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The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I'd owned was sold to pay debts that I didn't even know I had. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce (离婚) in the family. I'd lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right. Knowing that no one in the world was going to help us, I rented a cheap apartment. I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange glow of the lava (火山岩) pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination! The next day, I quit my job and invested my last paycheck in art supplies and began doing what I loved. I hadn't painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas (画布) in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $ 1500 before I even had time to frame it. The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater (火山口) edge of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I'm living freely and happily ever after. |
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ____. |
A. the writer didn't expect her marriage had ended in divorce B. the writer's parents encouraged her to divorce C. the writer's husband took away most of her property D. there was something wrong with the writer's nerves |
2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? |
A. The writer was sure she could survive in Hawaii. B. The writer with her children met with many difficulties when they first arrived in Hawaii. C. The writer had ever done paintings before. D. The writer doubted if she could paint well at first. |
3. The writer's dream was to ____. |
A. live in nature with animals B. live near volcanoes and oceans C. become a successful painter D. live a free life |
4. The best title for this passage is "____". |
A. My broken marriage B. My life after divorce C. Adventures over 6 years D. Hard life in Hawaii |
Directions: Find out the rhetorical types of sentences: loose, periodic or balanced. 1. On the table in the empty room burned a lamp, and near it lay a little cat. 2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. 3. She missed the step and sprained her ankle. 4. The Wangs must have gone away for the summer holidays, for we have not seen them for two or three weeks. 5. Though Jim Thorpe had brought great glory to his nation, though thousands of people cheered him upon his return to the United Stages and attended banquets and a New York parade in his honor, he was not a citizen. 6. It will not be done by the Government; it cannot be done by the Parliament. 7. There were the translators in their booths, and girl secretaries at the doors, and the reporters grumbling and scribbling in their seats. 8. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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