While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to
his family.
First he moved to his youngest son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug.
they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!”
Then the man stood up, gazed in the
of his oldest son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug.
After several
, he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and
to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I
remember seeing.
For an instant they
me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇), but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my courage to
ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?”
“Almost twelve years.” he replied,
breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man
turned and looked at me,. “Two whole days”
Two days? I was
. By the intensity of the greeting, I had
he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression
me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my
for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my
is still that passionate after twelve years!”
The man suddenly
smiling. He looked me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul, he told me something that left me a
person. He told me, “Don’t
, friend …decide!” Then with wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together.
I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend
to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without
, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!”
| 小题1: | | A．greet | B．hug | C．comfort | D．appreciate |
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| 小题2: | | A．As | B．Before | C．Because | D．Since |
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| 小题3: | | A．mind | B．eyes | C．heart | D．head |
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| 小题4: | | A．months | B．hours | C．moments | D．weeks |
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| 小题5: | | A．proceeded | B．managed | C．pretended | D．promised |
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| 小题6: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．almost |
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| 小题7: | | A．remembered | B．reminded | C．warned | D．informed |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervously | B．strangely | C．casually | D．excitedly |
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| 小题10: | | A．directly | B．finally | C．cautiously | D．deliberately |
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| 小题11: | | A．shocked | B．frightened | C．delighted | D．discouraged |
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| 小题12: | | A．assumed | B．planned | C．realized | D．decided |
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| 小题13: | | A．discovered | B．overlooked | C．betrayed | D．withdrew |
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| 小题14: | | A．research | B．control | C．search | D．reach |
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| 小题15: | | A．marriage | B．relatives | C．family | D．friends |
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| 小题16: | | A．continued | B．kept | C．stopped | D．tried |
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| 小题17: | | A．different | B．reliable | C．wonderful | D．perfect |
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| 小题18: | | A．remark | B．imagine | C．hope | D．quit |
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| 小题19: | | A．called on | B．dropped in | C．came up | D．waved at |
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| 小题20: | | A．hesitation | B．decision | C．difficulty | D．intention |
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