英语专业大一泛读（刘乃银版）附加阅读练习（带答案）

Passage 1 (Unit 1, Book I: Love. Short story. Family. Love)

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, \spend some time with you.\

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. \are you well?\surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

\of us.\

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. \friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,\into the car. \

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.

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During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, \invite you.\

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A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: \bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.\

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: \our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till \

1. When the mother heard it was the son‘s call, she was __________.

A. worried B. surprised C. suspicious D. puzzled

2. The mother‘s friends were most impressed by __________.

A. the memorable date between the mother and the son B. the mother‘s realization of her long-awaited dream C. the son‘s love for his mother D. the mother‘s pride in her son

3. When the mother took the author‘s arm into the restaurant, she __________.

A. looked like the First Lady B. was treated like the First Lady C. was as important as the First Lady D. felt as proud as being the First Lady

4. What did the mother mainly talk about to the author during the dinner?

A. Her life after the author‘s marriage. B. Her life since the author‘s last visit. C. Her memory about the author as a child. D. Her expectation about future reunions.

5. The mother insisted on inviting the author to dinner because __________.

A. she was going to die soon B. she wanted to show her love C. she did not expect the heart attack D. she intended to thank him and his wife

6. The passage intends to teach us how to cherish __________.

A. our parents B. love

C. our family D. life

Passage 2 (Unit 2, Book I: Little house in the Big Woods. Autobiography)

I start from my home in the quiet little suburb of Forest Hills, Long Island. Here , surrounded by green lawns, trees, and flowers, are neat little houses, happy with the voices and movements of wives and children, havens of peaceful rest for men who toil in the city. I drive across the lacy structure of steel which spans the East River, and I get a new and startling vision of the power and ingenuity of the mind of man. Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat, stolid, snorting tugs. If I had long days of sight ahead, I should spend many of them watching the delightful activity upon the river.

I look ahead, and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York, a city that seems to have stepped from the pages of a fairy story. What an awe-inspiring sight, these glittering spires. These vast banks of stone and steel-structures such as the gods might build for themselves! This animated picture is a part of the lives of millions of people every day. How many, I wonder, give it so much as a second‘s glance? Very few, I fear, their eyes are blind to this magnificent sight because it is so familiar to them.

I hurry to the top of one of those gigantic structures, the Empire State Building, for there, a short time ago, I \my fancy with reality. I am sure I should not be disappointed in the panorama spread out before me, for to me it would be a vision of another world.

Now I begin my rounds of the city. First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, trying by sight of them to understand something of their life. I see smiles, and I am happy. I see serious determination, and I am proud, I see suffering, and I am compassionate.

I stroll down Fifth Avenue. I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but only a seething kaleidoscope of colors. I am certain that the colors of women's dresses moving in a throng must be a gorgeous spectacle of which I should never tire. But perhaps if I had sight I should be like most other women -- too interested in styles and the cut of individual dresses to give much attention to the splendor of color in the mass. And I am convinced, too, that I should become an inveterate window shopper, for it must b …… 此处隐藏：8229字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……