I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something ______ had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the ______ at once. She explained that she’d ______ my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had ______ it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she ______ something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the ______ floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher ______ a live wire fell and touched her.www. .com
Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no ______. I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be ______ with them. For a year I was in a suffering ______ of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt _____. www. .com
Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking ______. She married me because I was a ______ man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than ______.
We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer. The anxiety that had been gone came ______ back—would my boys be left with no parents? ______, the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.
______ everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking “why me” doesn’t ______. We have to learn to accept and adapt to the ______it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the ______.
| 小题1: | | A．amazing | B．strange | C．awful | D．exciting |
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| 小题2: | | A．house | B．exit | C．entrance | D．hospital |
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| 小题3: | | A．seen | B．heard | C．recognized | D．sensed |
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| 小题4: | | A．ignored | B．hesitated | C．imagined | D．confused |
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| 小题5: | | A．wondered | B．realized | C．expected | D．predicted |
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| 小题6: | | A．bathroom | B．bedroom | C．toilet | D．kitchen |
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| 小题7: | | A．while | B．when | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题8: | | A．use | B．doubt | C．breath | D．point |
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| 小题9: | | A．clear | B．familiar | C．strict | D．pleased |
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| 小题10: | | A．situation | B．condition | C．state | D．occasion |
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| 小题11: | | A．curiously | B．lonely | C．coldly | D．lively |
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| 小题13: | | A．rich | B．considerate | C．handsome | D．strong |
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| 小题14: | | A．dive | B．sink | C．fall | D．float |
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| 小题15: | | A．flooding | B．returning | C．looking | D．calling |
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| 小题16: | | A．Gradually | B．Hopefully | C．Thankfully | D．Eventually |
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| 小题18: | | A．matter | B．affect | C．count | D．help |
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| 小题19: | | A．changes | B．experiences | C．disabilities | D．decisions |
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| 小题20: | | A．activity | B．honor | C．present | D．life |
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