Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, which I knew deeply from my grandson. As a result of a rare disease, I lost most of my hair. Being hairless felt strange, I tried to cover my head. I experimented with each of my hats to find a proper covering. Unfortunately, they were all either too warm or too tight. It was really painful.
During the day, I usually put on a scarf at home. However, wore is away from the house. The wig certainly improved my appearance, but it wasn’t comfortable enough to wear for long periods of time.
When my grandchildren visited me some months later, I wore my wig all the time. I put it on when I got up in the morning and didn’t take it off until bedtime. Since the piece looked similar to my natural hair, the kids weren’t aware of the difference.
All went well until my four-year-old granddaughter unexpectedly walked into my bedroom one morning. I was taking a shower and had temporarily placed my wig on top of a lampshade to keep it from flattening. My granddaughter saw the wig hanging over the lampshade and cried in terror (恐惧). She tore out of the room, sounding the alarm that something terrible had happened to her grandma. She grabbed her brother and dragged him back into my room to investigate.
Wondering what was happening outside, I walked out of the bathroom, with a bathrobe but nothing on my head. I couldn’t understand why my granddaughter was looking at me as if I were a monster (怪兽) from outer space.
She continued to stare at me in panic, as if wondering why this hairless creature was wearing her grandmother’s clothes. Where had her grandmother gone, and who was this strange person with the hairless head?
My grandson, who was seven and had heard about my disease, understood a few things about wigs. He tried to calm his sister, but she was still too upset to recognize me.
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I explained to her that the wig was fake hair.
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Several weeks after my grandchildren returned home, I received a small package.
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2 . This is an unbelievably moving and beautiful film. It shows a father’s
It is a story
To hide the awful
I won’t tell you how the film ends. You will have to watch it for yourself. Many reviewers have
| A．love | B．hate | C．honesty | D．bravery |
| A．put | B．set | C．judged | D．broke |
| A．worried | B．limited | C．reduced | D．married |
| A．daughter | B．son | C．mother | D．father |
| A．taken | B．established | C．decorated | D．survived |
| A．escape | B．protest | C．run | D．go |
| A．Guido’s | B．Giosuè’s | C．men’s | D．women’s |
| A．privacy | B．truth | C．fault | D．gender |
| A．camp | B．point | C．game | D．holiday |
| A．tells | B．says | C．talks | D．speaks |
| A．picking out | B．paying off | C．belonging to | D．focusing on |
| A．Regularly | B．Secondly | C．Eventually | D．Surely |
| A．admitted | B．designed | C．recommended | D．maintained |
| A．agree | B．disagree | C．shock | D．apply |
| A．forever | B．appropriately | C．ever | D．never |
3 . The Healing Power of Music
Since Mom died and Dad lived alone, he was often angry, and lately he was getting more and more confusing. Today
Sure enough, Dad started
“It’ll take some time for her to learn how to help you,” I
The three of us sat
Linda
The music seemed to drive all the
When I left, he hugged me good-bye and asked me to
I’d come to Dad’s house expecting the
| A．promised | B．tended | C．planned | D．needed |
| A．choice | B．presence | C．name | D．assistance |
| A．absent-minded | B．ill-tempered | C．light-hearted | D．heart-struck |
| A．shouting | B．warning | C．remarking | D．complaining |
| A．advised | B．directed | C．comforted | D．informed |
| A．impatiently | B．anxiously | C．awkwardly | D．boringly |
| A．sprang | B．went | C．struggled | D．came |
| A．threw | B．placed | C．grabbed | D．played |
| A．laughing | B．singing | C．clapping | D．smiling |
| A．tension | B．atmosphere | C．sound | D．warmth |
| A．longest | B．strangest | C．nicest | D．rarest |
| A．check out | B．hang on | C．get through | D．look at |
| A．For a moment | B．At a time | C．By the way | D．On the whole |
| A．treasuring | B．wasting | C．saving | D．spending |
| A．best | B．commonest | C．worst | D．happiest |
1. What do we know about the woman’s grandpa?
| A．He wants the woman to become a soldier. |
| B．He lives in the village. |
| C．He dislikes working on the farm. |
| A．To help her grandpa with farm work. |
| B．To keep her grandpa company. |
| C．To enjoy the beautiful scenery there. |
5 . I always pictured myself graduating from college, getting a cool job and even having a cute little place of my own. So far, I have a master's degree and the coolest job ever as a physician assistant. But instead of waking up in a pretty apartment, I hear the early morning sound of my parents making coffee downstairs. At 27, I still live with my parents, and I love it.
As a physician assistant, I make a good salary and would be able to live on my own comfortably if I needed to do so. By the time I finished graduate school, I had had a ＄150,000 debt from both undergraduate and graduate education. My father calculated that my loans were increasing by ＄15 a day in interest (利息) alone. At this rate, it would take me 30 years to pay off my student loans. At last, I decided to live with my parents.
Several of my physician assistant friends are in the same boat as I am — we are all highly educated, white collar employees who live at home. Our coworkers in the medical field think it is a great idea because many of them are facing the same piles of debt. They often say if they could do it all again, they would do the same thing.
There's a stigma (耻辱) that comes along with this arrangement. Some people might think that we are too lazy to find a job. I don't think my neighbors understand it, as they continually ask me when I am going to graduate and if I am old enough to look after their children. My mom just tells them that I'm successful, well educated and that I save lives.
1. What did the author once dream to do before ?| A．Take care of her parents. | B．Have her own beautiful house. |
| C．Make her parents pay for her living. | D．Live with her parents after graduation. |
| A．She missed them very much. | B．She couldn't cook by herself. |
| C．She needed to repay a huge debt. | D．She was not ready to support herself. |
| A．Critical. | B．Approving. | C．Doubtful. | D．Uninterested. |
| A．She is a helpful lady. | B．She is popular with kids. |
| C．They don’t think she has a job. | D．They know she is well educated. |
