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My husband was killed on September 11,2001.He __1__ in the WTC (世贸大厦), well above the crashed floors.On his birthday in March, 2002, I went to the site that used to be the WTC.It hadn't been cleared __2__.In fact, it looked and smelled as __3__ as hell (地狱), and the access was still in __4__.I walked across the street and stood against the wall.I __5__.
A man working at the site which was still a __6__ area saw me and came across.“Who did you __7__？” he asked.“My husband，” I said, through my tears，and I told the man what firm my husband had worked for and that it was his __8__.
The man was a firefighter.He reached into his front pocket and __9__ a piece of glass into my hand.“This is really __10__.A lot of glass melted in the accident；it just __11__，” he said.I first __12__ what the glass could be used for.He sensed my __13__ and said, “Maybe it is for nothing.But __14__ all day could be for something？”
Today I still have it.It's not that the man was __15__ a valuable souvenir.It's just that he was acknowledging my __16__ to that little piece of glass and putting it where he thought it __17__.At that time, he needed to give me something that I could hold onto and focus on, instead of the __18__.
I was __19__ so much on that little piece of glass that I never even asked his name then.I want to tell him that it made me start to think that not everything is __20__ and that maybe there are little things, short moments, or small pieces that can last.I want to say thank you to him.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的丈夫在2001年美国的“9·11”事件中遇难。第二年，作者在丈夫生日那天重新回到事发地。面对依旧凌乱不堪的现场，想到逝去的丈夫，作者悲痛欲绝，是一位在现场工作的消防员帮助作者从悲伤中走了出来。
1．A.wandered B．competed
C．worked D．settled
解析：下文第8空前的“I told the man what firm my husband had worked for”有提示：作者的丈夫在世贸中心工作。
答案：C
2．A.even B．yet
C．either D．ever
解析：作者在2002年3月丈夫生日那天去了事发地，那里还没有被清理干净。
答案：B
3．A.ugly B．unique
C．familiar D．strange
解析：事实上，那里看起来、闻起来都如同地狱一般令人厌恶，通往那里的道路也一片混乱。
答案：A
4．A.sight B．place
C．charge D．chaos
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：D
5．A.broke up B．broke down
C．broke away D．broke off
解析：下文第7空后的through my tears有提示：作者去了马路对面，靠墙站着，痛哭起来。
答案：B
6．A.disaster B．rest
C．service D．conservation
解析：第一段第四、五句有提示：事发场地依旧是一个灾难现场，那里的一个工作人员看到了作者并走向她。
答案：A
7．A.find B．trust
C．abandon D．lose
解析：看到痛哭的作者，那名男子问道：“你失去了谁呢？”
答案：D
8．A.funeral B．accident
C．birthday D．ceremony
解析：作者告诉那位工作人员她失去了丈夫，她的丈夫原先是在哪家公司工作以及当天是丈夫的生日。
答案：C
9．A.stuck B．pressed
C．hit D．divided
解析：原来那位工作人员是一位消防员，他把手伸进前口袋，将一块玻璃放到了作者手里。
答案：B
10．A.evident B．typical
C．rare D．extra
解析：他对作者说：“这块玻璃是真的很少见。很多玻璃都在事故中熔掉了，它却存留下来了。”
答案：C
11．A.escaped B．disappeared
C．changed D．survived
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：D
12．A.wondered B．analyzed
C．assumed D．ignored
解析：起先作者很想知道那块玻璃有什么用处。
答案：A
13．A.sorrow B．anger
C．doubt D．hesitation
解析：消防员看出了作者的疑惑，说道：“也许它没什么用处。可是，整日以泪洗面又有什么用呢？”
答案：C
14．A.crying B．worrying
C．complaining D．dreaming
解析：参见上题解析。另：上文第7空后的through my tears也有提示。
答案：A
15．A.picking up B．giving up
C．taking away D．throwing away
解析：作者至今仍然留着那块玻璃，并不是因为那位消防员放弃了一个有价值的纪念物，而是因为他承认了作者跟那一小块玻璃之间的联系并且将这块玻璃放在了他认为它所属于的地方。
答案：B
16．A.adjustment B．sensitivity
C．devotion D．connection
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：D
17．A.pointed B．belonged
C．referred D．turned
解析：参见第15题解析。
答案：B
18．A.hurt B．future
C．trouble D．threat
解析：在那个时候，他需要给作者某样东西，让她能够握住并且将注意力转移到上面，而不是一味地伤心。
答案：A
19．A.relying B．insisting
C．blaming D．concentrating
解析：作者当时的心思都放在那一小块玻璃上，甚至都没有问那个人的名字。
答案：D
20．A.impressive B．reasonable
C．temporary D．complex
解析：作者想要告诉他是那一小块玻璃让她开始思考：不是所有东西都是短暂的，也许有一些小的事情、短的瞬间或是小的碎片会成为永恒。
答案：C
