Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral(葬礼)of my 1. The hurt was so intense(强烈的), and I found it hard to2at times.
Suddenly, I heard a3open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick4hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a5and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.
“I’m6,” he explained, though no explanation was7. After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “Why do they keep8Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I 9. “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t10this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the11funeral, sir.”
The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion12with the realization of the man’s mistake bubbled (充溢) up inside me and came out as13. I peeked at the misguided man seated beside me. He was laughing,14. I imagined Mother laughing. At the 15“Aman”, we darted(猛冲) out a door and into the parking lot.
“I do believe we’11 be the16of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that17he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong18for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were19at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.
Whenever anyone asks us how we20, Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      neighbor
   2. B.
      sister
   3. C.
      mother
   4. D.
      aunt
2. 2.
   1. A.
      stand
   2. B.
      imagine
   3. C.
      breathe
   4. D.
      explain
3. 3.
   1. A.
      box
   2. B.
      door
   3. C.
      bottle
   4. D.
      chair
4. 4.
   1. A.
      claps
   2. B.
      songs
   3. C.
      steps
   4. D.
      noises
5. 5.
   1. A.
      mood
   2. B.
      row
   3. C.
      rush
   4. D.
      mess
6. 6.
   1. A.
      full
   2. B.
      angry
   3. C.
      anxious
   4. D.
      late
7. 7.
   1. A.
      necessary
   2. B.
      impossible
   3. C.
      natural
   4. D.
      uncertain
8. 8.
   1. A.
      questioning
   2. B.
      naming
   3. C.
      calling
   4. D.
      asking
9. 9.
   1. A.
      whispered
   2. B.
      shouted
   3. C.
      reported
   4. D.
      cried
10. 10.
    1. A.
       who
    2. B.
       when
    3. C.
       where
    4. D.
       why
11. 11.
    1. A.
       right
    2. B.
       same
    3. C.
       different
    4. D.
       wrong
12. 12.
    1. A.
       worked
    2. B.
       matched
    3. C.
       tied
    4. D.
       mixed
13. 13.
    1. A.
       tear
    2. B.
       fighting
    3. C.
       singing
    4. D.
       laughter
14. 14.
    1. A.
       though
    2. B.
       yet
    3. C.
       too
    4. D.
       still
15. 15.
    1. A.
       middle
    2. B.
       second
    3. C.
       final
    4. D.
       first
16. 16.
    1. A.
       talk
    2. B.
       word
    3. C.
       eye
    4. D.
       idea
17. 17.
    1. A.
       although
    2. B.
       if
    3. C.
       since
    4. D.
       before
18. 18.
    1. A.
       journey
    2. B.
       waiting
    3. C.
       dream
    4. D.
       thought
19. 19.
    1. A.
       protected
    2. B.
       married
    3. C.
       improved
    4. D.
       placed
20. 20.
    1. A.
       lived
    2. B.
       met
    3. C.
       grew
    4. D.
       stayed

I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January, I had to hold two funerals （葬礼）on successive days for two elderly women in my community．Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say．Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence（吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased（亡故的）woman said to me, “If only I sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today．It’s my fault that she died．”At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today．That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation would have turned out better．After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty．The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens．That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1．The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because____.

  A．he was minister of the local church

  B．he wanted to comfort the two families 

  C．he was an official from the community   

  D．he had great pity for the deceased   

2．People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because ____.

  A．they couldn’t a better way to express their sorrow.

  B．they had neglected the natural course of events

  C．they believed that they were responsible

  D．they didn’t know things often turn in the opposite direction

3．According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that _____

  A．everything in the world is predetermined

  B．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

  C．the world can be interpreted in different ways

  D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4．What’s the idea of the message?

  A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery

  B．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault

  C．Every story should have a happy ending

  D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away

Inside China Daily

Inside China Daily

China, Japan ink fishery agreement The New   China-Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this   year. Chinese vice-minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference   yesterday in   Beijing.                      -Page 2 Offshore funeral(葬礼) The remains of more than 500 dead will be   scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai. To   save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials.   –Page 3 The only wise choice Co-operation with the mainland for a   peaceful reunification (统一) should be the only wise choice for the   newly elected Taiwan   leader.                               -Page 4 The Art Market  Interest in activities such as fairs,   galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in   China.   -Page 9 Two sides of a story The government’s efforts to cut the   homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed   reactions.   -Page 10 Blind, but not out. Yang Jia, an English professor at the   Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of   her eyesight and continues to make it in her work.   -Page 11

1. 1.

   The above section may possibly appear on _________ of China Daily

   1. A.
      the Front Page
   2. B.
      Page 5
   3. C.
      Page 9
   4. D.
      the last page
2. 2.

   From the text we can know that _________

   1. A.
      a blind professor can work better
   2. B.
      Chinese fishermen can go fishing freely in Japan soon
   3. C.
      no one will be buried in the ground after they die in Shanghai
   4. D.
      more and more people have begun to do art business
3. 3.

   When you look through this issue of China Daily, you are sure to find ______

   1. A.
      how Taiwan’s new leader was made
   2. B.
      that people think differently of reducing pupils’ burden
   3. C.
      sad stories about students with heavy burden in primary and middle schools
   4. D.
      interesting stories of art fairs, galleries and exhibitions of different shapes in China
4. 4.

   If someone feels upset for the sudden trouble and wants to encourage himself, what would you suggest he should read in China Daily?

   1. A.
      Blind, but not out
   2. B.
      Two sides of a story
   3. C.
      The only wise choice
   4. D.
      Offshore funeral