I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely differen

Iwas a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely differentfrom my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and Ibecame friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.

Inmy family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.

“Whodid this?” my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.

“Thisis all your fault, Katharine, ”my father would insist when the cat got out orthe dishwasher broke.

Fromthe time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set aplace for blame at the dinner table.

Butthe Whites didn’t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces andmoved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summerJane died.

InJuly, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home inFlorida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were collegestudents, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having anew driver's license（驾照），Amy was excited about practicingher driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met.

Thebig sisters shared the driving of Sarah’s new car during the first part of thetrip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over.Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat. After lunch, Amygot behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether shewas nervous or just didn’t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amycontinued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck,unable to stop in time, ran into our car.

Janewas killed immediately.

Iwas slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I’ve ever done was to callthe Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful asit was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them tolose a child.

WhenMr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughterssharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy’s leg was broken. Theyhugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters.They wiped away the girls' tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned touse her crutches（拐杖）.

Toboth of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said,“We’re so glad that you’re alive.”

Iwas astonished. No blame. No accusations.

Later,I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was drivingand had run a stop sign.

Mrs.White said, “Jane’s gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do willever bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she leada full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister's death?”

Theywere right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got marriedseveral years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She’salso a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane.

1. The authorof the passage is ________________.

A. Mrs.White’s niece

B. Jane’sschool friend

C. theWhites’ cousin

D.Sarah’s friend from college

2. Howdid the author’s parents differ from the Whites?

A. Theauthor’s parents were less caring.

B. Theauthor’s parents were less loving.

C. Theauthor’s parents were less friendly.

D. Theauthor’s parents were less understanding.

3. Howdid the accident happen?

A. Amydidn’t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car.

B. Amydidn’t know what to do when she saw the stop sign.

C. Amydidn’t slow down so their car ran into a truck.

D. Amydidn’t get off the highway at a crossroads.

4. Theaccident took place in ________________.

A.Florida

B.California

C. SouthCarolina

D. NewYork

5. TheWhites did not blame Amy for Jane’s death because ________________.

A. theydidn’t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life

B. Amywas badly injured herself and they didn’t want to add to her pain

C. theydidn’t want to blame their children in front of others

D. Amywas their youngest daughter and they loved her best

6. Fromthe passage we can learn that ________________.

A. Amyhas never recovered from the shock

B. Amychanged her job after the accident

C. Amylost her memory after the accident

D. Amyhas lived quite a normal life

试题答案

答案：B;B;A;C;A;D