13.Recently,my friend John lost his wife Janet.For eight years she fought against cancer,but in the end her sickness had the last word.
One day John took out a folded piece of paper from his wallet.He had found it,when he tidied up some drawers at home.It was a small love letter Janet had written.The note could look like a school girl's scrawls (乱涂)about her dream guy.But the small letter was written by a woman who had had seven children; a woman who fought for her life and who probably only had a few months left to live.
It was a beautiful recipe (秘诀)for how to keep a marriage together.
Janet's description of her husband begins thus:"Loved me.Took care of me.Worried about me.
John showed great consideration for Janet.Sometimes he came home in the evening to find her in low spirits.In no time he got her into the car and drove her to her favorite restaurant.
"Helped me when I was ill,"the next line reads.Perhaps Janet wrote this while the cancer was in the stage where everything is-almost 一 as it used to be,before the sickness broke out,and where it doesn't hurt to hope that everything is over,maybe forever.
"Stood by my side."
"Made sure I had everything I needed,"she goes on to write.
After that she has turned over the paper and added:"Warmth.Humor.Kindness.Thoughtfulness."And then she writes about the husband she has lived with and loved the most of her life:"Always there for me when I needed you."
The last words she writes sum up all the others:"Good friend."
I stand beside John now,and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to me as Janet was to him.
"John,"I ask."How do you stick together with someone through 38years 一 not to mention the sickness?How do I know if I can bear to stand by my wife's side if she becomes sick one day?"
"You can,"he says quietly."If you love her enough."
41.How did John get the love letter?B
A.Janet sent it to him when she was a girl.
B.John cleared the drawers at home and found it.
C.Janet hid the letter in his wallet before her death.
D.the author handed it over to John after Janet's death.
42.In Janet's mind,her husband was aAman.
A.humorous B.brave
C.thoughtless D.broken-hearted
43.In the author's eyes,Janet's love letter isB.
A.a song of praise B.the secret for marriage
C.the will of Janet D.a concern for John
44.When Janet felt down,John comforted her byC.
A.standing by her side
B.telling her funny stories
C.taking her to eat out
D.driving her around in the car.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了John 和他的妻子Janet的爱情,全文通过Janet去世之前留下的信展开,描述了两人之间相濡以沫的感情,同时表达了John 失去Janet的痛心.
解答 41.B.细节理解题. 根据文章第二段"He had found it,when he tidied up some drawers at home.It was a small love letter Janet had written"可知,当约翰在家整理抽屉时,他发现了这封情书;故选B.
42.A.细节理解题.根据文章倒数第五段"After that she has turned over the paper and added:"Warmth.Humor.Kindness.Thoughtfulness"可知她认为约翰是一个幽默的人;故选A.
43.B.推理判断题. 根据文章第三段"It was a beautiful recipe (秘诀)for how to keep a marriage together"可知,在作者眼里这封情书就是美好婚姻的秘诀;故选B.
44.C.细节理解题. 根据文章第五段"Sometimes he came home in the evening to find her in low spirits.In no time he got her into the car and drove her to her favorite restaurant"可知,有时约翰晚上回家,发现妻子情绪低落,他会立刻开车带她去她最喜欢的餐馆;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.