Question

The day my husband fell to his death，it started to snow，just like any November day．His body, when I found it，was lightly covered with snow．It snowed almost every day for the next four months，while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up．One morning，I shuffled downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling(鏟)my walk．I dropped to my knees and crawled through the living room. And back up stairs so those good people would not see me. I was embarrassed．My first thought was，how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair, let alone shovel someone’s walk．

Before John’s death，I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors，I defined myself by my competence and independence．So who was I if I was no longer capable and busy? How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch every day and watch the snowfall?

Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn't easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn't even help them set the table. “I'm not usually this lazy, ”I wept．Finally，my friend Kathy sat down with me and said, "Mary，cooking for you is not a burden. I love you and I want to do it. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over，I heard similar emotions from the people who supported me during those dark days．One very wise man told me, “You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your sorrow may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I once was, but in many ways I have changed for the better. My heart is now filled with thanks for people around me．I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

1.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. The writer’s friend was unwilling to cook for her．

B. The writer had been busy with her life before．

C. The writer recovered from her sorrow quickly with his friend’s help．

D. The day her husband died，it was snowing heavily．

2.We can describe the writer before her husband died as the following EXCEPT __．

A. hard-working B. independent

C. smart D. capable

3.．The underlined word“shuffled”in Paragraph 1 probably means ___________．

A. stepped steadily B. walked slowly

C. ran swiftly D. fell sadly

4.．We can infer from the passage that ____________.

A. the writer found her husband immediately he fell off the roof

B. the writer became strong-willed immediately after John's death

C. the people around the writer were friendly and supported her

D. before John’s death, the writer never asked others for help

5.．The writer wrote the passage to ___________．

A. share her sad story with us

B. express her guilty conscience（良心）to the people who helped her

C. show her thanks to the people who love and support her

D. tell us the changes she has made because of her husband’s death

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：介紹了我在丈夫去世以后所經歷的一段痛苦的人生，但有很多好心人一直在幫助我，讓我擺脫了那段憂郁的日子。

1. John’s death，I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors，I defined myself by my competence and independence．在丈夫去世之前，我以事實為傲，因為很少去尋求幫助和支持，我把自己定義為有競爭力和可獨立的。可知我是比較忙的，故選B。

2. rarely asked for help or favors，I defined myself by my competence and independence．So who was I if I was no longer capable and busy? How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch every day and watch the snowfall？我把自己定義為有競爭力和可獨立的。我自問，如果我沒有能力，不再繁忙的話我是誰。就可以找到相關內容，故選C。

3. shuffled downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling(鏟)my walk．I dropped to my knees and crawled through the living room. And back up stairs so those good people would not see me.可知下樓梯很慢，并且摔倒了趴著，并且幫助我的那些好心人都沒有看見我。并不是其他的內容，故選B。

4. cooked for me and I cried because I couldn't even help them set the table朋友給我做飯，因為我哭的都不能幫助他們擺桌子。就得出朋友給予了很多的關心幫助，故選.C

5. believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.相信在我們生活黑暗的時候總會有力量支撐我們。感謝那些給予她力量的人，故選C。

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