上海外国语大学附属外国语学校2018届高三排位考阅读理解文学类英语试题含答案
Passage 1 Family. Love
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too, and she would love to spend some time with you."
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong, are you well?" she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surpri invitation is a sign of bad news.
蓝色生死恋的插曲"I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded. "Just the two of us." She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at
her hou, I noticed that she, too, emed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impresd," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting."
英语四级学习网站We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.
"It was I who ud to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
讨厌爱情During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we misd the movie.
As we arrived at her hou later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home.
"Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they derve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they derve, becau the things cannot be put off till "some other time".prostitution
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1. When the mother heard it was the son’s call, she was __________.
A. worried
B. surprid
C. suspicious
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2. The mother’s friends were most impresd by __________.
A. the memorable date between the mother and the son
B. the mother’s realiz ation of her long-awaited dream
C. the son’s love for his mother
D. the mother’s pride in her son
3. When the mother took the author’s arm into the restaurant, she __________.
romenA. looked like the First Lady
B. was treated like the First Lady
C. was as important as the First Lady
D. felt as proud as being the First Lady
4. What did the mother mainly talk about to the author during the dinner?
A. Her life after the author’s marriage.
B. Her life since the author’s last visit.
pahsC. Her memory about the author as a child.
D. Her expectation about future reunions.
5. The mother insisted on inviting the author to dinner becau __________.
A. she was going to die soon
B. she wanted to show her love
C. she did not expect the heart attack
D. she intended to thank him and his wife
turn the corner6. The passage intends to teach us how to cherish __________.
A. our parents
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B. love
C. our family
D. life
Passage 2 Little hou in the Big Woods.
I start from my home in the quiet little suburb of Forest Hills, Long Island. Here , surrounded by green lawns, trees, and flowers, are neat little hous, happy with the voic
es and movements of wives and children, havens of peaceful rest for men who toil in the city. I drive across the lacy structure of steel which spans the East River, and I get a new and startling vision of the power and ingenuity of the mind of man. Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat, stolid, snorting tugs. If I had long days of sight ahead, I should spend many of them watching the delightful activity upon the river.
