I was listening to the radio while 1 was driving home from coaching basketball yesterday. I could tell right away that there was something
41 by the mood of the speaker. There had been a plane crash. What made the
42 even more tragic was that Bob Collins，the morning show man, was among those who had been killed. Throughout my 40-minute
43 , I listened as sincere love and affection from the audience
44 .The more I listened about how this man had influenced those around him, the more
45 I became.
That was because I wanted to know
46 we as a culture, wait until somebody has passed away before we tell them how much they
47 to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we
48 someone up after they have died? Yes，
49 memory after memory about someone's good
50 does help us cope with the sadness of losing someone special to us. But as we
51 remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most need to hear
52 .
Just once,
53 a gathering of death，1 would like to see a celebration of life,
54 stories are told, tears fall down，laughter rings out；and as the speaker
55 his or her loving tribute(颂词), the person they are
56 rises from the chair and gives them a
57 hug! Wouldn’t that be
58 !
Life is too short to leave kind words
59 . How I wish that when the unavoidable funeral finally comes，we could say
60 with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them while they were here on earth.
| 小题1: | | A．important | B．wrong | C．pleasant | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题2: | | A．speaker | B．radio | C．station | D．story |
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| 小题3: | | A．drive | B．silence | C．ride | D．tour |
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| 小题4: | | A．poured in | B．grew up | C．broke out | D．got through |
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| 小题5: | | A．determined | B．delighted | C．discouraged | D．devoted |
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| 小题7: | | A．impress | B．love | C．mean | D．affect |
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| 小题8: | | A．bring | B．build | C．pick | D．bury |
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| 小题9: | | A．recovering | B．showing | C．sharing | D．losing |
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| 小题10: | | A．qualities | B．manners | C．records | D．attitudes |
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| 小题11: | | A．barely | B．lovingly | C．suddenly | D．finally |
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| 小题13: | | A．as for | B．apart from | C．except for | D．instead of |
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| 小题14: | | A．where | B．because | C．whether | D．which |
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| 小题15: | | A．mentions | B．writes | C．pays | D．ends |
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| 小题16: | | A．staring | B．listening | C．honoring | D．talking |
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| 小题17: | | A．tight | B．quick | C．cold | D．necessary |
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| 小题18: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everything | D．something |
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| 小题19: | | A．untouched | B．unsaid | C．unfinished | D．unpacked |
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| 小题20: | | A．hello | B．sorry | C．goodbye | D．thanks |
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