Recently I gave my adult students homework. It was “go to someone you love and tell them you love them.” It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.

It sounds like very tough homework since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught expressing emotions is not “macho(阳刚之气).” Showing feelings or crying was just not done. So this was very threatening homework for some.

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand, quite moved and a bit shaken.

As he unfolded out of his chair (all 1.85 meters of him), he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this homework. Why did you ask us to do something personal?”

“But as I began driving home my conscience(良心)started telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”

“Five years ago, my father and I had a severe disagreement and really never settled it since then. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”

“So last Tuesday by the time I got home I had convinced myself I was going to tell my father I loved him. It’s strange, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.”

1The homework is threatening for some students because _________.

A. they are middle-aged people     B. they are not macho enough

C. they were taught to hide their emotions   D. they didn’t know how to show feelings

2From the passage we know that _________ .

A. the adult students have classes in the day time only

B. not all the adult students in the writer’s class are male

C. the man refused to meet his father after their quarrel

D. the man quickly decided to say “I love you” to his father

3The underlined phrase “unfolded out of his chair” in Para 4 is closest in meaning to______.

A. stood on his chair straight B. sat quietly in the chair

C. bent himself over his chair       D. raised himself slowly from the chair

4What does the man imply by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. He felt it too strange to say “I love you” to his father.

B. He felt relaxed just thinking of saying “I love you” to his father.

C. He felt very relaxed after saying “I love you” to his father.

D. He had to lift a heavy load off his chest before saying “I love you”.

Recently I gave my adult students homework. It was “go to someone you love and tell them you love them.” It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.

It sounds like very tough homework since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught expressing emotions is not “macho(阳刚之气).” Showing feelings or crying was just not done. So this was very threatening homework for some.

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand, quite moved and a bit shaken.

As he unfolded out of his chair (all 1.85 meters of him), he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this homework. Why did you ask us to do something personal?”

“But as I began driving home my conscience(良心)started telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”

“Five years ago, my father and I had a severe disagreement and really never settled it since then. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”

“So last Tuesday by the time I got home I had convinced myself I was going to tell my father I loved him. It’s strange, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.”

75.The homework is threatening for some students because____________ .

A. they are middle-aged people     B. they are not macho enough

C. they were taught to hide their emotions   D. they didn’t know how to show feelings

76.From the passage we know that ________-.

A. the adult students have classes in the day time only

B. not all the adult students in the writer’s class are male

C. the man refused to meet his father after their quarrel

D. the man quickly decided to say “I love you” to his father

77.The underlined phrase “unfolded out of his chair” in Para 4 is closest in meaning to_______.

A. stood on his chair straight B. sat quietly in the chair

C. bent himself over his chair       D. raised himself slowly from the chair

78.What does the man imply by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. He felt it too strange to say “I love you” to his father.

B. He felt relaxed just thinking of saying “I love you” to his father.

C. He felt very relaxed after saying “I love you” to his father.

D. He had to lift a heavy load off his chest before saying “I love you”.

When I woke next morning, I was dying of _36__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _37__.  I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen ! _38_ , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __39__ there than in any other hotel; and that was _40__ I wanted just then.

The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __41__ carefully for what I must __42_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __43__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _44_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

The waiter asked me _45__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a _46 way. so I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was _47_ that English people didn’t understand their language.. The waiter _48__ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left __49__. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little __50__, but you can never __51_. What a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought _52__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He _53_ have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.

Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room- at least five pound __54_. I never believed until then that any meal could _55__ me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

 When I woke next morning, I was dying of _36__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _37__.  I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _38_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __39__ there than in any other hotel; and that was _40__ I wanted just then.

   The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __41__ carefully for what I must __42_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __43__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _44_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

   The waiter asked me _45__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a _46 way. so I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was _47_ that English people didn’t understand their language.. The waiter _48__ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left __49__. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little __50__, but you can never __51_. What a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought _52__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He _53_ have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.

   Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room- at least five pound __54_. I never believed until then that any meal could _55__ me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

36. A hunger             B. cold            C.. anger                D. illness

37. A. stone             B. head            C. breast                D. stomach

38. A. Therefore         B. Otherwise       C. So                    D. However

39. A. received          B. fed            C. cared                 D. eating

40. A. just              B. what          C. that                   D. why

41. A. English           B. meal           C. questions              D. myself

42. A. speak          B. answer         C. say                   D. explain

43. A. that              B. about         C. of                    D. to

44. A. pronunciation      B. meaning        C. form                  D. spelling

45. A. whether        B. something      C. when                 D. what

46. A. surprised          B. friendly       C. puzzled                  D. touched

47. A. unbelievable    B. true             C. thought                D. a pity

48. A waved            B. shook         C. bowed                D. patted

49. A. much          B. a little         C. nothing                D. empty

50. A. pleasure        B. surprise       C. pride                  D. satisfaction

51. A. tell               B. guess          C. design                D. express

52. A. other            B. another        C. more                  D. me

53. A. should            B. might          C. would                D. must

54. A. lighter         B. heavier         C. weightier              D. more

55.A. hurt              B. fat             C. defeat           D. please

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When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__.  I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _3_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __4_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _5__ I wanted just then.

   The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __6__ carefully for what I must __7__. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __8__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right __9_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.

   The waiter asked me _10__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a   11  way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was  12  that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter   13   his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter — enough to feed a small army — and went away. But I was hungry, and I left   14  . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little   15  , but you can never __16_. What a waiter’s face really shows! In another minute he brought _17__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He   18   have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.

   Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room — at least five pound   19  . I never believed until then that any meal could   20   me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).

1. A. hunger             B. cold                   C. anger                 D. illness

2. A. stone       B. head                  C. breast                 D. stomach

3. A. Therefore          B. Otherwise              C. So                    D. However

4. A. received            B. fed                   C. cared                 D. eating

5. A. just               B. what                 C. that                   D. why

6. A. English            B. meal                 C. questions              D. myself

7. A. speak             B. answer                C. say                   D. explain

8. A. that               B. about                       C. of                    D. to

9. A. pronunciation      B. meaning              C. form                  D. spelling

10. A. whether          B. something            C. when                  D. what

11. A. surprised         B. friendly              C. puzzled                D. touched

12. A. unbelievable      B. true                 C. thought                D. a pity

13. A waved            B. shook                C. bowed                D. patted

14. A. much            B. a little               C. nothing                D. empty

15. A. pleasure         B. surprise               C. pride                  D. satisfaction

16. A. tell             B. guess                C. design                 D. express

17. A. other           B. another              C. more                  D. me

18. A. should           B. might               C. would                  D. must

19. A. lighter           B. heavier              C. weightier               D. more

20. A. hurt             B. fat                 C. defeat                 D. please