1. Jack threw the papers on my desk and glared at me.
“What’s
?” I asked.
“Next time you want to change anything,
me first,” he shouted.
How dare he treat me like that? I thought. I just changed a long sentence and corrected grammar—something I thought I would be
to do.
In fact I’d been
. One co-worker took me aside the first day and reminded me of his temper. One day, another thing left me in tears so I stormed into his office
.
“What?” he asked.
I knew what I must do. After all, he deserved it. “Jack, the
you’ve been treating me is wrong,” I said. Jack seemed
and leaned back in his chair.
“I make you a promise. I’ll be a(n)
. I’ll treat you as you deserve to be
, with respect and kindness.” With the words, I left.
Jack
me the rest of the week. Letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch; the corrected versions weren’t seen again.
day I left a
on his desk, reading “Hope your day is going great.” Over the next few weeks, Jack reappeared, but nothing
happened again.
One year later, I had suffered breast cancer and would die soon. The last day of my
stay, Jack came. He placed some flowers beside me, saying, “Tulips(郁金香)”.
I smiled, not
. He cleared his throat. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll
next spring.” Tears clouded my eyes and I whispered “Thank you.”
Jack grasped my hands, saying, “You’re
. You can’t see it now,
next spring you’ll see the colors I picked out for you.”
I’ve seen those beautiful tulips push through the soil every spring for ten years now. I’ll never
Jack.
【小题1】 | A.different | B.ill | C.wrong | D.important |
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【小题2】 | A.help | B.ask | C.allow | D.invite |
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【小题3】 | A.made | B.punished | C.forced | D.paid |
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【小题4】 | A.warned | B.proved | C.reported | D.ordered |
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【小题5】 | A.excitedly | B.happily | C.angrily | D.disappointedly |
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【小题6】 | A.Accidentally | B.Eventually | C.Immediately | D.Suddenly |
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【小题7】 | A.action | B.way | C.method | D.manner |
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【小题8】 | A.moved | B.stupid | C.scared | D.nervous |
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【小题9】 | A.enemy | B.boss | C.friend | D.helper |
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【小题10】 | A.treated | B.hoped | C.refused | D.worked |
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【小题11】 | A.visited | B.accompanied | C.punished | D.avoided |
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【小题12】 | A.Some | B.Another | C.The other | D.Any |
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【小题13】 | A.note | B.passage | C.paper | D.book |
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【小题14】 | A.fearful | B.pleasant | C.unhappy | D.exciting |
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【小题15】 | A.school | B.hospital | C.office | D.home |
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【小题16】 | A.doubting | B.explaining | C.crying | D.understanding |
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【小题17】 | A.come up | B.pick up | C.turn up | D.go up |
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【小题18】 | A.right | B.fine | C.welcome | D.popular |
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【小题20】 | A.remember | B.miss | C.forgive | D.forget |
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