题目内容
6.I had an experience some years ago which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves.One January,I had to conduct two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community.Both had died"full of years"as the Bible would say; both yielded to the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life.Their homes happened to be near each other,so I paid condolence (吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.At the first home,the son of the dead woman said to me,"If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow,she would be alive today.It's my fault that she died."At the second home,the son of the other dead woman said,"If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida,she would be alive today.That long airplane ride,the abrupt change of climate,was more than she could take.It's my fault that she's dead."
When things don't turn out as we would like them to,it is very tempting to assume that had we done things differently,the story would have had a happier ending.Priests(牧师) know that any time there is a death,the survivors will feel guilty.Because the course of action they took turned out badly,they believe that the opposite course-keeping Mother at home,delaying the operation would have turned out better.After all,how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilt.The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense,that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens.That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the concept that we are the cause of what happens,especially the bad things that happen.It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault.The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.Psychologists speak of the infantile(幼儿的) myth of omnipotence(万能).A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs,and that he makes everything happen in it.He wakes up in the morning and orders the rest of the world to its tasks.He cries,and someone comes to attend to him.When he is hungry,people feed him,and when he is wet,people change him.Very often,we do not completely outgrow that infantile concept that our wishes cause things to happen.
50.What is said about the two dead elderly women?A
A.They lived out a natural life.
B.They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.
C.They weren't accustomed to the change in weather.
D.They died due to lack of care by family members.
51.The author had to conduct the two women's funerals probably becauseD.
A.he wanted to comfort the two families
B.he was an official from the community
C.he had great sympathy for the dead
D.he was priest of the local church
52.People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones becauseB.
A.they couldn't find a better way to express their deep sorrow
B.they believe that they were responsible
C.they had overlooked the natural course of events
D.they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite direction
53.In the context of the passage,"…the world makes sense"(Line 2,Para,4)probably means thatC.
A.everything in the world is decided in advance
B.the world can be interpreted in different ways
C.there's an explanation for everything in the world
D.we have to be sensible in order to understand the world
54.People have been made to believe since infancy thatD.
A.everybody is at their command
B.life and death is an unsolved mystery
C.every story should have a happy ending
D.their wishes are the cause of everything that happens.
分析 文章大意:本文通过两个老人去世,儿子都把责任归咎于自己.告诉我们世界上发生的所有事情都是有自己的因果关系,没有必要为此感觉内疚.
解答 50.A 细节理解题 根据第一段第三句Both had died"full of years",as the Bible would say.说明他们都是自然死亡的,年龄都已经很大了.
51.D 推理理解题.根据One January,I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community.Both had died"full of years",as the Bible would say.既然按照圣经说…,又因为I had to hold two funerals故选D.
52.B 细节理解题 根据第三段第二句Priests(牧师) know that any time there is a death,the survivors will feel guilty.说明他们都认为自己对于亲人的去世是负有责任的.
53.C 细节理解题.根据第四段第二句话…that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens可知每件事都会有一个原因,解释所发生的一切.故选C.
54.D 细节理解题 根据文章第四段最后一句Very often,we do not completely outgrow that infantile concept that our wishes cause things to happen说明自从婴儿期开始他们的愿望导致了事情的发生,因此答案选D.
点评 本篇文章是人物故事类阅读理解.这类题材的阅读理解题是高考常考的题材之一,它注重考查考生对文章整体把握的能力,做题时要求考生结合语境做出正确的选择.
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"Oh?"Mom said,"That's Mama's quilt."
I (45)B the quilt.It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together;
(46)D designs,(47)A pictures,a winding line on the right.
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"Yes,right before she died.I (50)D it home with me last year and made some (51)C,"she said."I'm still (52)A on it.See,this is what I've done so far."
I looked at it more (53)B.At the center of the quilt,she had sewn a piece of (54)D with these words:"My mother made many quilts.She didn't get all lines (55)C.But I think this is beautiful.I want to see it (56)A.Her last quilt."
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42.A.proudly | B.frankly | C.politely | D.generously |
43.A.push | B.lift | C.cover | D.fold |
44.A.top | B.bottom | C.back | D.front |
45.A.pressed | B.spread | C.packed | D.raised |
46.A.perfect | B.delicate | C.mature | D.irregular |
47.A.childish | B.elegant | C.classic | D.horrible |
48.A.excited | B.depressed | C.surprised | D.delighted |
49.A.almost | B.certainly | C.partly | D.probably |
50.A.robbed | B.bought | C.dropped | D.brought |
51.A.decisions | B.money | C.changes | D.mistakes |
52.A.working | B.depending | C.living | D.sitting |
53.A.disappointedly | B.closely | C.nervously | D.gratefully |
54.A.paper | B.bread | C.wood | D.cloth |
55.A.strong | B.hidden | C.straight | D.bent |
56.A.finished | B.removed | C.produced | D.prepared |
57.A.happened | B.appeared | C.occurred | D.struck |
58.A.skill | B.mother | C.show | D.quilt |
59.A.shame | B.responsibility | C.desire | D.treasure |
60.A.continued | B.stopped | C.declined | D.disappeared. |
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