I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.
I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).
She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.
The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.
My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.
I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

【小题1】
A.sister'sB.teachers'C.mother'sD.roommates'
【小题2】
A.livesB.visitsC.separates D.graduates
【小题3】
A.forceB.leaveC.findD.have
【小题4】
A.smallB.bigC.funnyD.strong
【小题5】
A.severelyB.totallyC.slightlyD.strictly
【小题6】
A.innocentB.casualC.qualifiedD.inexperienced
【小题7】
A.laughingB.staringC.glaringD.looking
【小题8】A funny        B. frightening     C. kind            D. sad
【小题9】
A.expectingB.imagingC.knowingD.doubting
【小题10】
A.forB.withC.withinD.along
【小题11】
A.sentenceB.quotesC.sayingD.words
【小题12】
A.dayB.careerC.lifeD.age
【小题13】
A.easilyB.carefullyC.differentlyD.seriously
【小题14】
A.quickB.soonC.fastD.rapidly
【小题15】
A.gentlerB.softerC.tighterD.warmly
【小题16】
A.startB.turnC.runD.wonder
【小题17】
A.HersB.My wife'sC.MineD.Ours
【小题18】
A.goneB.grownC.bornD.found
【小题19】
A.althoughB.whereC.whenD.why
【小题20】
A.destroyedB.beginningC.endedD.changing

About once a month I have to go to Bedford for my work. One day I went into a   21  there to have something to   22  . The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room.
About an hour later I was   23  to go. The waiter   24  me my coat. Something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. I took a   25  look at the   26  . “Oh, you’ve brought   27  coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine,  28  it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.”
“Oh, then I   29  someone has taken your coat and left his,” said the waiter. “This kind of thing   30  sometimes.”
I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold   31  in it. The waiter and I   32  to go to the police station.
“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked at the station.
“Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring, he lost it in London.”
He   33  the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.
“Yes, this is my ring,” he said. “How can I   34  you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and   35  I lost it on the train!”
After I told him the   36  of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel, so how did my ring   37  in the coat?”
“Did anyone sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.
“Yes,” said the young man. “But I don’t remember his face.”
“You may remember this   38  ,” said the policeman. “Was it like this one?”
“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my friend here isn’t the thief.”
The policeman laughed. “No,” he said. “The thief on the train stole your ring, and   39  our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the   40  coat away with him.”

【小题1】
A.hotelB.restaurantC.companyD.shop
【小题2】
A.doB.buyC.eatD.make
【小题3】
A.askedB.gladC.invitedD.ready
【小题4】
A.showedB.returnedC.broughtD.dressed
【小题5】
A.specialB.closeC.usualD.near
【小题6】
A.waiterB.boxC.coatD.pocket
【小题7】
A.no one else’sB.another’sC.other’sD.someone else’s
【小题8】
A.butB.andC.insteadD.for
【小题9】
A.knowB.wonderC.supposeD.find
【小题10】
A.appearsB.happensC.meetsD.changes
【小题11】
A.ringB.coinC.penD.sign
【小题12】
A.realizedB.thoughtC.wantedD.decided
【小题13】
A.searchedB.rememberedC.telephonedD.asked
【小题14】
A.returnB.thankC.payD.help
【小题15】
A.thenB.soC.yetD.however
【小题16】
A.thingB.priceC.storyD.problem
【小题17】
A.comeB.putC.setD.get
【小题18】
A.personB.ringC.boxD.coat
【小题19】
A.afterB.beforeC.likeD.as
【小题20】
A.rightB.goodC.sameD.other

I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.
I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).
She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.
The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.
My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.
I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

【小题1】
A.sister'sB.teachers'C.mother'sD.roommates'
【小题2】
A.livesB.visitsC.separatesD.graduates
【小题3】
A.forceB.leaveC.findD.have
【小题4】
A.smallB.bigC.funnyD.strong
【小题5】
A.severelyB.totallyC.slightlyD.strictly
【小题6】
A.innocentB.casualC.qualifiedD.inexperienced
【小题7】
A.laughingB.staringC.glaringD.looking
【小题8】
A.funnyB.frighteningC.kindD.sad
【小题9】
A.expectingB.imagingC.knowingD.doubting
【小题10】
A.forB.withC.withinD.along
【小题11】
A.sentenceB.quotesC.sayingD.words
【小题12】
A.dayB.careerC.lifeD.age
【小题13】
A.easilyB.carefullyC.differentlyD.seriously
【小题14】
A.quickB.soonC.fastD.rapidly
【小题15】
A.gentlerB.softerC.tighterD.warmly
【小题16】
A.startB.turnC.runD.wonder
【小题17】
A.HersB.My wife'sC.MineD.Ours
【小题18】
A.goneB.grownC.bornD.found
【小题19】
A.althoughB.whereC.whenD.why
【小题20】
A.destroyedB.beginningC.endedD.changing

Money and Happiness
A Guide to Living a Good Life
Author: Laura Rowley
Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2007)
Laura Rowley makes us all understand the connection between money and happiness in our own lives so that we can spend our time and efforts wisely. She offers an insight(领悟)so that every reader can make smarter decisions and live a happier life.
Happiness
The Science Behind Your Smile
Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 1,2007)
It is the first book mainly about what happiness is and how happiness works. Nettle examines whether people are basically happy, whether success can make us happy, why some people are happier than others, etc.
The Happiness Makeover
How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day
Author: M. J. Ryan
Publisher: Broadway (May 10, 2007)
Ryan’s own desire to be happier first led her to study about happiness from brain science, psychology(心理学), and the wisdom traditions of the world. The happiness Makeover draws on wide - ranging knowledge and presents some suggestions that will help you a lot:
● Clear away worry, fear, envy, and grudges.
● Learn to think about yourself confidently.
● Find daily ways to truly enjoy the moments of your life.
Hormones(荷尔蒙), Health, and Happiness
Author: Steven F. Hotze
Publisher: Forrest Publishing (April, 2007)
Dr. Steven Hotze is leading a wellness revolution that advances a new model of healthcare.
In Hormones, Health, and Happiness, Dr. Hotze deals with the basic causes of poor health. You are shown how to reach and maintain the most favorable cell,tissue,and organ functioning.It can help you enjoy a better quality of life.
【小题1】What does the underlined“grudges”probably mean?

A.angerB.surpriseC.favourD.preference
【小题2】If you want to know more about whether happiness has something to do with Success,you’d better read_____________.
A.Money and HappinessB.Happiness.
C.The Happiness MakeoverD.Hormones,Health,and Happiness
【小题3】Whose book will possibly help readers get a new kind of health and wellness model?
A.Laura Rowley’sB.M.J.Ryan’s
C.Daniel Nettle’sD.Steven F.Hotze’s.

My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.

  “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.

  The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”

  “How long will it take?”

  “Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.

“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”

“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.

  After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”

  “I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

  “Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”

  I put my phone away.

  My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.

  I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”

After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.

  “Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”

  “Will they respond?” I asked.

  “I don’t knowI don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”

  “What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

  He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”

  After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identityjust like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.

  Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

1.The author was held at the airport because ______.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica

B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s

C. she had been held in Montreal

D. she had spoken at a book event

2.She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.

A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet

B. she had been held for only one hour and a half

C. there were other families in the waiting room

D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone

3.We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.

A. write to the agency?????????? B. change her name??

C. avoid traveling abroad??????? D. do nothing

4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.

A. hatred???????????????????? B. discrimination?????

C. tolerance?????????????????? D. diversity

5.The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.

A. impatient?? B. bitter???????? C. worried??????????? D. ironic (具有讽刺意味的)

 

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