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with the friend, the more his death will make you wonder about your own. Sometimes you will naturally say
to yourself, "It could just as easily have been me." Such a death has a way of reminding us how fragile life is,
and it may cause you to reassess (重新评价) the direction of your own life.
Jack"s story is a good example. A successful businessman making a lot of money, Jack didn"t spend as
much time with his family as he wanted. His job required him to work long hours. But three years ago one
of his best friends, a man who worked in the same office, had a heart attack. He died while celebrating his
daughter"s eighteenth birthday in a restaurant. He was only fifty years old.
Not long after his friend"s death, Jack started to have a chest pain. Finally he had a good physical check-up.
He received a clean bill of health. But the chest pain continued. He kept thinking of the death of his friend. Jack
thought about how much his friend missed in life and he saw how hard it was for his friend"s family to manage
after he passed away.
Jack realized that he didn"t want to end up his life that way. He talked his feelings over with his wife and
children, and decided to change his way of life. The family moved to a small town where he started a simple
life. Now he is running a small art gallery (画廊). He is relaxed, and says he has never been so happy in his
life. And he has got no more chest pain.
B. common
C. a direction of life
D. an example
B. The doctor didn"t want Jack to pay for the bill
C. The doctor didn"t find anything wrong with him
D. The doctor didn"t want to treat his pain
B. realize that he missed the friend very much
C. doubt his way of life
D. ill for some time
A. earns less money
B. gets more time
C. has a happier life
D. does all these mentioned above
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试题【阅读理解。 When a close friend dies, it often forces you to consider your own deat】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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that the audience could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to
each other forever. He sent camera team out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, "Have you provided me with that sunset?"
"No, Sir," the men answered.
The director was angry.
"Why not?" he asked. "Well," one of the men answered, "we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets
in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset."
"But I want a sunset!" the director shouted. "Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and
get one."
But then a young secretary had an idea. "Why don"t you photograph a sunrise," she suggested, "and then
play it backwards, Then it"ll look like a sunset." "That"s a very good idea!" the director said. Then he turned
to the camera team and said, "Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea."
The camera team went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle
of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o"clock they took it to the director. "Here it is, Sir," they said, and gave it to
him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio. "All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going to
say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them."
The "sunset" began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and
shouted to the camera team to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards away from the beach.
B. to find an actor and an actress
C. to film a scene of the setting sun
D. to meet the audience
B. Because he was angry about his team
C. Because it was his secretary"s suggestion
D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset
B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is a place to go to.
C. The camera team wasn"t able to film the scene the first day.
D. The director ordered his team to stop filming the "sunset"
B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C. it was more moving than a sunrise
D. the ocean looked more than a sunrise
B. because he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C. because the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and the heroine
knew his father could well 2 it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the morning of his graduation (毕业), he was called to his father"s room. His father told him
how 3 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how 4 he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful
gift box. 5 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经) with his name on it. Angrily,
he raised his 6 to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then 7 out of the
house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very 8 in business, and had a beautiful home and a
wonderful family. 9 that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not
seen him 10 that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a 11 telling him that his father had died.
He had to go home immediately and take 12 of the things that his father left him.
When he began to search through his father"s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, 13 as he had
left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to 14 the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag (标
牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 15 of his graduation, and the words "PAID
IN FULL". Sadness and regret (悔恨) filled his heart.
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A boy and his father were walking in the mountain. 1 the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, "AAAhhh!!!" 2 his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, 3 in the mountain, "AAAhhh!!!" Then the boy shouted, "Who are you?" He 4 the answer. "Who are you?" He got 5 at the answer, so he shouted, "Foolish!" He received the answer, " 6 !" He looked at his father and asked. "What"s going on?" The father 7 and said, "My son, listen." And then he shouted to the mountain, "I love you!" The 8 answered, "I love you!" Again the man cried, "You are the best!" The voice answered, "You are the best!" The boy was surprised, 9 did not understand. Then the father explained, "People call this"Echo", but really this is 10 . It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection (反映) of 11 we have done. 12 you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be 13 , work hard. This can be 14 in everything in life. Life will give you back 15 you have given to it" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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