While I studied at school, I felt a great difficulty in learning my Latin translations. I was always very __(1)___ in using a dictionary, and __(2)___ it most difficult, while to other boys it seemed no __(3)___.

　　I formed an alliance（盟友）with a boy in the Sixth Grade. He was very clever and __(4)___ read Latin as easily as English. My friend for his part was almost as __(5)___ troubled by the English essays he had to write for the headmaster as I was __(6)___ these Latin words. We agreed together that he could __(7)___ me my Latin translations and that I should do his essays. The arrangement __(8)___ wonderfully. The headmaster seemed quite __(9)___ with my work, and I had more time to myself in the morning. On the other hand, once a week __(10)___ I had to compose the essays of my friend. For several months no difficulty __(11)___, but once we were nearly caught out.

　　One afternoon, the headmaster __(12)___ my friend to discuss one essay with him in a lively spirit.“I was interested in this __(13)___ you make here. I think you might have gone further. Tell me __(14)___ you had in your mind.”The headmaster continued in this __(15)___ for some time to the fear of my friend. However the headmaster, not wishing to __(16)___ an occasion of praise into __(17)___ of fault-finding, finally __(18)___ him go. He came back to me like a man who had had a very narrow __(19)___ and I made up my mind to make every effort to study my __(20)___.

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　　While I studied at school, I felt a great difficulty in learning my Latin translations. I was always very 1 in using a dictionary, and 2 it most difficult, while to other boys it seemed no 3 .

　　I formed an alliance (盟友) with a boy in the Sixth Grade. He was very clever and 4 read Latin as easily as English. My friend for his part was almost as 5 troubled by the English essays he had to write for the headmaster as I was 6 these Latin words. We agreed together that he should 7 me my Latin translations and that I should do his essays. The arrangement 8 wonderfully. The headmaster seemed quite 9 with my work, and I had more time to myself in the morning. On the other hand, once a week 10 I had to compose the essays for my friend. For several months no difficulty 11 , but once we were nearly caught out.

　　One afternoon, the headmaster 12 my friend to discuss one essay with him in a lively spirit, "I was interested in this 13 you make here. I think you might have gone further. Tell me 14 you had in your mind." The headmaster continued in this 15 for some time to the fear of my friend. However, the headmaster, not wishing to 16 an occasion of praise into 17 of fault-finding, finally 18 him go. He came back to me like a man who had had a very narrow 19 and I made up my mind to make every effort to study my 20 .

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “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 said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”

When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense---there is a reason for everything that happens.  

The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. 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 calls 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 abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.

72. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?

   A. They both died of old age.             B. They died from hard work.

   C. They were’t accustomed to the change in life.

   D. They died due to lack of care by family members.

73. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because______.

   A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow

   B. they believe that they are responsible for what has happened

   C. they don’t know that natural course of events

   D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

74. The underline part “the world makes sense” in Paragraph 3 probably means that____.

   A. everything in the world is planned in advance

   B. the world can be understood in different ways

   C. there’s an explanation for everything in the world

   D. we have to be wise in order to understand the world

75. People have believed since early childhood that______.

   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

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故的) woman said, “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 said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It’s my fault.”

When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to think that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believed that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seems to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense and that there is a reason for everything that happens.

The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happens. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. 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 calls 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 give up that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.

67. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?

A. They both died of old age.　　　

B. They died from hard work.

　　　 C. They weren’t used to the change in life.

　　　 D. They died due to lack of care by family members.

68. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because___________.

　　　 A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow

　　　 B. they believe that they are responsible for what has happened

　　　 C. they don’t know the natural course of events

　　　 D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

69.The underlined part “the world makes sense”（ in Para3）probably means that___________.

　　　 A. everything in the world is planned in advance

　　　 B. the world can be understood in different ways

　　　 C. there’s an explanation for everything in the world

　　　 D. we have to be wise in order to understand the world

70. People have believed since early childhood that__________.　

A. everybody must obey their demand

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

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故的) woman said, “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 said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It’s my fault.”

When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to think that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believed that the opposite course, for example, keeping Mother at home, 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 guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense and that there is a reason for everything that happens.

The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. 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 calls 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 give up that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.

50. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _________.

A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow

B. they don’t know the natural course of events

C. they believe that they are responsible for what has happened

D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

51. The underlined part “the world makes sense” in Paragraph 3 probably means that _________.
A. everything in the world is planned in advance 

B. the world can be understood in different ways

C. there’s an explanation for everything in the world 

D. we have to be wise in order to understand the world

52. People have believed since early childhood that _________.

A. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens

B. life and death is an unsolved mystery

C. every story should have a happy ending

D. everybody must obey their demand