题目内容
2.Dearest Clare,As I write this,I am sitting at my desk in the back bedroom looking out at your studio across the backyard full of blue evening snow,everything is smooth and crusty with ice,and it is very still.It's one of those winter evenings when the coldness of every single thing seems to slow down time,like the narrow center of an hourglass which time itself flows through,but slowly,slowly.I had a sudden urge,tonight,here in the house by myself to write you a letter.I suddenly wanted to leave something,for after.I think that time is short,now.I feel as though all my reserves,of energy,of pleasure,of duration,are thin,small.I don't feel capable of continuing very much longer.I know you know.
If you are reading this,I am probably dead.But you know:you know that if I could have stayed,if I could have gone on,that I would have seized every second:whatever it was,this death,you know that it came and took me,like a child carried away by goblins (妖精).
Clare,I want to tell you,again,I love you.But I hate to think of you waiting.I know that you have been waiting for me all your life,always uncertain of how long this patch of waiting would be.Ten minutes,ten days.A month.What an uncertain husband I have been,Clare,like a sailor.Please,Clare.When I am dead,stop waiting and be free.Of me-put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live.Love the world and yourself in it,move through it as though the world is your natural element.
After my mom died she ate my father up completely.She would have hated it.Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence,every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against.And when I was young I didn't understand,but now,I know,how absence can be present.
If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it.But I hope,I have this vision of you walking,with your shining hair in the sun.I have not seen this with my eyes,but only with my imagination,that makes pictures,that always wanted to paint you,shining; but I hope that this vision will be true,anyway.
Clare,there is one last thing,and I have hesitated to tell you,because I'm afraid that telling might cause it to not happen and also because I have just been going on about not waiting and this might cause you to wait longer than you have ever waited before.But I will tell you in case you need something,after.
Last summer,I was sitting in Kendrick's waiting room when I suddenly found myself in a dark hallway in a house I don't know.At the end of the hall I could see a rim of light around a door,and so I went very slowly and very quietly to the door and looked in.The room was white,and lit with morning sun.At the window,with her back to me,sat a woman,wearing a coral-colored cardigan sweater,with long white hair all down her back.She had a cup of tea beside her,on a table.I must have made some little noise,or she sensed me behind her…she turned and saw me,and I saw her,and it was you,Clare,this was you as an old woman,in the future.It was sweet,Clare,it was sweet beyond telling.I won't tell you any more,so you can imagine it.We will see each other again,Clare.Until then,live,fully,present in the world,which is so beautiful.
It's dark,now,and I am very tired.I love you,always.Time is nothing.
Henry
67.Why did Henry mention the snow and ice in the first Paragraph?C
A.To indicate the death is approaching.
B.To illustrate that he has an easy mind.
C.To express how urgent he was to write the letter.
D.To show the weather conditions when he wrote the letter.
68.From Paragraph 4we can know thatD.
A.his mother died soon after Henry was born
B.the living shouldn't miss the dead too much
C.his mother had a narrow affection for his father
D.his father lived in the shadow of his mother's absence
69.By describing what he found in Kendrick's waiting room,Henry intended to tell Clare thatC.
A.he hoped she would wait for him forever
B.his health was worsening step by step
C.she should stop waiting and be free to live
D.she would be more beautiful when she was old
70.Which of the following can best describe Henry?A
A.Considerate.B.Generous.D.Explicit.D.Rigid.
分析 本文是一封濒临死亡的丈夫写给妻子的信,信中丈夫表现了对妻子的不舍,希望自己死后妻子能自由乐观的生活下去.
解答 67.答案 C 主旨大意题.作者提到冰和雪表面上是为了渲染冬夜的寒冷,寂静,时间仿佛被减慢,如同沙漏,但实际上作者是为了表达写信的时间很紧迫(I think that time is short).故答案为C
68.答案 D 细节理解题.由第四段中的"Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence,every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against"可知,作者的父亲生活在失去妻子的阴影里,故答案为D.
69.答案 C细节理解题.作者描述在Kendrick's waiting room所发现的情景是为了让他的妻子在他死后继续好好的生活,结合上文"When I am dead,stop waiting and be free.Of me-put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live"可知,故答案为 C.
70.答案 A 词义猜测题.considerate体贴的,考虑周到的;generous慷慨的;explicit明确的;rigid严格的,固执的.结合本文可知,作者临终前写信给妻子,鼓励她坚强,乐观地生活,由此可知他是一个体贴的,考虑周到的人.故答案为A.
点评 首先对原文材料迅速浏览,掌握全文的主旨大意.因为阅读理解题一般没有标题,所以,速读全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速读的过程中,应尽可能多地捕获信息材料.
其次,细读题材,各个击破.掌握全文的大意之后,细细阅读文章后的问题,弄清每题要求后,带着问题,再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息.
要善于抓住每段的主题句,阅读时,要有较强的针对性.对于捕获到的信息,要做认真分析,仔细推敲,理解透彻,只有这样,针对题目要求,才能做到稳、准.
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