【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 he years that they found little to say to each other. And, without each other, their lives had bee hollow. The son, just out of college, had planned to spend the summer traveling in an old yellow lorry on the twolane（車道） highways 句型 Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 4b that connected the country together before freeways. One day, when he was nearly ready to leave, he spotted (found) his father approaching on a busy street and was struck by a singular loneliness in that long familiar face. He invited him to stop for a beer. Then on impulse, he said, “Dad, e along. Let’s spend a summer together.” Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 5 At great risk to the family business, the father, a furniture salesman, went along with his son. Together they camped, climbed mountains, sat by the sea and explored city streets and sleepy villages. “I learned more about being a father in the last two months than in all my son’s 21 years,” the father told me shortly after their trip. Everyone’s life should have room for loves worth risking sizable pieces of time we think we can’t spare. Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 6 We should not mislead ourselves into thinking that the ones we love must be like us. The key is to recognize and appreciate our differences. Those differences provide the mystery and wonder of human relationships. Para. 7 Love needs another, hardertofind quality as well, the ability to let go. Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 8 In the early years of my marriage, I had faulty notions that my husband should want to be with me all the time. On our first visit to his family’s house, I discovered that the men did things together and the women did the same. My fatherinlaw stole my place next to my husband in the front seat of the car, and the two of them often went out together, leaving me with the women. Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 9 I plained and made my husband miserable, caught as he was between the people he loved. My motherinlaw said wisely, “Being with his father is one part of his life。 being with you is another. Be happy about both of them.” Para. 10 I learned that love is like an elastic（橡皮筋） band that must stretch apart before it pulls you back close to one another. It is a ing tide whose waters retreat a little after a single wave, but the next one is closer to your heart than the one before. Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 11 Finally, love needs words to make it real. Without words, quarrels can’t be resolved and we lose the power to share the meaning of our lives. The important thing is to acknowledge and express our feelings. In this way, we can truly send the spirits of those we love as well as our own soaring（ rise fast） upwards. Chinese 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 閱讀理解 Para. 12 Love is not a single act, but a lifetime adventure in which we are always learning, discovering, growing. It is neither destroyed by a single failure nor won by a single kiss. It can only be achieved through patience and understanding. Chinese Choice Making 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 1. What is true of the writer? A. She can play the piano. B. She can sing well. C. She can play the violin. D. She can conduct（管理引導(dǎo)） well. Refer to Para. 1b 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 2. According to the writer, ____________. A. it’s easy to learn that love never just happens B. it’s hard to learn that love never just happens（愛不會憑空產(chǎn)生） C. it’s true only to some that love never just happens D. it’s known to all that love never just happens Refer to Para. 2 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 3. What is not true of mature love? A. It takes time to blossom. B. Its growth is similar to the life of a living being. C. It es from accepting each other’s differences and sharing one another’s joys and pains over time. D. It es from manipulating its growth. Refer to Para. 3b 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 4. We know in the end the father and son _____. A. remained where they were B. said goodbye again to each other C. planned to spend another summer together D. were reconciled(和解 ) with each other Refer to Paras. 4＆ 5 Return to Para. 5 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 5. The story described in Paragraphs 8 and 9 illustrates that ____________. A. the ability to let go plays a key role in true love B. the ability to do what your beloved can do plays a key role in true love C. to love is to have your beloved imitate you D. to love is to have your beloved be always with you Refer to Paras. 79 Return to Para. 9 自測 技巧 Back 詞匯學(xué)習(xí) 問題預(yù)覽 隨 筆 課文閱讀 6. In the passage, the writer pared