Question

My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that   21   men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them,   22  , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life    23     the fullest.

Recently, John lost his    24     Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last    25 . One day John took out a folded piece of   26    from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he     27    up some drawers at home.

It was a    28     love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy.    29    the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who    30    only had a few months left to live.

It was    31    a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s    32  of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”

“Helped me when I was ill.” The next    33    reads. After that she turned    34   the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has    35    with and loved most in her life. “  36  there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote   37   all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”

I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to   38   as Janet was to him. I need to   39   what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.

“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know     40     I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”

“You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.”

1.A. old            B. wise        C. young            D. foolish

2.A. for instance       B. at no time   C. in that case  D. as a matter of fact

3.A. in             B. to          C. at          D. for

4.A. friend        B. colleague        C. wife     D. sister

5.A. possibility        B. chance      C. hope             D. word

6.A. handkerchief       B. cloth            C. leather          D. paper

7.A. fixed          B. looked           C. tidied           D. put

8.A. small         B. long        C. descriptive      D. talkative

9.A. So             B. But          C. And              D. While

10.A. probably     B. surely      C. certainly        D. definitely

11.A. only         B. firstly          C. lastly           D. also

12.A. imagination       B. description      C. dream        D. expectation

13.A. letter       B. note             C. line       D. paragraph

14.A. away          B. down         C. off         D. over

15. A. lived        B. dealt            C. quarreled  D. argued

16.A. Constantly        B. Always       C. Never        D. Seldom

17.A. take the place of     B. get rid of       C. take away    D. sum up

18.A. me            B. Janet            C. John             D. you

19.A. speak up          B. repeat           C. discuss          D. hear

20.A. why           B. where            C. if           D. when

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D   

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A 

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】略