I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.
In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything had happened.
“Who did this?” my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.
“This is your entire fault, Katherine,” my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.
From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told to each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table.
But the Whites didn’t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.
In July, the Whites sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new drivers license, Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met.
The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah’s new car during the first part of the trip, 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, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous or just didn’t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.
Jane was killed immediately.
I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I had ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child.
When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy’s leg was broken. They hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girl’s tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches(拐杖).
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, “We are so glad that you are alive.”
I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign.
Mrs. White said, “Jane is gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister’s death?”
They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She’s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane.
小題1: How did the author’s parents differ from the Whites?
A．The author’s parents were less caring.B．The author’s parents were less loving.
C．The author’s parents were less friendlyD．The author’s parents were less understanding
小題2:How did the accident happen?
A．Amy didn’t stop at a crossroad and a truck hit their car.
B．Amy didn’t know what to do when she saw the stop sign.
C．Amy didn’t slow down so their car ran into a truck.
D．Amy didn’t get off the highway at a crossroad.
小題3:The accident took place in _____.
A．FloridaB．CaliforniaC．South CarolinaD．New York
小題4:The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane’s death because _____.
A．they didn’t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life
B．Amy was badly injured herself and they didn’t want to add to her pain
C．They didn’t want to blame their children in front of others
D．Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best
小題5:From the passage we can learn that _____.
A．Amy has never recovered from the shockB．Amy changed her job after the accident
C．Amy lost her memory after the accidentD．Amy has lived quite a normal life

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

小題1:從第二段可以看出，在作者家里，當(dāng)有事發(fā)生時，責(zé)備是重要的，不可避免的。由此可以推斷出作者的父母親缺乏對孩子的理解。
小題2:原文中“… but Amy continued into the crossroads without shopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car. ”在含義上與所問問題是相同的。
小題3:原文中“Somewhere in south Carolina; we pulled off the highway to eat.”告訴了我們答案。
小題4:倒數(shù)第二段告訴了我們答案。懷特夫人說：“簡走了，我們非常懷念她。無論我們說什么和做什么都不能讓她回來。而埃米還有很長的路要走。如果她覺得我們因為她姐姐的死而責(zé)備她，那她怎樣才能過上充實而幸福的生活呢？
小題5:從文中最后一段，我們可知埃米過上了正常的生活。她經(jīng)歷了一般女性的生活：大學(xué)畢業(yè)；結(jié)婚；工作；成為母親。
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