王琴芳

When Iwas a young man I had lots of ego (自負(fù))and little empathy (同情心 ). I thought I knew every-thing.I 41 fame and success.lcan even rememberoncein college telling one of my friends : "If only everyone42 to me, they would all be happy." Ifinallyleft 43,ready to conquer the world. Little did I know the worldwas about to 44 me.

In the years followed,instead of 45 I found strug-gles and hardships in my life. I had trouble finding 46 .The jobs I did work at were either 47 or exhausting andnone of them paid well. When my wife and I had chil-dren,we were 48 to leam that not one but both of oursons had Autism (孤獨(dú)癥 ) and would need 49 the restof theirlives.l had no idea _50_this had happened to us.

However,with time 51,I began to change myself.My massive 52 was shrinking gradually and my empa-thy was beginning to grow. 53,I found moments ofloveand joy in my job. Playing and laughing with my sonsbrought me so much 54 . My boys taught me more aboutpeace ,kindness ,and unconditional 55 that I had neverlearned on my own. I began to share the lessons in mylife. I finally realized that my purpose in this world had56 to do with fame or success but everything to do withlovewhich 57 mylifeandlshould 58 itwithothers.

Always 59 that moments oflove become days oflove and days oflove become years of'love. You may notbe happy 100% of the time. 60,you will find joy andhappiness that no earthly (世俗的 ) success can evergive.

41. A. take advantage of

B. take no notice of

C. make contributions to

D. look forward to

42. A. listen

B. talk

C. agree

D. suggest

43. A. office

B. college

C. hometown

D. army

44. A. explore

B. conquer

C. embrace

D. greet

45. A. victory

B. graduation

C. unemployment

D. success

46.A.wealth

B.truth

C.work

D.love

47. A. satisfactory

B. complex

C. temporary

D. popular

48. A. embarrassed

B. depressed

C. amused

D. entertained

49. A. operating on

B. looking after

C. building up

D. going over

50.A.what B.how C.where D.why

51. A. going with

B. going up

C. going down

D. going by

52. A. ego

B. dream

C. confidence

D. respect

53. A. Afterall

B. Allin all

C. To my surprise

D.In addition

54. A. fame

B. dignity

C. happiness

D. understanding

55. A. friendship

B. concept

C. experience

D.love

56. A. nothing

B. something

C. anything

D. everything

57. A. put up

B.light up

C. make up

D. tum up

58. A. share

B. seize

C．spread

D．teach

59.A.prepare

B.promise

C．remember

D．reaLze

60．A．Thus

B．Besides

C．Yet

D．Anyhow

答案與解析

41．答案為D。根據(jù)前面語境可知作者自負(fù)，因此用look forward to表示“盼望”名聲和成功。

42．答案為A。根據(jù)前面的語境可知，作者認(rèn)為自己了不起，因此別人要是“聽”我的，對方就會很幸福。

43．答案為B。根據(jù)前面的語境I can even remember once in col-lege可知答案。

44．答案為B。根據(jù)后面的語境可知，作者本想大學(xué)畢業(yè)后就要“征服”世界，可是世界卻“征服”了作者，用conquer和后句呼應(yīng)。

45．答案為D。根據(jù)第一段的語境look forward to fame and suc-cess可知，作者后來沒有“成功”，生活得非常艱辛。

46．答案為C。根據(jù)下句的the jobs I did work at...可知，作者找工作四處碰壁。

47．答案為C。根據(jù)后面的exhausting以及noneof them paid well可知，作者找到的工作要么是暫時(shí)的，要么很辛苦，而且薪水也很低。

48．答案為B。根據(jù)句意可知，兩個(gè)孩子都得了病，因此作者和妻子很難不“沮喪”。

49．答案為B。根據(jù)上文語境，兩個(gè)孩子都有病，這意味著他們一生都需要“照顧”。

50．答案為D。這個(gè)時(shí)候，作者感嘆“為什么”不幸的事情都發(fā)生在作者身上。

51．答案為D。根據(jù)語境可知，這里表示時(shí)間的“流逝”，用going by。

52．答案為A。根據(jù)文章的第一句話可知答案。

53．答案為C。根據(jù)上下文語境可知，作者慢慢地改變自己，發(fā)現(xiàn)了工作中的樂趣，因此很“吃驚”。

54．答案為C。根據(jù)語境可知，作者和自己的孩子在一起得到了很多快樂和“幸福”。

55．答案為D。根據(jù)前面的peace，kindness，andunconditional...以及后文中提到的love可知，是“無條件的愛”。

56．答案為A。根據(jù)文章開頭提到的作者自負(fù)及后面的but everything to do with love可知，作者現(xiàn)在認(rèn)為自己與成功沒有任何聯(lián)系，用短語have nothingto do with。

57．答案為B。這種愛能“照亮”我的生活，用light up。

58．答案為A。根據(jù)上文語境to share the lessonsin my life可知，作者與別人“分享”愛。

59．答案為C。根據(jù)語境可知，作者讓人們“記住”moments oflove become days oflove and days of love become yearsof love。

60．答案為C。根據(jù)前后語境可知，作者想要表達(dá)的意思是“盡管你不可能所有時(shí)間都開心，但是你會得到任何世俗的成功都不能帶來的快樂和幸福感”。

（責(zé)任編校/彭益）

英語一角

常見的花朵名稱

1.American Beauty紅薔薇

1999年獲得多項(xiàng)奧斯卡獎項(xiàng)的最佳故事片American,Beauty(《美國麗人》)，電影中出現(xiàn)了許多次紅色的花朵，它們是生長在美國的一種薔薇花，一年四季都開著大朵的紫紅色花。American Beauty正是指“紅薔薇”。

2.baby's breath滿天星

baby's breath字面的意思是“嬰兒的呼吸”，它也表示植物學(xué)中的滿天星。滿天星像嬰兒的呼吸一樣輕柔寧靜，縱然很小，很不起眼，卻也執(zhí)著地散發(fā)著獨(dú)特的香氣。

3．daylily黃花菜

Lily是常見的英文名，也指百合花。daylily不是指“白天的百合花”，它的意思是萱草，即黃花菜。calla lily指馬蹄蓮，ginger lily指野姜花，keffir lily指君子蘭，water lily指睡蓮．荷花，lily-of-the-valley指鈴蘭花。