题目内容
Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 36 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to
each other. these letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 37 with dust. 38 to read and sort them, I asked
them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them 39 with age, I discovered a new page 40 unknown to me in
this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to 41 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline(前线) 42 of the things about the war.
Each of my mother’s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(口红) kiss. I was 43 to these letters
like a magnet(磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 44 and was hospitalized(住院). This time, he
was fighting a 45 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 46 . He told me how much receiving
those lipstick-kissed letters had 47 to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the 48 letters I chose the card my father had
sent mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying 49 .“Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to sent Mother a
present?” He became more 50 when I handed him the old 51 . He carefully opened it and took out the card,
and when he 52 it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with 53 read the loving 54 he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And
this time, he could read it to her 55 .
1.A. drew B. hit C. came D. fell
2.A. covered B. hidden C. buried D. filled
3. A. Pretending B. Deciding C. Preferring D. Suggesting
4.A. tender B. tasty C. useful D. delicate
5.A. recently B. previously C. usually D. occasionally
6. A. serve B. study C. work D. report
7.A. documents B. accounts C. introductions D. occupations
8.A. devoted B. drawn C. thrown D. abandoned
9.A. depressed B. dead C. ill D. dangerous
10.A. different B. traditional C. typical D. familiar
11. A. wars B. illnesses C. prescriptions D. letters
12.A. intended B. meant C. planned D. said
13.A. divided B. separated C. sorted D. updated
14.A. softly B. angrily C. sadly D. loudly
15. A. fantastic B. enthusiastic C. curious D. positive
16.A. Christmas card B. lipstick C. basket D. envelope
17.A. found B. wrote C. missed D. recognized
18.A. emotion B. sorrow C. sickness D. astonishment
19.. A. story B. speech C. message D. motto
20.A. in peace B. in private C. in danger D. in person
1.C
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.B
6.A
7.B
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.C
16.D
17.D
18.A
19.C
20.D
【解析】略
Some couples spend every waking minute together. Others fill their hours with personal hobbies,outside interests and even part-time jobs, just to keep their distance from each other! "There should be private time and couple time," suggests Dr. Stephen Treat at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia."You don't want your latter years to turn into a process where two people unite as one. If you hold too tightly to your partner, it's going to cause resentment and anger. If you're completely separate, you'll both be lonely and disconnected. You need balance. So you have to talk about how you'll achieve that."
The right balance? It's different for every couple. "Having a conversation about time can be difficult,but it's important for both partners to process those feelings out loud," Dr. Treat says. "You should not be accusing and act as a judge—ask the difficult questions, but do it in a loving way. You could say something like, 'How are we going to be as individuals and how are we going to be as a couple?' "
Barbara and Chris Christensen have achieved the balance that works for them. In addition to daily routines that keep them close—including about 10 minutes for a daily check-in and about a half hour of relaxation time—they each maintain separate interests and friendships.
"We have found that we need time apart," Barbara says. "I have a group of women friends that I have known for the last 30 years. We have dinner out once a month. We women also have parties and weekend or weeklong vacations as a group at a beach or somewhere. Chris, a former fighter pilot, has many aviation-oriented(航空的) groups and friends and also a poker-playing group of our friends. I may be with him during the poker night, but I don't play, and the wives usually watch a chick flick' DVD or something while the poker group has an evening of fun. We have found it important to have separate time as well as together time."
【小题1】The author writes the passage to ______.
A.offer some suggestions on how to spend the time after retirement |
B.advise couples to develop their separate hobbies |
C.warn couples not to be accusing each other |
D.give people some advice on how to entertain themselves after retirement |
A.couples stay together all the time |
B.couples express their feelings in a loving way |
C.couples be separate |
D.wives make many friends |
A.many couples are faced with problems after retirement |
B.America has a large population of retired people |
C.most people join various social groups after retirement |
D.playing poker is a popular activity among retired people |
A.having dinner regularly |
B.holding parties |
C.having weekly vacations at the beach |
D.having fun playing poker |
A.warn the husband not to act as a judge |
B.suggest couples have discussions about difficulties |
C.suggest how to keep the correct balance |
D.require couples to be considerate |
Bungee jumping is an activity about jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord(有弹性的绳子). The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air balloon or helicopter, that has the ability to stay over one place on the ground; fixed-wing aircraft are unsuitable because they only stay high when moving quickly forward.
When the person jumps, the cord stretches to absorb (吸收)the energy of the fall, then the jumper flies upwards again as the cord jumps back. The jumper oscillates(摆动)up and down until all the energy is used up.
The word bungee first appeared around 1930 and was the name for a rubber eraser. The first modern bungee jumps were made on 1 April 1979 from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, by David Kirk, Chris Baker and Alan Weston of the Dangerous Sports Club. The jumpers continued with jumps in the US from the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge bridges, spreading the concept worldwide. By 1982 they were jumping from mobile cranes and hot-air balloons. Later they put on commercial(商业的)shows, which began in 1986.
As with any sport, injuries can still happen, and there have been deaths. A relatively common mistake in the cases that may cause death is to use a cord that is too long. The cord should be fully shorter than the height of the jumping place to allow it room to jumper either starts to slow down or keeps speeding up depending upon the speed of falling.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT suitable for bungee jumping?
A.The fixed-wing aircraft | B.The helicopter |
C.The hot-air balloon | D.The mobile crane |
A.who suits bungee jumping |
B.the principle of bungee jumping |
C.the material used for bungee jumping |
D.the danger of bungee jumping |
A.the weight of the jumper |
B.the height of the jumping place |
C.the length of the cord |
D.the speed of the falling |
A.teach people how to carry out a bungee jumping |
B.remind people of the danger of bungee jumping |
C.advise people not to take the risk of bungee jumping |
D.introduce some knowledge about bungee jumping |