I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I
most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we
ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to
his family as cold. When we got into the
to go home, his father suddenly appeared.
, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often
me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant
or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his
me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his
morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I
him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt
. For example, I always return phone calls
and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the
: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger
as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I
and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was
at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be
. Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their
expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my
. Over the years, however, I’ve learned to
other persons, love signs.
| 小题1: | | A．remember | B．enjoy | C．value | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．excitedly | B．nervously | C．silently | D．instantly |
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| 小题3: | | A．regard | B．treat | C．take | D．think |
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| 小题5: | | A．Punctually | B．Carefully | C．Proudly | D．Coldly |
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| 小题6: | | A．visited | B．interrupted | C．warned | D．telephoned |
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| 小题7: | | A．greeting | B．meeting | C．apology | D．explanation |
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| 小题8: | | A．interested | B．angered | C．encouraged | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．long | B．short | C．warm | D．polite |
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| 小题10: | | A．praised | B．remembered | C．blamed | D．thanked |
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| 小题11: | | A．content | B．guilty | C．curious | D．disappointed |
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| 小题12: | | A．in order | B．in turn | | C．without delay | D．without difficulty |
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| 小题13: | | A．feeling | B．suggestion | C．judgment | D．belief |
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| 小题14: | | A．disappeared | B．grew | C．helped | D．declined |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．refused | C．hosted | D．invited |
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| 小题16: | | A．depressed | B．upset | C．fascinated | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．uncaring | B．dishonest | C．unhappy | D．uncooperative |
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| 小题18: | | A．unique | B．common | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题19: | | A．opinion | B．way | C．mind | D．life |
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| 小题20: | | A．send | B．read | C．give | D．express |
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