题目内容
We grew up in ________ countryside, surrounded by the beauties of ________ nature.
A. the, / B. /, / C. the, the D. /, the
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It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat with my friend Katie and the dog when the phone call came, the call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark, gloomy one.
I had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top, and packed my bag with sunscreen and everything else I would need for the day. I ran into my parents’ room to find Dad. When I saw him on the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could have happened?
"Max, I’m so sorry," I heard him say. That’s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died. Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body. Her brain was OK. She knew what was going on; she knew that she had problems and was different from other kids. Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body. Yet although she couldn’t live a normal life ,she was still happy.
When Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together. As we grew up, we grew apart. She lived in New York, and I lived in the Midwest. When Suzie was ten she had to live in a hospital in Virginia. About eight months before she died, Max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked at least twice a week until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to us and wanted to know every detail about my life. She wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate. In a way, she lived through me.
After we found out about her death, we made our plans to go to New York for the funeral. When she was alive, I sent her a Beanie Baby and she sent one back to me. I had bought her another one but never had the chance to send it to her, so I took it to put in her casket(棺材).
Her funeral was very different from any funeral I’d ever been to. After they lowered her casket, each one of us put a shovelful of dirt over her. I remember crying so hard, I felt weak. My cheeks burned from the tears. My whole body was shaking as I picked up the shovel, but I’m glad I did it.
When Suzie and I first started calling one another, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give to her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted especially my health and the gift of life.
【小题1】What does the underlined part “In a way, she lived through me.” mean?
| A.Suzie got to know what life outside hospital was like by sharing my experience. |
| B.Suzie was financially dependent of me. |
| C.Suzie managed to pull through her illness with the help of my family. |
| D.Suzie was too weak to live her own life. |
| A.Suzie was the only person helping the author with difficulties. |
| B.The author feared that she might also get the same disease as Suzie. |
| C.The author benefited a lot from talking on the phone with Suzie. |
| D.The author didn’t understand Suzie was her true friend until Suzie’s death. |
| A.Never let go of a friend even if you are apart. |
| B.Be thankful for what we have in our life. |
| C.Talking with a friend can cure your illness. |
| D.We can learn more from our friends than they do from us. |
We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.
Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!
The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!
No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don’t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal, how rich, and so on… No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?
Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity(呆板)? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:
"Dance as though no one is watching you,
Love as though you have never been hurt before,
Sing as though no one can hear you,
Live as though heaven is on earth."
When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.
So don’t lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn’t want to feel good?
1. According to the passage, what does the writer usually do?
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A.He pretends to be a rock star. |
B.He dances in his own home. |
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C.He sings songs while going to work. |
D.He gets jammed on his way to work. |
2.What do other people think of the writer?
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A.They think that the writer is strange. |
B.They look down upon the writer. |
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C.They believe that the writer is lonely. |
D.No one is interested in the writer. |
3. What is the writer’s opinion about the people who look very serious?
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A.They are honest. |
B.They are silly. |
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C.They are perfect. |
D.They are educated. |
4. The writer quotes Souza to show that _______.
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A.life is a beautiful journey |
B.life is full of rigidity |
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C.life is like a great recipe |
D.life is to be treasured |
5.The underlined part “the child” in the last paragraph probably refers to _______.
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A.the writer |
B.any child |
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C.the feeling of being a child |
D.the time of being a child |