【題目】 A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year’s Eve and happy music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn’t feeling happy. In mid-December, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less than a year left, the doctors said.

In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year’s Eve as an ending and a beginning. New Year’s Eve brings a halt to the endless commitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect.

New Year’s Eve is full of possibility and anticipation. What will be the surprising experiences and delightful successes in the coming year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the next twelve months?

In many ways, New Year’s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition(過渡) that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It’s about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar.

Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.

Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness(沉靜) and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese.

I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing(熱情洋溢的) heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness this holiday season.

【1】What does the underlined word “halt” in Paragraph 2 mean most probably?

A.Stop.B.Beginning.C.Meaning.D.Tradition.

【2】What’s the main cause of the author’s unhappiness on New Year’s Eve a decade before?

A.The pressure she faced in her work.B.The health problem her husband faced.

C.The information received from her family.D.The relationship between her and her husband.

【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards the thing people should do at New Year?

A.Set challenging goals for the next year.B.Break with daily routines and form a new habit.

C.Spend more time with family members.D.Think about the past and get ready for the future.

【4】What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?

A.To memorialize her husband.B.To show how she got through a hard time.

C.To share her view of New Year’s Eve.D.To remind us that uncertainty is part of life.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章論述了作者對于新年夜的看法，作者認(rèn)為在新年應(yīng)該想想過去，為未來做好準(zhǔn)備。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year’s Eve as an ending and a beginning.（在那個(gè)痛苦的季節(jié)之后的這些年里，我開始把新年前夜看作一個(gè)結(jié)束和一個(gè)開始。）以及下文to the endless commitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect可知，新年前夜讓我們停止無休止的日常生活，也有了反思的機(jī)會(huì)。故可推測劃線部分單詞意思為“停止”。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段But I wasn’t feeling happy. In mid-December, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die.（但是我不開心。12月中旬，我和丈夫被告知，他得了癌癥，即將去世。）可知，作者在十年前新年前夜不開心的主要原因是她丈夫面臨的健康問題。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段中I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.（我發(fā)現(xiàn)，每一年我都必須走出即將結(jié)束的已經(jīng)適應(yīng)一年的自己的版本，輕松地進(jìn)入我將為未來的一年實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)的版本。）可知，作者認(rèn)為人們在新年應(yīng)該想想過去，為未來做好準(zhǔn)備。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章主要內(nèi)容可知，作者分享自己的經(jīng)歷和對新年夜的看法，故推知作者的寫作目的是為了分享自己對于新年夜的看法和觀點(diǎn)。故選C。

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