We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
1.As a photographer, the author used to ______.
A. leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves
B. express his love for his family in a special way
C. miss a great many important historical moments
D. devote much more to his career than his family
2.Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?
A. To cure his own disease. B. To spend more time with his wife.
C. To seek a better position. D. To leave the wilderness alone.
3.What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?
A. He treasured every bit of time with his family.
B. He has become a stranger to his children.
C. He takes his work more seriously.
D. He focuses more on medical care.
4.The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.
A. the snowflakes taste very good
B. snowflakes are what they feed on
C. they regard that as a way to enjoy life
D. there is beautiful light in the snowflakes
A black car rushed around the busy street corner, towards the courthouse. The dark window rolled down and a semi-automatic stuck out.
Pauly Gillespie, a government protected witness (目击者), stood , seeing death walking toward him. Pauly’s FBI bodyguards themselves on top of him, but two were fired and Pauly was hit the shoulder.
The car across two lanes (车道) of traffic. Then it turned left down a path and got __ behind a large truck. The two men in the car out and raced away --- into the arms of four policemen.
Special agent (特工) Brown was new to the police unit and was told to __ the car out of the path so that the traffic could return to . Brown changed the position of the rearview (后视) mirror _ and drove it around to __ his boss was questioning the two men.
Brown stood and watched. One of the men was tall and thin, and _ was five inches shorter, about Brown’s .
Agent Fordney asked the two men who had done the shooting. They __ to tell him. Then Brown smiled and said, “I know who the shooter was.” His boss was surprised. How could Brown know that without getting any answer from the two men?
When Brown got into the car, he had to adjust the rearview mirror. That meant the previous driver had been of a height. Since the shorter man was close to Brown’s height, he knew the taller man must have been the _. Therefore, the shorter man had done the .
1.A. driver-side B. passenger-side C. right-hand side D. left-hand side
2.A. hand B. camera C. handgun D. knife
3.A. frozen B. calm C. quiet D. still
4.A. put B. rushed C. jumped D. threw
5.A. bullets B. shots C. guns D. shoots
6.A. on B. at C. over D. in
7.A. sped B. rolled C. moved D. went
8.A. damaged B. destroyed C. stuck D. injured
9.A. came B. hurried C. walked D. crawled
10.A. suddenly B. right C. quickly D. immediately
11.A. clear B. ride C. carry D. push
12.A. common B. ordinary C. usual D. normal
13.A. up B. down C. in D. out
14.A. where B. there C. which D. what
15.A. another B. other C. the other D. one
16.A. size B. length C. age D. height
17.A. decided B. refused C. had D. pretended
18.A. same B. large C. different D. small
19.A. murderer B. shooter C. driver D. killer
20.A. killing B. shooting C. driving D. murdering
______ the incorrect operation of the driver in the emergency, the terrible December 8th accident on the Chengzilu Freeway in Sichuan could have been avoided.
A. Apart from B. Except for C. Due to D. But for
—Do you think English should be removed from the Chinese gaokao?
—______. On the contrary, greater importance should be attached to it in this national test.
A. I can’t agree with you more B. So much the better
C. Not really D. That’s all right
No. 7 High Senior 3 students are lucky to enjoy a ______ long winter vacation, compared with those of other schools, some of whom have to stay at school even during the Spring Festival.
A. fortunately B. relatively C. considerately D. definitely
I think it unwise to live ______ one’s income, as is the case with a lot of young people today, who often turn to their parents for help.
A. beyond B. within C. outside D. over
