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题型:阅读选择 题类:模拟题 难易度:普通

浙江省台州市椒江区2019年初中英语毕业升学模拟考试卷

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    I am not interested in  making New Year's resolutions. Making promises to  myself just because the calendar changed doesn't make any sense to me.

But this year, there came a defining ( 决定性的) moment. It came when my adult children, who'd been home for two weeks, headed back to their homes.

    There was a sadness I felt as I waved until their cars went out of sight, not knowing when I'd see them again.

    But there was also a knowing at that moment that something in me needed to change. So I asked myself, "What is truly good in your life?"

    What is good is my relationships with my children, but not only those relationships.

    What also keeps my heart beating is creating a home, no matter who is there, and cooking balanced, plant-based meals, even if just for me. I find joy in nature and connecting with close friends and my family. I love doing photography and writing and teaching myself the piano.

    Whatever was missing from my life, at the end of last year I knew about the parts that worked. And as winter ended and the last of the visiting children was ready to leave, I looked to the future.

    I think of my friend, Lisa, who in May lost her husband of 30 years to cancer, and who found herself on New Year's Eve with no one to be with.

    Her loneliness was profound at that turning-point moment, but her sadness was momentary(短暂的).

    "I realized I had a choice," she told me. Instead of giving way to loneliness and despair, she chose to find something productive to do.

    We humans can become bored with defeat.

    We know something is just the other side. Like a new year.

    I have two choices. I can brand myself as the long-suffering mother who never figured out how to live on after her children left. Or I can take to the piano in the center of the house each day and practice Ode to Joy(《欢乐颂》) with one hand until such time as I feel ready to play with two.

(1)、What can we know about the writer from the first four paragraphs?
A、She had a bad relationship with her children.      B、She didn't want to live a lonely life anymore.        C、She was curious about her life in the new year. D、She didn't think her life held any promise anymore.
(2)、It can be inferred from the passage that the writer would probably         .
A、change her life by doing what she liked B、go to live with one of her adult children C、continue to lose herself in loneliness and despair D、take more music classes in college
(3)、Why did the writer mention her friend Lisa?
A、To show that there are choices even when life is difficult. B、To point out that there are people with worse lives than her. C、To prove that being on their own is a big influence on people. D、To stress the importance of family members on New Year's Eve.
(4)、How does the writer probably feel about her future?
A、Uncertain. B、Hopeful. C、Doubtful. D、Serious.
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