文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在儿子因罕见脑癌离世前,陪伴他度过生命最后时刻的经历。作者通过朗诵诗歌来安慰儿子,并在阅读中找到慰藉。儿子去世后,尽管作者悲痛欲绝,但一首诗歌提醒她儿子始终被爱包围。诗歌让作者能够走出痛苦,继续生活。
1 . In the early hours of March 23, about 12 hours before our treasured 12-year-old son died of a rare form of brain cancer, I climbed into his hospital bed, _________ him in my arms and recited Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky.
My child was no longer _________, but I hoped and believed that he could sense my presence and that my voice would _________ his wildly beating heart.
My son had been _________ with the words of the poem by _________ me reciting it to him almost every night before going to bed. He loved the _________ of the “beamish (神采焕发的) boy” as, with a short sword in hand, the boy takes on a strong man several times his size.
My son was also a passionate _________. But with many surgeries, rounds of radiation and medications _________ most of his time, he could _________ read on his own. Therefore, I ________ to read to him. And it was during the reading that I found that poems could relieve my __________. They offered an anchor to me during unpredictable and painful times. They also helped me prepare for the arrival of the final time.
Then it came — at 12:52 am on March 23, my son’s heart stopped beating forever. Despite my __________, I was still overwhelmed by grief. Then I received a message from my friend. It was Raymond Carver’s Late Fragment: “And what did you want?/ To call myself beloved, / to feel myself beloved on the earth.”
It __________ me a bit, because I was __________ that even in my son’s darkest hours, he was always __________ — and still is. And thanks to poems, I was able to get through the pain and get on with my life.
1. A.fed | B.hid | C.wrapped | D.rocked |
2. A.ambitious | B.conscious | C.wise | D.sensitive |
3. A.win | B.stop | C.preserve | D.calm |
4. A.familiar | B.concerned | C.bored | D.satisfied |
5. A.leading to | B.listening to | C.taking to | D.agreeing to |
6. A.kindness | B.patience | C.courage | D.honesty |
7. A.reader | B.poet | C.fan | D.believer |
8. A.extending | B.valuing | C.wasting | D.occupying |
9. A.nearly | B.surely | C.hardly | D.finally |
10. A.refused | B.pretended | C.expected | D.offered |
11. A.anxiety | B.loneliness | C.illness | D.anger |
12. A.struggle | B.preparation | C.tolerance | D.power |
13. A.amused | B.comforted | C.shocked | D.confused |
14. A.forced | B.advised | C.convinced | D.promised |
15. A.admired | B.helped | C.encouraged | D.loved |