Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves . A.commit B.condemn C.cherish D.subscribe 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.?

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “ I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means ______.

A. Unintentionally B. Independently

C. Impressively D. Unconditionally

From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.

A. with his family B. with Evelyn

C. alone D. with his children

During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

A. he was determined to be a good husband

B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C. she looked lovely in her new clothes

D. the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

C. He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.

A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life

B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

It was a busy morning, about 8:30,when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会)at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided, since I was busy—my patient didn’t at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound .While taking care of his wound，I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his .He told me that she had been for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was，that she had not been able to him for five years now. I was , and asked him，“And you go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said．“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is” I had to hold back as he left.

Now I that in marriages，true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything；they just the best of everything they have. isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. breath B. test C. seat D. break

2.A . persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling

3.A. if B . before C. since D. after

4.A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding

5.A. very B. also C. seldom D. not

6.A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away

7.A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened

8.A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister

9.A. late B. well C. around D. there

10.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. hungry

11.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already

12.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect

13.A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied

14.A. only B.then C.thus D. still

15.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment

16.A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove

17.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition

18.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently

19.A. learn B. make C. favor D. try

20.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life

It was Molly’s job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each morning before he headed off to work.

One morning, in addition to his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second paper bag. This one was worn and held together with staples(书钉).

“Why two bags?”her father asked.“The other is something else,” Molly answered. “What’s in it?”“Just some stuff(东西). Take it with you.”

Not wanting to discuss the matter, he put both sacks into his briefcase, kissed Molly and rushed off. At midday he opened Molly’s bag and took out the contents: two hair ribbons(丝带), three small stones, a plastic dinosaur, a tiny sea shell, a small doll, and 13 pennies...The busy father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly’s stuff included.

That evening, Molly ran up behind him as he read the paper. “Where’s my bag?”“What bag?”“The one I gave you this morning.”“I left it at the office. Why?”“I forgot to put this note in it,”she said.“And, besides, Daddy, the things in the sack are the things I really like—I thought you might like to play with them. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy?”“Oh, no,”he said, lying. “I just forgot to bring it home. I’ll bring it tomorrow.”While Molly hugged her father’s neck, he unfolded the note that read:“I love you, Daddy.”Molly had given him her treasures—all that a 7 year old held.

Love in a paper bag, and he missed it—not only missed it, but had thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went to the office. Just ahead of the night janitor(看门人), he picked up the wastebasket. He put the treasures inside and carried it home carefully. The bag didn’t look so good, but the stuff was all there and that’s what counted.

After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the stuff in the sack. It took a long time to tell. Everything had a story or a memory.

“Sometimes I think of all the great times in this sweet life,”he thought.

We should all remember that it’s not the destination that counts in life, but the journey. That journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten.

1.Why did Molly give her father a second bag?

A. She didn't want to keep the things in the bag.

B. She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father.

C. She wanted to remind her father of the stories behind the things.

D. She enjoyed playing with her father.

2.How did Father deal with the bag after he opened it?

A. He kept it in the drawer. B. He took it back home.

C. He threw it into the wastebasket. D. He put it on his table.

3.After father heard what his daughter said，he felt ________.zxxk

A. regretful B. surprised C. sad D. satisfied

4.Which of the following is the most suitable title of the passage? zxxk

A. An important journey B. Two bags

C. Father and daughter D. Love in a paper bag

It was a busy morning about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. The nurse had him take a in the waiting area, him it would be at least 40 minutes someone would be able to see him. I saw him his watch and decided, since I was busy ---my patient didn’t at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his . He told me she had been for a while and she had a special disease. I asked if she would be if he was a bit late. He replied that she knew who he was, and that she had not been able to him for five years. I was , and asked him, “And you go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back as he left.

Now I that in marriages, true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; They just the best use of everything they have. isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. breath B. test C. seat D. break

2.A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling

3.A. if B. before C. since D. after

4.A. taking off B. fixing C. looking at D. winding

5.A. very B. also C. seldom D. not

6.A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away

7.A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened

8.A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister

9.A. late B. well C. around D. there

10.A. lonely B. worried C. doubtful D. glad

11.A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already

12.A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect

13.A. moving B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied

14.A. only B. then C. thus D. still

15.A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment

16.A. realise B. suggest C. hope D. prove

17.A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition

18.A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently

19.A. learn B. make C. favour D. try

20.A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life

Anyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world’ s great mysteries.

Beyond a common preference in people for blue, “the long history of color preference studies has been described as ‘confusing and contradictory,” write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England’ s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. “This fact is perhaps surprising,” they said, “though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.”.

But the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women’s preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.

In their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.

Puzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?

Evolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception（感知）, the assessment of three separate color types-red-green-blue-in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals.

Adding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine（女性的）on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. “My love is like a red, red rose,” wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.

1.The scientists discovered the colour mystery that exists between men and women by _____..

A．giving examples B．doing experiments.

C．stating causes and effects D．interviewing volunteers.

2.The word “pair” in Para.4 refers to _____.

A．man and woman B．science and evolution .

C．Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling D．red and green

3.According to the study the scientists have carried out in the passage, _____.

A．men like blue most.

B．women have preference for red besides blue.

C．generally speaking boys prefer slight pink to blue.

D．girls also love slight green.

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