Knowing that Mrs. Mallard suffered from a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences. Her husband’s friend Richards was there, too. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when news of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed.” He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and hurried to send the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same. She wept at once, with wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of sadness had spent itself she went away to her room alone.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that held her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver (颤抖的) with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves(屋檐).
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? It was too hard to name. But she felt it, coming out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the smells, the color that filled the air.
Now her chest rose and fell violently. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was trying very hard to beat it back with her will. When she gave up trying a little whispered word escaped her lips. She said it over and over under the breath: “free, free, free!”
She did not stop to ask if it was extreme joy that held her. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, gentle hands folded in death; the face that had never looked at her except with love, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment many years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.
There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers.
And yet she had loved him—sometimes. What did it matter! What could love count for in the face of her realization.
“Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering.
Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole. “Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill.”
“Go away. I am not making myself ill.”
Her fancy was running wild along those days ahead of her, all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shake that life might be long.
She arose after a long time and opened the door to her sister’s begging. She carried herself unknowingly like a goddess of Victory. She held her sister’s waist, and together they walked down the stairs.
Someone was opening the front door with a key. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, calmly carrying his suitcase and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine’s sharp cry; at Richards’ quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills.
1.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 indicate?
A. Mrs. Mallard decided to fight back when her husband beat her.
B. Mrs. Mallard was trying hard to fight against her heart trouble.
C. Mrs. Mallard was struggling with the guilty feeling of happiness.
D. Mrs. Mallard was extremely sad because of her husband’s death.
2.What is “that bitter moment” in paragraph 8?
A. The time when she saw her husband’s dead body.
B. The time when she had lived with her husband.
C. The time when she had to live without her husband.
D. The time when she heard of her husband’s death.
3.What can we infer about Mr. Mallard?
A. He was killed in a railroad disaster.
B. He survived the railroad accident.
C. He was unaware of what was going on.
D. He hurried back to comfort his wife.
4.What can we learn from paragraph 14 “Her fancy …might be long”?
A. Mrs. Mallard was more afraid of her future life.
B. Mrs. Mallard missed her husband very much.
C. Mrs. Mallard always thought life was hopeful.
D. Mrs. Mallard used to think life was hopeless.
5.What really killed Mrs. Mallard?
A. The joy of seeing her husband coming back alive.
B. The shock of losing her coming freedom.
C. The fear of seeing the ghost of her husband.
D. The sadness of losing her husband suddenly.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard suffered from a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.
It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences. Her husband’s friend Richards was there, too. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when news of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed.” He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and hurried to send the sad message.
She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same. She wept at once, with wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of sadness had spent itself she went away to her room alone.
There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that held her body and seemed to reach into her soul.
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver (颤抖的) with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves(屋檐).
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? It was too hard to name. But she felt it, coming out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the smells, the color that filled the air.
Now her chest rose and fell violently. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was trying very hard to beat it back with her will. When she gave up trying a little whispered word escaped her lips. She said it over and over under the breath: “free, free, free!”
She did not stop to ask if it was extreme joy that held her. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, gentle hands folded in death; the face that had never looked at her except with love, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment many years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.
There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers.
And yet she had loved him—sometimes. What did it matter! What could love count for in the face of her realization.
“Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering.
Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole. “Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill.”
“Go away. I am not making myself ill.”
Her fancy was running wild along those days ahead of her, all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shake that life might be long.
She arose after a long time and opened the door to her sister’s begging. She carried herself unknowingly like a goddess of Victory. She held her sister’s waist, and together they walked down the stairs.
Someone was opening the front door with a key. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, calmly carrying his suitcase and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine’s sharp cry; at Richards’ quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife.
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills.
1.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 indicate?
A. Mrs. Mallard decided to fight back when her husband beat her.
B. Mrs. Mallard was trying hard to fight against her heart trouble.
C. Mrs. Mallard was struggling with the guilty feeling of happiness.
D. Mrs. Mallard was extremely sad because of her husband’s death.
2.What is “that bitter moment” in paragraph 8?
A. The time when she saw her husband’s dead body.
B. The time when she had lived with her husband.
C. The time when she had to live without her husband.
D. The time when she heard of her husband’s death.
3.What can we infer about Mr. Mallard?
A. He was killed in a railroad disaster.
B. He survived the railroad accident.
C. He was unaware of what was going on.
D. He hurried back to comfort his wife.
4.What can we learn from paragraph 14 “Her fancy …might be long”?
A. Mrs. Mallard was more afraid of her future life.
B. Mrs. Mallard missed her husband very much.
C. Mrs. Mallard always thought life was hopeful.
D. Mrs. Mallard used to think life was hopeless.
5.What really killed Mrs. Mallard?
A. The joy of seeing her husband coming back alive.
B. The shock of losing her coming freedom.
C. The fear of seeing the ghost of her husband.
D. The sadness of losing her husband suddenly.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Those who suffer from heart trouble will find they get _______ from this medicine.
A. defense B. safety C. shelter D. relief
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The discovery of the new drug is of great ____ to people who suffer from heart problems.
A. appreciation B. significance C. satisfaction D. guidance
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People working 10 or 11 hours a day are more likely to suffer from heart problems than_____ who go off duty after seven hours．
A．those B．that C．these D．them
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It was Monday. Mrs Smith’s dog suffered from hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way．Mrs．Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat．” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today．”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's．It gave the paper to the butcher．The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to．The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once．
At noon, the dog came to the shop again．It gave the butcher a piece of paper again．After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more．
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon．And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers．
But, the dog came again at four o'clock．And the same thing happened once again．To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper．The butcher felt a bit puzzled．He said to himself, “This is a small dog．Why does Mrs．Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs．Smith gave it_______．
A．might do it much harm
B．could do it much good
C．would help the butcher
D．was worth many pounds
2.From its experience, the dog found that ________．
A．only the paper with Mrs Smith's words in it could bring it meat
B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
C．Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
D．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________．
A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs．Smith
B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
D．until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith
4.At the end of the story, you'll find that _______．
A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
__ ______?
__ I’m suffering from a toothache．
A．Are you feeling better B．What’s trouble with you
C．Is there wrong with you D．What’s the matter with you
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Jim suffered heart problems.In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.
When his heart problems led to operation,Jim went through it successfully,and a full recovery was expected.Within days,however,his heart was not beating properly.Jim was rushed back to operation,but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness.He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.
Dr.Bruce Smoller,a psychologist(心理学家),had had many conversations with him,and the more he learned,the stranger he realized Jim’s case was.When Jim was a child,his father,a teacher,suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover.One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework,promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up.His father agreed,but when Jim returned his father had died.Jim’s father was 48.
“I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father,”Dr. Smoller says.“He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework,his father would have lived.Jim had been troubled by the idea.The operation was the trial(判决) he had expected for forty years.”Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.
Jim’s case shows the powerful role that attitude(态度) plays in physical health,and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups.Although most cases are less direct than Jim’s,studies show that childhood events,besides genes,may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer,heart disease and mental illness.
1.Jim was sent back to operation because ______.
A.his heart didn’t work well
B.he expected a full recovery
C.his life was drawing to a close
D.the first one wasn’t well performed
2.What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim’s case?
A.Jim died at a young age.
B.Jim died on the operating table.
C.Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.
D.Jim’s death is closely connected with his father’s.
3.From Smoller’s words,we can infer that ______.
A.Jim’s father cared little about his study
B.Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father
C.Jim thought he would be punished some day
D.Smoller believed Jim wouldn’t live to the age of 48
4.Which of the following could have strong effect on one’s physical health according to the text?
| a.One’s genes. b.One’s life in childhood. c.One’s physical education. d.The date of one’s birthday. e.The opinions one has about something. |
A.a,b,d B.a,b,e
C.a,c,e D.b,c,d
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good_____.
| A．expectation | B．reputation | C．contribution | D．civilization |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good_____.
A. expectation B. reputation C. contribution D. civilization
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good ______.
A. expectation B. reputation
C. contribution D. civilization
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