The church seems cold this morning, even after all the people, friends and family, fill the benches. I sit here in silence, in shock and denial. This was not supposed to happen. What about our dreams, or our plans? We were going to raise our children, travel the world, and grow old together. I’m only 37, a typical housewife. I don’t know if I can do all this alone—two children, no father. What do I do or say?
The faces of so many people confuse me as they come to pay their last respects. Some have real sorrow; I can see it in their eyes. The others seem to just say, “I told you so.” Those famous last words: I-told-you-so. How I can’t stand them. And the pointing fingers as so-called family and so-called friends pick me out of the crowd for others to see. I want to scream and wake up but I can’t do anything but sit there. How can they be so blind? I fell in love with a man. Love knows no boundaries .
He was a good man, hardworking, caring and kind. He was retired from the Navy and a gentleman. He was sensitive to others’ needs, the kind of man that knew what to do or say, how to humor any situation and calm everyone’s fears. I remember our first child was a big surprise to both of us. I remember when I told him the news. He fell off his chair, saying over and over in disbelief, “But I’m almost sixty.” After a few months he started planning our next and even doing his famous little dance whenever he discussed the idea.
A man, thirty years older than I, lies in a coffin. Flowers, the American flag and his VFW comrades surround him, paying tribute(頌詞)to him as the man he really was. And I sit alone here, with our two children, in silence, praying that this cold morning at church is only a nightmare and I will awake to his loving arms again.
【小題1】What can we know from the passage about the writer?

A.She married a man much older than she.
B.She is going to give birth to their second child.
C.She lost her husband, who was as old as she.
D.She lost her father, whom she loved deeply.
【小題2】From Paragraph Two, we can see ______.
A.the writer didn’t really love the man
B.some of her family members didn’t understand her
C.some of her family members and friends were blind
D.she thought her marriage to the man was a mistake
【小題3】 Which of the following can best replace the underlined words “But I’m almost sixty”?
A.I can’t believe it.
B.That’s a lot of trouble.
C.That should have happened long ago.
D.It can’t be my child.
【小題4】Which of the following can’t be used to describe the writer’s feelings for the man?
A.Sad.B.Loving.C.InseparableD.Complaining.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:本文講了作者嫁給了一個(gè)比自己大三十歲的丈夫,在丈夫的葬禮上,很多人仍然對他們的婚姻不理解,但作者自己心里很清楚也很執(zhí)著于和丈夫的形影不離和深沉的愛。
【小題1】根據(jù)A man, thirty years older than I, lies in a coffin. Flowers, the American flag and his VFW comrades surround him, paying tribute(頌詞)to him as the man he really was,故選A。
【小題2】根據(jù)The others seem to just say, “I told you so.” Those famous last words: I-told-you-so. How I can’t stand them. And the pointing fingers as so-called family and so-called friends pick me out of the crowd for others to see. I want to scream and wake up but I can’t do anything but sit there. How can they be so blind? I fell in love with a man. Love knows no boundaries .故選B。
【小題3】 根據(jù)I remember when I told him the news. He fell off his chair, saying over and over in disbelief,故選A。
【小題4】 通過全文內(nèi)容可知,作者對她的已故的丈夫充滿了愛、悲傷與形影不離,并沒有抱怨,故選D。
考點(diǎn):日常生活類短文閱讀理解
點(diǎn)評:這篇文章非常簡單,先看問題,再帶著問題仔細(xì)閱讀短文,理解了全文內(nèi)容,很容易選出正確答案。閱讀短文時(shí),常常會(huì)遇到一些生詞。這時(shí),要沉著,冷靜,細(xì)心思考。首先要把整段、整篇文章看完。通過對全篇短文的理解,就很有可能猜測出生詞的大意。另外,還可以從含有生詞句子的上下文,以及句子和段落之間的關(guān)系來判斷、理解生詞以求獲得其真正含義。猜測生詞的另一種方法是,根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法推測。遇到生詞后,可從構(gòu)詞法角度分析判斷生詞。

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