This is love, hand in hand with you, old age to the old.
I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a(an) 31 husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The 32 had e to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The 33 was quoting Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an 34 of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to 35 that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would 36 .
And it did, 37 from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks 38 on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, 39 and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. 40 the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn 41 a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, 42
then I thought she wanted to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the 43 flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the firm where I am a director. We visited the shell museum 44 I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole 45 passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went 46 with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn 47 me. “What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a(an) 48 voice, “do you know something? I don’t….”
“What do you mean?”
“Well… that 49 I had several weeks ago … our doctor … did he tell you something about me? Am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst into 50 .
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
【小题1】A．hardworkingB．challengingC．lovingD．convincing【小题2】A．planB．ideaC．decisionD．hope【小题3】A．speakerB．driverC．listenerD．passenger【小题4】A．resultB．startC．processD．act【小题5】A．agreeB．avoidC．assumeD．admit【小题6】A．remainB．changeC．respondD．continue【小题7】A．properlyB．especiallyC．rightD．straight【小题8】A．monB．unusualC．uglyD．great【小题9】A．surprisedB．frightenedC．disappointed D．discouraged【小题10】A．BeforeB．DuringC．AfterD．For【小题11】A．suggestedB．cancelledC．deniedD．delayed【小题12】A．otherwiseB．butC．yet D．so【小题13】A．neighbors B．touristsC．childrenD．employees【小题14】A．whenB．unlessC．becauseD．though【小题15】A．planB．vacationC．businessD．week【小题16】A．smoothB．badC．wrongD．well【小题17】A．stared at B．glared atC．glanced atD．pointed at【小题18】A．loudB．excitedC．sadD．doubtful【小题19】A．checkupB．makeupC．buildup D．cutup【小题20】A．tearsB．cheersC．angerD．laughterC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】考查形容词。结合Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.可知作者要尽力做个充满爱心的丈夫和父亲。
【小题2】考查名词。 结合下文可知作者“要尽力做个充满爱心的丈夫和父亲”的想法是来自车载收音机中听到的一个谈话节目。
【小题3】考查名词。这里是指谈话节目的主持人引用了圣经中有关夫妻关系的文章。
【小题4】考查名词。根据下文 A person can choose to love可知“爱是出于自愿的行为”。
【小题5】考查动词。admit 承认。此处作者反思自身的缺点。
【小题6】考查动词。由首句 “I made a promise to myself...”可知，“所有这些情况都会改变”。
【小题7】考查副词。right用于加强语气，以便精确地表达时间关系或空间关系,如right after, right in the middle of等。right from the moment就在从那一刻。
【小题8】考查形容词。作者赞美妻子的sweater漂亮。
【小题9】考查形容词。结合Tom, you noticed可知丈夫的赞美出乎妻子的意料，听了之后感到“又惊又喜”。
【小题10】考查介词。结合第一段可知是作者在去海边的路上许的诺言，而下文又讲的是在海滩上散步，是到了之后的事。
【小题11】考查动词。suggest sth.提议；提出。对应下文的I started to refuse。本处不是“took a walk”，而是“……提出到海滩上去散散步。”
【小题12】考查连词。but表示转折。“我开始相拒绝，可想到她想和我单独在一起”。
【小题13】考查名词。我和妻子在散步，孩子们在放风筝。对应前文的father。
【小题14】考查连词。承接上文“虽然我usually hate museums, 但我还是去visit the shell museum”。
【小题15】考查名词。文章开头提到的vacation。
【小题16】考查形容词。前文讲的是作者一直按自己的承诺对待妻子和孩子，过得很愉快；46空后的however表转折，所以此处应是出问题了（go wrong）。
【小题17】考查动词短语。 结合上文的puzzled可知对于作者的变化，Evelyn有些迷惑，所以她盯着作者，想弄清楚是怎么回事。
【小题18】考查形容词。结合下文Evelyn以为自己要死了，自然是很难过。
【小题19】考查名词。结合doctor 可知几周前Evelyn做了次体检。
【小题20】考查名词。结合全文可知Evelyn 把作者的转变误以为自己快要死了，才对她这么好，弄明白妻子的意思后，作者哄然大笑。可结合Evelyn and I still laugh about it today判断答案。