Question

It was 9:00 am already! Richard had to leave for work! Before leaving he hurriedly looked at the newspaper and stood still! Is he seeing it right? He rubbed his eyes and saw again… Yes, it was his name in the obituary (訃告)! He threw the paper in the bin and screamed.

Richard started to recollect. He remembered that last night when he went to bed he had a chest pain and he was rushed to hospital. Then he went into a sound sleep. But what happened after that?

He could suddenly see his living room filled with people… all in tears; his mom, his wife and his children. He also saw his best friend, the one he had a serious misunderstanding a few days ago. He wanted to say “Sorry” to him… but now no one could hear his voice.

He wondered how he could tell his mom that he felt so thankful to have her in his life! He wanted to tell his children how much he loved them. He wanted to tell his wife how much he loved her; he felt sorry to have hurt her sometimes.

Richard started crying and pleading to God for one LAST chance! “God, one last chance, please”, shouted Richard and opened his eyes.

Oh, this was a dream!

He woke up; looked around everywhere. He was on his bed; his wife lay beside him, deep in sleep. Richard whispered in her ears, “You are the best thing to have ever happened to me!”

He went up to the window, looking outside. Yes, everything was just the way he has been knowing so long. He decided to meet up his friends and clear all misunderstandings; he also decided to tell everyone who mattered to him all that has remained unsaid so far!

1.When Richard saw his name in the newspaper, he felt _________.

A. sad B. worried C. regretful D. shocked

2.Richard felt sorry to his wife because _________.

A. he hurt her sometimes

B. he misunderstood her

C. they had a quarrel the other day

D. he didn’t love her

3.After the dream, Richard would probably _________.

A. demand an apology from his friend

B. express appreciation and thanks to his friend

C. be on good terms with his friend again

D. break up with his friend

4.The writer of the story mainly tells us that _________.

A. misunderstanding between friends is common

B. we should tell our family how much we love them

C. getting along well with friends is important

D. we need to see a doctor when having a chest pain

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：在生活中，由于忙碌的工作或其他的事情纏身，我們難免會忽略身邊重要的人的感受，和朋友的相處中也難免會產生誤會。Richard做了一個噩夢，夢到了自己去世后的情景。醒來之后，Richard開始珍惜重要的人，并決定與朋友冰釋前嫌。

1.and stood still...He rubbed his eyes and saw again”可知，Richard看到報紙上登著自己的訃告時站在那里一動不動，他揉了揉眼睛，說明他不相信自己所看到的內容，由此可知，Richard被自己的訃告嚇到了，故選D。

2.He wanted to tell his wife how much he loved her; he felt sorry to have hurt her sometimes.”可知，Richard為有時傷害妻子而感到內疚，故選A。

3.He decided to meet up his friends and clear all misunderstandings”可知，做了一個噩夢之后，Richard決定去見他的朋友們，并消除他和朋友之間存在的誤會，由此可知，Richard將會與朋友們冰釋前嫌、和好如初，故選C。

4.He wondered how he could tell his mom that he felt so thankful to have her in his life! He wanted to tell his children how much he loved them. He wanted to tell his wife...”可知，Richard有很多話要對母親、孩子們和妻子說，再根據最后一段“he also decided to tell everyone who mattered to him all that has remained unsaid so far!”可知，Richard決定把一直未能說出口的話說給對他重要的人聽，故選B。

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