Question

While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.

Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate (热情的) kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his stare from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had thought he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I knew my expression gave away me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked at me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

1.The best title of the passage may be __________.  

A．Long Loving Hugs	B．My Future
C．Love Is Everywhere	D．Don’t Hope, Decide

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

B．After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C．The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

D．Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

3.By saying “my expression gave away me” （in Paragraph 4）, the author means that __________.

A．he failed to express his ideas to the man

B．his expression was not faithful to him

C．he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D．the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

4.From the passage, we can infer that __________.

A．the author will live a passionate life from now on

B．the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

C．the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D．Americans prefer to save the best for last

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

1.阅读了全文，根据“Don’t hope, friend…decide!”可以看出这篇文章最好的题目是：不要去希望，而是决定。故选D。

2.根据He replied, without breaking his stare from his lovely wife’s face.．这句话可知当这位男士和回答作者的问题时，他依然深情注视着自己的妻子。故选C。

3.根据so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long，可知那位男士通过我的表现看出了我的内心的想法，故选D。

4.根据I replied, “My future!”及上文描述，可知本篇短文作者也向往着过那样的生活。故选A。

考点：本题考查叙事类短文