“Big boys don’t cry.” I heard those words a lot
36 up in America in the late sixties and early seventies. In those days men were expected to be
37 and rugged and never shed a tear no matter what. Our
38 were all stone faced cowboys who were too
39 to cry. Believing this then I tried my best
40 to cry at all during my teenage and early adult years.
All that changed,
41 , as I was driving home alone one night shortly after my Mom
42 . It was dark and raining outside. I was struggling to
43 the car on the road while at the same time
44 to hold the tears back in my eyes. I remember almost going off the road twice as I blinked back (眨眼控制) the salty water that was burning my
45 and blurring (使模糊) my vision. My hands shook, my heart
46 , and my soul felt dead.
47 I could do it no longer. I stopped, pulled over, lay my head on the steering wheel, and
48 . I cried until the tears couldn’t fall anymore. I cried until the pain that I was holding onto so
49 finally fled my heart.
After that night I
50 something. Big boys do cry.
51 , it is the biggest hearts that cry the most. I realized too that it is our
52 that can release us from our anger and our grief while
53 us to our love and our God. Tears help us to embrace this often bittersweet life. They help us to keep growing
54 to each other in love and joy instead of
55 ourselves up in dull, aching, and lonely hearts.
| 小题1: | | A．hurrying | B．growing | C．rising | D．getting |
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| 小题2: | | A．tough | B．cold | C．independent | D．active |
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| 小题3: | | A．leaders | B．neighbors | C．heroes | D．fathers |
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| 小题4: | | A．strict | B．strong | C．stubborn | D．eager |
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| 小题5: | | A．still | B．always | C．hardly | D．never |
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| 小题6: | | A．otherwise | B．therefore | C．however | D．instead |
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| 小题7: | | A．left | B．died | C．returned | D．disappeared |
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| 小题9: | | A．hopping | B．learning | C．managing | D．struggling |
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| 小题10: | | A．arms | B．feet | C．eyes | D．hairs |
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| 小题11: | | A．hurt | B．sank | C．froze | D．stopped |
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| 小题12: | | A．Actually | B．Finally | C．Naturally | D．Immediately |
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| 小题13: | | A．faded | B．slept | C．rested | D．cried |
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| 小题14: | | A．secretly | B．carefully | C．strongly | D．firmly |
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| 小题15: | | A．realized | B．picked | C．gained | D．lost |
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| 小题16: | | A．At least | B．In fact | C．In all | D．As usual |
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| 小题17: | | A．love | B．sweat | C．tears | D．relation |
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| 小题18: | | A．helping | B．changing | C．removing | D．reconnecting |
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| 小题19: | | A．closer | B．higher | C．richer | D．shorter |
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| 小题20: | | A．catching | B．shutting | C．picking | D．wrapping |
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