Question

It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just like any November day. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up. One morning, I shuffled downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling(铲) my walk. I dropped to my knees, crawled through the living room. And back up stairs so those good people would not see me. I was embarrassed. My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair let alone shovel someone’s walk.

Before John’s death, I felt proud that I rarely asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and independence. So who was I if I was no longer capable and busy? How could I respect myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?

Learning to receive the love and support from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn’t even help them set the table. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a   burden for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard   similar words from the people who supported me during those dark days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your sorrow may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I   once was, but in many ways I have changed for the   better. I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming form facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

1. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. The writer’s friend was unwilling to cook for her.

B. The writer had been busy with her life before

C. The writer recovered from her sorrow quickly with his friend’s help.

D. The day her husband died, it was snowing heavily.

2.We can describe the writer before her husband died as the following EXCEPT __

A. hard-working   B. independent

C. smart         D. capable

3.We can infer from the passage that ____________.

A. the writer found her husband immediately he fell off the roof

B. the writer became strong-willed immediately after John's death

C. the people around the writer were friendly and supported her

D. before John’s death, the writer never asked others for help

4. The writer wrote the passage to______

A. share her sad story with us

B. express her guilty conscience to the people who helped her

C. show her thanks to the people who love and support her

D. tell us the changes she has made because of her husband’s death

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者丈夫的离去，让作者变得颓废几近彷徨，丈夫在世的时候，自己觉得自己很了不起，没有帮助过其他人。而她丈夫过世后，邻居和朋友们都伸出援助之手，帮助她，安慰她，让作者重新走出黑暗时光，变得更加敞开心扉了。

1.B.A项错在unwilling to cook for her,原文“cooking for you isn’t a burden for me”说明朋友很乐意帮助她做饭 C项错在quickly，作者得知大家都在帮助她时，她仍感觉到彷徨，原文‘ My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair let alone shovel someone’可以得知，D项错在heavily，原文是lightly，说明下的雪不大。

2.C.直接根据原文“Before John’s death, I felt proud that I rarely asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and independence. ”可以得知答案。

3.C.考查推断题，推断题切记不是原句原话，一定是有所隐晦，婉转的告知读者，需要考生推断。A项推断不出从房屋上坠亡。B项错在immediately D项错在never，原文是I rarely asked for favors。只是很少向他人求助，并不代表从不向他人求助，情感用词过度。

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