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After ______,my sister recovered ______.
- A.three years treatment/health
- B.three years of treatment/her health
- C.three years'treatment/from her health
- D.three year treatment/from her illness
I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as always,that morning.
I would always turn to the crossword, but that day it didn't 31 I'd been doing it for 30 odd years, but trying to read this one was like treading through syrup(糖浆): 32 slow and hard. I thought I must be tired. I said to my assistant. The 33 colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital. There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that 34 communication. I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or 35 to receive and produce language. It was the only time I 36 .
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and 37 Work in a couple of months. The way to 38 my language ability was rough. I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind 39 round and round in the darkness, looking for words.
As the months passed it became 40 that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job. For 25 years, I had 41 myself as a publisher. I was used to a busy day of meetings. I enjoyed colleagues and the 42 I'd had. I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self. There were times when I felt incredibly 43 .
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to 44 . I couldn't manage novels or newspapers, 45 I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming. My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly. I also learned the 46 to keep up. I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it.
47 , I rid of my old skin. I grieved the past, its passing and its absence, and started to 48 it. Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever. If you'd asked me 15 years ago to 49 the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher. I'm a 50 man.
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After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.
The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.
When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.
On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”
That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough.
【小题1】From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.
A.traveled around the world and left her mother |
B.left her mother first but returned two years later |
C.had a quarrel with her before her graduation |
D.was not the right man her mother wanted at that time |
A.knew her last day was coming on Aug.30 |
B.kept everything of her father’s home |
C.missed Father though he had passed away |
D.remained a daily presence in his life |
A.Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death |
B.Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago |
C.Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally |
D.Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago |
A.She wanted us to stay at home. | B.Mother missed us very much. |
C.Mother expected us to get back. | D.That day was her last day. |
Medalists of the 1948 London Olympic Games look back on their summer of victory.
SAMMY Lee, 91, U.S.
GOLD AND BRONZE, DIVING
I first had my Olympic dream at 12, when they held the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. My father and I were at a grocery store, and I asked, “What are all the flags doing here?” He said, “We are having the Olympic Games. That’s where they honor the greatest athletes in the world.” I said, “Papa, someday I’m going to be an Olympic champ.”
Walking up the 10-meter platform, I thought to myself, “I’ve waited 16 years for this moment. Am I going to win?” So I prayed to God that I was most deserving of winning the Games.
DAVID BOND, 90, BRITAIN
GOLD, SAILING
During the war, I spent six years in Royal Air Force. I think in general, the 1948 Olympics meant very little to most people. We were too busy after the war to be worried about sport very much anyway.
Our team had about six weeks before the Olympics down at Torquay and we went out sailing every day.
Winning gold was quite something. It was nice to stand on the platform with lots of people cheering. We celebrated by going to a big dance.
MICHAEL LAPAGE, 88, BRITAIN
SILVER, ROWING
I started rowing when I was 14. I joined the navy in 1942. In 1945 the war came to an end and I started rowing again.
In 1948 we were still on rations (配给供应): 4 oz. of red meat a week. But the United States had all the meat they wanted. They were the favorites to win.
On the day of the final, we led the Americans at the start, but their stronger staying power took them through to win. There were no ribbons on the medals, so we just showed them round the family.
THOMAS GODWIN, 91, BRITAIN
BRONZE, CYCLING
At 14 I left school and got a job delivering groceries on a bicycle, which excited my interest in cycling. When the war broke out, I volunteered but was held back, so I continued riding.
After my team won our bronze medals, we went home just round the corner and had a sit-down and a chat and a laugh. It was a different world. Money was never, never thought about.
【小题1】 According to the passage, Sammy Lee ___________.
A.was 28 when he attended the 1948 Olympics |
B.never thought he could win medals in diving |
C.found that he has a talent for sports at age 12 |
D.prepared for the 1948 Olympics for 16 years |
A.weak will | B.poor skill |
C.poor nutrition | D.hurried preparation |
A.They both took part in a team event. |
B.A lot of money was awarded to them. |
C.The 1948 Olympics meant little to them. |
D.They both served in the army during World War II. |
A.Long-lived medalists | B.The 1948 Olympics |
C.Famous athletes | D.Great in 1948 |