It was January 25th, 2008: Nisha and Akshaye"s ____ anniversary. But things had changed since their marriage. The couple ____ about small things. Yet they still loved each other.
Nisha thought her husband might have ___ about their anniversary. When door bell rang, Nisha was ____ happy that Akshaye had finally remembered. She ran to open the door. Indeed, Akshaye was standing outside and ____ a bunch of flowers. They started to have a(n) ____ night. But then the phone started ringing. Nisha went to ____ it up. There was a man on the other ____ of the phone. “Hello, madam. I am calling from the ____ station. Is this Mr. Akshaye Malhotra"s number？”
“Yes, it is.”
“There was an ___ , and a man died. We got your number from the man"s ____. We need you to come here and ____ the body.”
Nisha"s heart ____. “Whhhaat? B．..but my husband is here with me.”
“Sorry, madam, the accident took place at 3：00 pm.”
She had heard that the soul of the dead person would come to meet you before it ____. She ran to the sitting room. Akshaye was not there. Had something bad really happened? If she had been given ____ chance, she would have mended all her ____. She was about to lose her senses. ____ Akshaye came out of the bathroom, saying, “Dear, my wallet was ____ while I was ____ my way home this afternoon.”
Life might not give you a ____ chance. So never waste a moment when you have the chance to make up for your deeds.
| 小题1: | | A．marriage | B．engagement | | C．divorce | D．birth |
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| 小题2: | | A．talked | B．argued | | C．quarreled | D．agreed |
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| 小题3: | | A．remembered | B．memorized | | C．reminded | D．forgotten |
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| 小题4: | | A．friendly | B．luckily | | C．surprisingly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题5: | | A．giving | B．holding | | C．carrying | D．delivering |
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| 小题6: | | A．gentle | B．romantic | | C．extraordinary | D．normal |
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| 小题8: | | A．beginning | B．end | | C．line | D．call |
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| 小题9: | | A．post | B．bus | | C．police | D．railway |
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| 小题10: | | A．incident | B．affair | | C．event | D．accident |
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| 小题11: | | A．ID card | B．passport | | C．license | D．wallet |
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| 小题12: | | A．realize | B．know | | C．achieve | D．identify |
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| 小题13: | | A．sank | B．drowned | | C．shocked | D．beat |
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| 小题14: | | A．departed | B．arrived | | C．appeared | D．recovered |
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| 小题15: | | A．the other | B．other | | C．another | D．one |
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| 小题16: | | A．mistakes | B．failure | | C．faults | D．disadvantages |
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| 小题17: | | A．Suddenly | B．Luckily | | C．Unfortunately | D．Sadly |
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| 小题18: | | A．thrown | B．stolen | | C．dropped | D．attached |
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| 小题20: | | A．nice | B．third | | C．satisfied | D．second |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:B
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文章大意：Nisha夫妇婚后虽然仍然爱着对方。但是却经常为小事争吵。在结婚纪念日，一个偶然的事情使他们意识到，在有机会纠正自己的缺点时，应该马上去做。
小题1:答案：A 从下一句可知，应该是他们的“结婚”纪念日。marriage“婚姻”；engagement“订婚”；divorce“离婚”；birth“出生”。
小题2:答案：C 结婚后，事情有了很大变化。他们经常为小事“争吵”。quarrel“争吵”；talk“交谈”；argue“争论，争辩”；agree“同意”。
小题3:答案：D Nisha认为她的丈夫可能已经“忘记”了他们的结婚纪念日。forget“忘记”；remember“记得”；memorize“记忆”；remind“提醒”。
小题4:答案：C 当门铃响起的时候，Nisha认为丈夫记起来他们的结婚纪念日所以非常“惊”喜。surprisingly“令人吃惊地”；friendly“友好的”；luckily“幸运地”；fortunately“幸运地”。
小题5:答案：B 事实上，她的丈夫站在门外，手里“举着”一束花。hold“举着，握着”；give“给”；carry“运送”；deliver“接生，发表，递送”。
小题6:答案：B 他们开始度过一个“浪漫的”夜晚。romantic“浪漫的”；gentle“轻微的”；extraordinary“非同寻常的”；normal“正常的，标准的”。
小题7:答案：A 这时，电话响了。Nisha去“接电话”。pick up“接听”；put up“举起，搭建”；get up“起床”；give up“放弃”。
小题8:答案：B 在电话的“另一端”是一位男士。on the other end“在另一端”。
小题9:答案：C 从后文可知，交通事故后应该由“警察局”通知。
小题10:答案：D 由13空后的那一段可知，是“交通事故”。accident“事故”；incident“小事，事变”；affair“事物”；event“大事”。
小题11:答案：D 此处与18空前的wallet照应。
小题12:答案：D 我们需要你来警局“确认”死者身份。identify“确认身份”；realize“意识到”；know“知道”；achieve“获得”。
小题13:答案：A Nisha的心“一沉”。sink“下沉”；drown“淹没”；shock“震惊”；beat“打败”。
小题14:答案：A Nisha听说过人的灵魂在“离开”前会来见你。depart“离开”；arrive“到来”；appear“出现”；recover“恢复”。
小题15:答案：C 如果“再”给她一次机会，她会纠正自己所有的“缺点”。another“再一，又一”；the other“两者中的另一者”；other“其他的”；one“一个”。
小题16:答案：C fault“缺点，失误”；mistake“错误”；failure“失败”；disadvantage“不利条件”。
小题17:答案：A “突然”，她丈夫从厕所出来。suddenly“突然”；luckily“幸运地”；unfortunately“不幸地”；sadly“悲哀地”。
小题18:答案：B “在回来的路上”，我的钱包被“偷”了。steal“偷”；throw“扔”；drop“滴落”；attach“连接”。
小题19:答案：B on one"s way home“在回家的路上”。
小题20:答案：D 生活可能不会“再”给你机会。a second“再一，又一”。 |
核心考点
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I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”， which was to make us more ___ the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ ____ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members，____ chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore soundblocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds(眼罩)．
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a ___ experience. I had never considered before how ____ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my ____ made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not ____. Then I wondered where to put my ____. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into ____. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ____ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的) ____.
I tried to find a ____ position and thought it might be restful, ____ kind of nice, to be ____ around for a while. Looking around, I ____ I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I ___ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ____ of the wheelchair as not going to be a(n)____ task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon ___. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the ____， both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
| 小题1: | | A．curious about | B．interested in | | C．aware of | D．careful with |
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| 小题2: | | A．cure | B．prevent | | C．adopt | D．analyze |
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| 小题3: | | A．instead | B．strangely | | C．as usual | D．like me |
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| 小题4: | | A．learning | B．working | | C．satisfying | D．relaxing |
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| 小题5: | | A．convenient | B．awkward | | C．boring | D．exciting |
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| 小题6: | | A．height | B．force | | C．skill | D．weight |
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| 小题7: | | A．locked | B．repaired | | C．powered | D．grasped |
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| 小题8: | | A．hands | B．feet | | C．keys | D．handles |
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| 小题9: | | A．place | B．action | | C．play | D．effect |
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| 小题10: | | A．operation | B．communication | | C．transportation | D．production |
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| 小题11: | | A．exploration | B．education | | C．experiment | D．entertainment |
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| 小题12: | | A．flexible | B．safe | | C．starting | D．comfortable |
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| 小题14: | | A．shown | B．pushed | | C．driven | D．guided |
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| 小题15: | | A．realized | B．suggested | | C．agreed | D．admitted |
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| 小题16: | | A．lifted | B．turned | | C．pressed | D．seized |
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| 小题17: | | A．path | B．position | | C．direction | D．way |
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| 小题18: | | A．easy | B．heavy | | C．major | D．extra |
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| 小题19: | | A．forgotten | B．repeated | | C．conducted | D．finished |
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| 小题20: | | A．weaknesses | B．challenges | | C．anxieties | D．illnesses |
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I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell ____. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ___ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was ____， full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, ____ slowly, they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began ____ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ____ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ____.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. ____ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into ____. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ____ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to ___ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house，but over time I"ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We"d all be in ____ if we hadn"t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It"s not so much about what I can get for myself; it"s about ____ we can all get by together.
| 小题1: | | A．separately | B．equally | | C．violently | D．naturally |
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| 小题3: | | A．crossed | B．left | | C．toured | D．searched |
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| 小题4: | | A．fullest | B．largest | | C．fairest | D．cheapest |
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| 小题5: | | A．at | B．through | | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题6: | | A．occupied | B．abandoned | | C．emptied | D．robbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．approached | | C．cleared | D．cut |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．although | | C．otherwise | D．for |
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| 小题9: | | A．benefit | B．lesson | | C．nature | D．art |
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| 小题10: | | A．sticking | B．looking | | C．swinging | D．turning |
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| 小题11: | | A．wild | B．real | | C．different | D．remote |
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| 小题12: | | A．neighborliness | B．happiness | | C．friendliness | D．kindness |
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| 小题13: | | A．unique | B．expensive | | C．rare | D．necessary |
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| 小题15: | | A．cooperation | B．relationships | | C．satisfaction | D．appointments |
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| 小题16: | | A．reality | B．society | | C．town | D．life |
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| 小题17: | | A．creating | B．losing | | C．quitting | D．offering |
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| 小题18: | | A．put in | B．turn in | | C．take in | D．get in |
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| 小题19: | | A．yards | B．shelters | | C．camps | D．cottages |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．what | | C．whether | D．how |
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One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the ____ of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no ____ differences between my home country and my ____. I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at ____ different the two countries could be.
The United States is ____ in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who ____ and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often ____ to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once ____ a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big ____ for me.
The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to ____ smaller differences like the culture of ____ in restaurants. In Australia we don"t tend to give a tip ____ the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for ___ everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants ____ to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places ____ New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.
___， I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to ____ true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone ___ to and fro, and very seldom takes time to ____ the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”—very different from our American counterparts.
Navigating (驾驭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that ____ and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.
| 小题1: | | A．heart | B．city | | C．center | D．suburbs |
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| 小题2: | | A．cultural | B．commercial | | C．economic | D．scientific |
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| 小题3: | | A．home town | B．departure | | C．location | D．destination |
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| 小题4: | | A．how | B．why | | C．however | D．where |
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| 小题5: | | A．big | B．modern | | C．small | D．fashionable |
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| 小题6: | | A．travel | B．survive | | C．live | D．serve |
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| 小题7: | | A．happened | B．seemed | | C．proved | D．managed |
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| 小题8: | | A．brought | B．ordered | | C．designed | D．fetched |
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| 小题9: | | A．laughter | B．pleasure | | C．shock | D．embarrassment |
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| 小题10: | | A．prefer | B．notice | | C．tell | D．appreciate |
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| 小题11: | | A．serving | B．tipping | | C．donating | D．toasting |
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| 小题12: | | A．unless | B．if | | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．rarely | B．mostly | | C．almost | D．hardly |
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| 小题14: | | A．try | B．wait | | C．think | D．expect |
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| 小题16: | | A．So | B．Therefore | | C．However | D．But |
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| 小题17: | | A．come | B．become | | C．turn | D．get |
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| 小题18: | | A．walks | B．drives | | C．wanders | D．rushes |
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| 小题19: | | A．depend on | B．reflect on | | C．spy on | D．watch on |
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| 小题20: | | A．experience | B．job | | C．challenge | D．business |
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Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards(蜥蜴) mostly found in the Americas, came to live in the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. Some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from South America to the islands. There are documented cases of iguanas reaching remote Caribbean islands and the Galapagos Islands on floating logs. But new research in January by Brice Noonan and Jack Sites suggested that iguanas may have simply walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were still a part of an ancient southern supercontinent.
The ancient supercontinent was made up of present-day Africa, Australia, Antarctica and parts of Asia. If that’s the case, the island species would need to be very old. Using “molecular (分子) clock” analysis of living iguanas’ DNA, Noonan and Sites found that, sure enough, the lineage of iguanas has been around for more than 60 million years—easily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to Asia or Australia.
Fossils (化石) uncovered in Mongolia suggest that iguanid ancestors did once live in Asia. Though there’s currently no fossil evidence of iguanas in Australia, that doesn’t necessarily mean they were never there. “The fossil record of this continent is surprisingly poor and cannot be taken as evidence of true absence,” the authors write.
So if the iguanas simply walked to Fiji and Tonga from Asia or possibly Australia, why are they not also found on the rest of the Pacific islands? Noonan and Sites say fossil evidence suggests that iguana species did once inhabit other islands, but went extinct right around the time when humans settled in those islands. But Fiji and Tonga have a much shorter history of human presence, which may have helped the iguanas living there to escape extinction.
The researchers say that their study can’t completely rule out the rafting theory, but it does make the land bridge theory “far more reasonable than previously thought.”
小题1: What did some scientists previously believe about the iguanas?| A．They were once discovered in America. | | B．They traveled by raft to Fiji and Tonga. | | C．They could survive in poor living conditions. | | D．They moved to Fiji and Tonga from Australia. |
小题2:According to Noonan and Sites, 60 million years ago ____. | A．the land of the world was a supercontinent | | B．Fiji and Tonga were connected to Asia or Australia | | C．Africa, Australia and America were a continent | | D．iguanas walked to Fiji and Tonga from Africa |
小题3:The underline word “lineage” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____.| A．conditions in which creatures can survive | | B．the change in ancient plants and animals. | | C．the line of generations of an ancestor | | D．the habitat of a type of an ancient animal |
小题4: What is the main topic of this passage? | A．The life span of animals living on the ancient supercontinent. | | B．The two islands being home to several iguana species in the Pacific region. | | C．The fossil evidence suggesting iguanas’ ancestors’ swimming to Fiji and Tonga | | D．By raft or by land — how did iguanas reach the tiny Pacific islands? |
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My grandmother Adele loved culture and was generous with its gifts. When I was a child, she took me to museums, restaurants, dances. She showered me with gifts from her travels around the world. But I can only remember her giving me one book—a book that, to this day, I have not read. She presented me with her own favorite childhood book: Hans Brinker. My grandmother was happy to share this book with me. She even decorated the title page with her proud writing.
I tried to read it. I adored reading, and would dive into a new pile of books from the library all at once. But something about Hans Brinker just wouldn’t let me in. The story was set in Holland, a long time ago. It felt dull and unfamiliar—even though I was a fan of classics of other times and places. I simply read the first pages over and over. I could not progress.
Standing on a bookshelf in our living room, the book was like something I avoided. It scolded me for not being interested, for not trying hard enough, for disappointing my grandmother.
The book started to fit in, almost forgotten, until Adele asked. Had I read it? Did I like it? Always determined, she wanted to know the answer. I would make some kind of excuse, feel bad, and open it again, hoping for a new reaction. The book weighed on me.
Years passed and finally Adele and I both accepted that I would never read Hans Brinker. Eventually I cleared the book from the shelf. The Hans Brinker experience led me to set a rule that I’ve lived by ever since: Do not ask about a book given as a gift. Don’t ask, despite your desire to discuss it to grow closer. The desire for such connection is what gives book-giving with special meaning—and increases the owner’s possibility to be a letdown.
Guilt is basically the same as for all gifts, though. If the giver doesn’t have the pleasure of seeing or hearing about the gift being enjoyed, and asks whether it is, then the owner—unless she can truthfully say “yes”—either has to admit to not liking the present, or else lie on the spot. Neither is pleasant. So, don’t ask.
小题1: When the author was a kid, his grandmother ________.| A．took him to travel around the world a lot | | B．loved to take him to museums and stores | | C．shared her childhood stories with him | | D．gave him many gifts |
小题2:What does the author think about the book his grandmother gave him?| A．Boring. | B．Interesting. | C．Puzzling. | D．Disappointing. |
小题3:The underlined sentence “The book weighed on me” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.| A．the book is too heavy for the author to carry | | B．the author feels stressful facing the book | | C．the book is full of powerful viewpoints | | D．the author keeps reading the book |
小题4:. The author learns from the Hans Brinker’s experience that never________.| A．give others books as gifts | | B．lie to people who give you gifts | | C．get close to others through gifts | | D．talk about the books given as gifts |
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