Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral of my
21 . The sadness was so great that I found it hard to
22 _ at times.
Suddenly, I heard a
23 open and shut at the back of the church. Quick
24 hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a
25 and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.
“I’m
26 ,” he explained, though no explanation was
27 . After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “ Why do they keep
28 Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I
29 . “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t
30 this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the
31 funeral, sir.”
The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion
32 with the realization of the man’s mistake amused me and I could not help
33 . I looked at the man seated beside me. He was laughing，
34 . I imagined Mother laughing. At the
35 “Amen”, we ran out of the door and into the parking lot.
“I do believe we’ll be the
36 of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that
37 he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong
38 for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were
39 at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.
Whenever anyone asks us how we
40 , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”
小题1: B.neighbor C. mother D. aunt
| 小题2: | | A．imagine | B．breathe | C．explain | D．sit |
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| 小题3: | | A．box | B．bottle | C．door | D．window |
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| 小题4: | | A．noises | B．claps | C．songs | D．steps |
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| 小题6: | | A．angry | B．anxious | C．full | D．late |
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| 小题7: | | A．necessary | B．natural | C．impossible | D．uncertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．confusing | B．calling | C．asking | D．questioning |
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| 小题9: | | A．shouted | B．cried | C．whispered | D．reported |
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| 小题11: | | A．special | B．wrong | C．same | D．different |
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| 小题12: | | A．filled | B．covered | C．stocked | D．mixed |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughing | B．wondering | C．worrying | D．singing |
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| 小题14: | | A．yet | B．too | C．either | D．though |
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| 小题15: | | A．first | B．middle | C．second | D．final |
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| 小题17: | | A．till | B．since | C．if | D．before |
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| 小题18: | | A．waiting | B．dream | C．thought | D．journey |
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| 小题19: | | A．freed | B．protected | C．married | D．disturbed |
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| 小题20: | | A．lived | B．met | C．stayed | D．grew |
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