题目内容
Having been feeling down and unhappy with my marriage, I spent the week not being very nice to anyone in my family. I felt that I was distancing myself from the people that were not the root of my anger. Those little people with sweet innocent eyes wondered why Mommy was only going through the motions, and why there was no love in her actions. I even pushed my daughter away as she tried to hug me.
For years I had said that having dinner as a family was important, but during this time of heartache that I was experiencing I just couldn’t bring myself to be with them. I began to dislike them. It would be so easy to change my life without having them to think about. How many times had I heard that I needed to do what was best for the kids? Did nobody care about what was best for me?
Then I watched a show on TV that made me realize what I was doing to these poor kids. I needed to take control of my own life, not only for myself but for my kids too.
That night I went to sleep with calm thoughts in my head .The problems with my marriage had not been resolved, but the issues I had with myself had .I knew what I had to do to make my life better and my children’s too.
The next morning after eating breakfast with my three wonderful kids, my middle son who was five years old put his arms around me and said, “Hey, Mom ,you’re really being nice to us today.” What could I say to that tiny face to take away all the pain that I had caused? I looked at his beautiful blue eyes and told him that Mommy hadn’t been very happy lately and that I was sorry that I was not being nice.
1.The passage mainly tells us .
A.about the writer’s unhappy marriage and its results
B.that the children were very poor but wonderful
C.about the root of the writer’s anger
D.about the writer and her children’s hard life
2.Why did the writer push her daughter away as her daughter tried to hug her?
A.Because her daughter annoyed her.
B.Because she was distanced from her family.
C.Because she was in bad mood.
D.Because she couldn’t find love in her daughter’s actions.
3.What did the writer decide to do after watching the program on TV?
A.To live a better life for herself.
B.To sleep with her children that night.
C.To have dinner with her three children .
D.To cheer up and treat her children better.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.The children finally understood their mother’s problem.
B.The mother would love her children more deeply.
C.The writer apologized to her husband.
D.The writer’s unhappy marriage would be solved.
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There are many American expressions about insects--- like bees, for example. Bees are known as very hard workers. They appear to be busy, moving around their homes, or hives (蜂窝). So you might say you were as busy as a bee if you spent your weekend cleaning your house. In fact, you might say your house was a beehive of activity if your whole family was helping you clean. You also might say you made a beeline for something if you went there right away. When we go to see a movie, my friend always makes a beeline for the place where they sell popcorn (爆米花) .
Here is an expression about bees that is not used much any more, but we like it anyway. We think it was first used in the 1920s. If something was the best of its kind, you might say it was the bee’s knees. Now, we admit that we do not know how this expression developed. In fact, we do not even know if bees have knees!
If your friend cannot stop talking about something because she thinks it is important, you might say she has a bee in her bonnet (女帽). If someone asks you a personal question, you might say “that is none of your beeswax”. This means none of your business.
Speaking of personal questions, there is an expression when their children ask, “Where do babies come from?” Parents who discuss sex and reproduction (生殖) say this is talking about the birds and bees.
Butterflies are beautiful insects, but you would not want to have butterflies in your stomach. That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd. You would also not want to have ants in your trousers. That is, to be unable to sit still.
1. If you make a beeline for something, you _____ .
A.are as busy as a bee |
B.go quickly and directly towards it |
C.always go to the same place |
D.buy something at a certain place |
2. The underlined expression “ it is the bee’s knees” ______ .
A.is not used at all now |
B.was first used in the 1820s |
C.reminds us that bees have knees |
D.means “it is very good” |
3. If you ask your American friend Jack “How old is your wife?” he may say “_____.”
A.It is none of your beeswax |
B.You have a bee in your bonnet |
C.It is the bee’s knees |
D.You are talking about the birds and bees |
4. When you have butterflies in your stomach, you _____ .
A.are too sick to sit still |
B.have ants in your trousers |
C.are nervous about something |
D.have a stomachache |