题目内容
After my brother's serious heart attack, he lay in a coma(昏迷) in the hospital. Tubes and wires 1 him up to machines that kept him alive. The only sound in his room was the 2 whoosh(呼呼声) of the pump forcing air into his lungs. My sister-in-law stood by, 3 .
As a minister I had been with families in similar 4 . I had searched for the right 5 , a phrase of hope, trying to 6 them. But this was a new 7 .
During these difficult days, my sister- in- law and I were 8 between hope and resignation. We 9 every visitor. We were grateful for their stories of people who had 10 comas and return to 11 . We listened when they talked knowledgeably about the stages of grief. We knew they cared. But many visitors came 12 the door talking, and kept talking. Was that how I had dealt with my nervousness when I didn't know 13 to say?
Then a/n 14 friend came to visit. He stood with us around the bed, looking at my brother's body. There was a long silence. Suddenly 15 with emotion, he said, "I'm sorry." There was another long pause. 16 , he hugged my sister-in-law and then turned to shake my hand. He held it a 17 longer than necessary and squeezed a little harder than 18 . As he looked at me, tears came to his eyes. And then he left. One week later, my brother died.
Years 19 passed and I still remember that visitor. I do not recall his name, but I'll never forget how he shared our grief, quietly and 20 and without awkwardness. His few words spoke volumes.
1. A. added B. hooked C. put D. held
2. A. rhythmical B. loud C. irregular D. harmonious
3. A. careful B. hopeful C. helpless D. useless
4. A. conversations B. considerations C. locations D. situations
5. A. words B. places C. roles D. choices
6. A. convince B. teach C. comfort D. serve
7. A. challenge B. adventure C. experience D. opportunity
8. A. filled B. torn C. worn D. settled
9. A. appreciated B. expected C. depended D. evaluated
10. A. suffered from B. shaken off C. come down with D. kept out
11. A. reality B. origin C. function D. normal
12. A. in B. across C. over D. through
13. A. why B. what C. how D. when
14. A. casual B. expected C. close D. familiar
15. A. concentrated B. controlled C. overcome D. disappointed
16. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally
17. A. second B. lot C. great deal D. period
18. A. before B. possible C. usual D. past
19. A. had B. have C. are D. were
20. A. extraordinarily B. desperately C. nervously D. sincerely
1—5 BACDA 6—10 CCBAB 11—15 DDBAC 16—20 DACBD
My grandmother seems to be wrong when she says that good manners will never go out of style.
Several days ago, I tried entering a lift with one of my arms fixed in a bandage(绷带) while carrying a computer bag in the other. Not being fast enough, I was passed by two young people who managed to get into the lift before me. The lift door closed only after I entered. Having already pressed their wanted floor button, the young people waited impatiently for me to press the button for where I was going. If they had decided to help, we could have moved much faster. But they had not. So I did my best and pressed the button with my arm. The two young people looked very angry with me. I was losing heart.
The memory of this incident has stayed with me because it followed shortly after my building’s watchman refused to help me carry a heavy box full of books. His answer was that he could not carry the books a few meters because it was not his job. However, I remembered myself helping people for so many years carrying boxes, shopping bags, or pushing wheelchairs upon the request of a stranger in need or when my conscience(良心) called on me. "Oh, this young generation, they have no manners, ”my grandmother would say. The idea of good manners refers to the considering of other people’s feelings. We need more and more people to have good manners. Good manners should be-come part of our lives.
【小题1】The author believes that ________.
| A．good manners will never go out of style |
| B．her grandmother is right |
| C．good manners are disappearing little by little |
| D．it never rains, but it pours |
| A．Excited. | B．Angry. | C．Sad. | D．Confident. |
| A．the box was full of books |
| B．the box was too heavy |
| C．the author was a stranger |
| D．he thought it was not his job |
| A．always offers help to people in need |
| B．always has difficulty carrying things |
| C．has a better memory than anyone else |
| D．agreed with her grandmother at first |
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 16 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 17 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 18 everywhere. I tried to use a broom, 19 with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen．
For the next week, every time I was in the 20 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 21 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 22 12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining 23 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 24 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 25 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 26 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered（破碎. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 27 his new surroundings and the 28 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．
When life gets you 29 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 30 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 31 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 32 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 33 you’ll start to feel whole again．
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 34 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 35 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
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