Passage Two?
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?
I made a pledge 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(圣經(jīng)的)passage about husbands cet6w.com 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 pledge 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, “cet6w.com I don’t?”?
“What do you mean?”?
“Well…that checkup(體檢) 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 sink in. Then I burst out laughing.?
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”?
26.In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means “____.”?
A) Unintentionally B) Inevitably?C) Impressively D) Unconditionally?
27.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ____.?
A) with his family B) with Evelyn?
C) alone D) with his children?
28.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ____.?
A) she looked lovely in her new clothes?
B) he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm?
C) he was determined to be a good husband?
D) she was seriously ill?
29.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What was the one thing that went wrong??
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.?
30.By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ____.?
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?
內(nèi)容概要:?本文講述的是一個(gè)家庭的溫馨故事。丈夫在去海邊度假小屋與妻兒團(tuán)聚的路上聽了一個(gè)關(guān)于應(yīng)該珍愛妻子的廣播節(jié)目,于是暗下決心在這度假的兩周里就有所改變,好好愛妻子。到了度假小屋,他果然表現(xiàn)出色,稱贊妻子的衣服,陪妻子散步。最后,他的妻子欣喜之余竟然懷疑自己是不是得了絕癥,丈夫才突然這么體貼,而丈夫也決心以后就做一個(gè)充滿愛心的好丈夫。?
26.【答案】D。?
【譯文】“No ifs, ands or buts”意思是沒有假如、并且和但是,即無條件地。?
【試題分析】詞語辨析題。?
【詳細(xì)解答】“if”, “and” ,“but”都是表示條件的連詞,如果沒有“if”, “and” ,“but”,那么就是無條件地,所以應(yīng)該選答案D)。?
27.【答案】C。?
【譯文】從文中可以推斷出Tom是一個(gè)人開車去度假小屋的。?
【試題分析】判斷推理題。?
【詳細(xì)解答】本文開頭描述Tom 開車去度假小屋,第五段講到“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.” 他開車到了以后很累,想坐下讀讀書,而妻子建議一起去海灘散步。這時(shí)他想:妻子一周以來都一個(gè)人在這兒陪著孩子,現(xiàn)在只是想單獨(dú)和丈夫待會(huì)兒。由此可見,他的妻子孩子早在他之前已經(jīng)先到了海邊,他是后開車過來的。?
28.【答案】C。?
【譯文】在海邊度假的兩周里,Tom對(duì)妻子更體貼是因?yàn)樗麤Q心做一個(gè)好丈夫。?
【試題分析】細(xì)節(jié)考察題。?
【詳細(xì)解答】文中開頭“I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father”,Tom向自己保證在度假的兩周里要做一個(gè)好丈夫、好父親,所以他對(duì)妻子非常體貼,答案C)是正確的。答案A)因?yàn)槠拮哟┝诵乱路粒珺)因?yàn)樗谌A爾街的公司掙了大錢,D)因?yàn)樗拮拥昧酥夭《寂c原文不符。?
29.【答案】D。?
【譯文】作者說他的新嘗試出了一點(diǎn)問題,這個(gè)問題就是他對(duì)妻子這么好,讓妻子以為自己得了重病,他才這么體貼的。?
【試題分析】細(xì)節(jié)考察題。?
【詳細(xì)解答】原文中提到“On the last night at our cottage”, 妻子問他:“Tom, you’ve been so good to me...am I dying?” 聯(lián)系到上次在醫(yī)院的體檢,妻子不由得懷疑是不是自己快要死了丈夫才突然變得如此體貼,這就是答案D)所指出的。答案A)他稱贊妻子的毛衣,讓妻子很困惑,這與原文不符,實(shí)際上妻子困惑之余更多的是欣喜;答案B)妻子堅(jiān)持去他不喜歡去的博物館不成為問題,因?yàn)樗敢馀闫拮尤?答案C)他沒告訴妻子她得了重病與原文不符,因?yàn)樗拮硬⑽吹弥夭 ?
30.【答案】B。?
【譯文】Tom說:“我正重新開始生活”,他的意思是開始享受做好丈夫的新生活。?
【試題分析】判斷推理題。?
【詳細(xì)解答】重新開始生活意味著改變,對(duì)Tom來說,他自認(rèn)從前是個(gè)自私的丈夫,現(xiàn)在的改變就是做一個(gè)充滿愛心的好丈夫,所以答案B)是正確的。答案A)他開始理解生活的真正意義,這太籠統(tǒng),與Tom的具體情況不符;答案C)他以前生活不幸福,現(xiàn)在開始改變,原文并未說Tom 從前就不幸福;答案D)他開始為以前對(duì)妻子的所作所為感到遺憾,重新開始生活并不就是遺憾,而是改變。
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