Question

“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.

1.	A．hurrying B．growing C．rising D．getting

2.	A．tough B．cold C．independent D．active

3.	A．leaders B．neighbors C．heroes D．fathers

4.	A．strict B．strong C．stubborn D．eager

5.	A．still B．always C．hardly D．never

6.	A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．instead

7.	A．left B．died C．returned D．disappeared

8.	A．keep B．hold C．fix D．move

9.	A．hopping B．learning C．managing D．struggling

10.	A．arms B．feet C．eyes D．hairs

11.	A．hurt B．sank C．froze D．stopped

12.	A．Actually B．Finally C．Naturally D．Immediately

13.	A．faded B．slept C．rested D．cried

14.	A．secretly B．carefully C．strongly D．firmly

15.	A．realized B．picked C．gained D．lost

16.	A．At least B．In fact C．In all D．As usual

17.	A．love B．sweat C．tears D．relation

18.	A．helping B．changing C．removing D．reconnecting

19.	A．closer B．higher C．richer D．shorter

20.	A．catching B．shutting C．picking D．wrapping

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】男儿有泪不轻弹！事实真是如此吗？本文通过一个故事告诉了我们男儿有泪不轻弹，只是未到伤心处。

1.词义辨析。根据句意可知是在成长的过程中经常听见这样的话。

2.形容词辨析。A坚强，粗糙；B冷酷，寒冷；C独立；D积极；根据上下文可知男性被认为是坚强的。不会流泪。

3.名词辨析。A领导人；B邻居；C英雄；D父亲；根据句意：我们的英雄都是那些非常坚强而不会哭的牛仔们。

4.上下文串联。Too…to…太而不能…;解析同上。

5.上下文串联。我相信这句话，所以我努力的不哭。

6.副词辨析。根据上下文的意思可知这里是转折关系，所以使用however.

7.上下文串联。根据下文我如此痛苦的情况可知推测妈妈去世了。

8.动词辨析。根据句意可知我努力保持车子在路上行驶，同时也要努力的控制住自己的眼泪，不要让眼泪流下来。

9.动词辨析。解析同上。

10.上下文串联。根据上下文可知the salty water就是指留下的眼泪，眼泪让我的眼睛模糊。

11.动词辨析。根据上文可知妈妈去世了，我非常难受，我的心在痛。

12.副词辨析。根据句意可知B正确，最后我无法再开车了。

13.上下文串联。我停车以后就大哭起来。

14.副词辨析。A秘密地；B细心地；C强烈地；D坚定地；根据上下文可知这里是指我一直以来强烈控制的那种痛苦最终从我的心里消散了。

15.动词辨析。根据句意可知：那晚以后，我终于意识到了一些事情。

16.介词短语辨析。A至少；B实际上；C共计；D和平时一样；根据上下文可知B正确。

17.名词辨析。根据句意可知：正是我们的眼泪可以让我们从痛苦中解脱出来。

18.动词辨析。A帮助；B改变；C去除；D使再接合；根据句意可知当我们把自己与上帝再次连接的时候…

19.固定词组.close to…根据句意可知：眼泪可以让我们相互更加接近而不是把自己关闭在一个相对狭小的心中。

20.动词辨析。解析同上。