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That’s the nearest app roach to an apology you’ll get from him. 那是他所能做出的最似歉意的表示。從這一句本身的意思和文章的最后一句 If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today 可以猜出應(yīng)是 “ 讓暴力和兇殺遠(yuǎn) 離我們的社會(huì) ” 之意。 4. In the author’s opinion , the value of a person’s life is________. A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related. B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society C. to care what others will remember and treasure D. to share happiness and sadness with his family 答案 A 解析 從第三段的第一句 “It makes me pause to think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.” 可看出一個(gè)人生命的主要價(jià)值在于給人留下什么樣的印象。通過第二段的倒數(shù)第三句 “The reply was a long time in ing, but when it did, all Mother said was ‘I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children! ’” 可知他媽媽聽到兒子的好消息時(shí),不是 proud 和 happy,而是對(duì)兒子提出了殷切的希望,希望兒子能花更多時(shí)間為孩子們做事情,也就是擔(dān)心兒子以后能否做好工作。綜合全段可知作者說明他去世的父母仍常出現(xiàn)在其夢(mèng)中并且對(duì)父母比活著時(shí)還思念,主要是為了說明為什么如此,文章最后一句 “The values of my parents still live on.” 體現(xiàn)了中心。 2. In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us________. A. how much he misses his parents now B. why his parents often appear in his dream C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life 答案 B 解析 歸納總結(jié)題。第一段主要通過 Lucien給圣誕老人的信說明他對(duì)他爸爸的懷念,從而引出全文的主題。綜合全文信息可知,本文主要談?wù)摿巳松膬r(jià)值。所以我們要珍惜自己的生命,而且也要注意自己以后給人留下什么樣的印象??筛臑槎ㄕZ從句: which is known locally as...。year173。 take in吸收;欺騙; take on雇傭; take down取下,寫下。 8. This person has ________ to do a job— and may not be paid for doing it. A. provided B. supplied C. shown D. offered 答案 D 解析 offer主動(dòng)做某事,后面可跟不定式,其他三個(gè)詞不接不定式。