要有較強(qiáng)的針對(duì)性．對(duì)于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對(duì)題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
