Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
I made a pledge1 to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical（圣经的）passage about husbands their wives. Then he went on to say, Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love. To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, That new yellow sweater looks great on you.
Oh, Tom, you noticed, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, Evelyns been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me. We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, thats how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
Whats the matter I asked her.
Tom, she said in a voice filled with distress2, I dont
What do you mean
Wellthat checkup（体检） I had several weeks agoour doctordid he tell you something about me Tom, youve been so good to meam I dying3
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
No, honey, I said, wrapping her in my arms. Youre not dying; Im just starting to live.
26.In the first paragraph, No ifs, ands or buts probably means ____.
A) Unintentionally B) InevitablyC) Impressively4 D) Unconditionally5
27.From the story we may infer6 that Tom drove to the beach cottage ____.
A) with his family B) with Evelyn
C) alone D) with his children
28.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ____.
A) she looked lovely in her new clothes
B) he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C) he was determined7 to be a good husband
D) she was seriously ill
29.The author says, There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment. What was the one thing that went wrong
A) He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B) She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C) He knew something about her illness but didnt tell her.
D) He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
30.By saying Im just starting to live, Tom means that ____.
A) he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B) he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C) he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D) he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before
内容概要:本文讲述的是一个家庭的温馨故事。老公在去海边度假小屋与妻儿团聚的路上听了一个关于应该珍惜老婆的广播节目，于是暗下决心在这度假的两周里就有所改变，好好爱老婆。到了度假小屋，他果然表现出色，称赞老婆的衣服，陪老婆散步。最后，他的老婆欣喜之余居然怀疑自己是否得了绝症，老公才忽然这么体贴，而老公也决心将来就做一个充满爱心的好老公。
26.D。
No ifs, ands or buts意思是没倘若、并且和但，即无条件地。
词汇辨析题。
if, and ,but都是表示条件的连词，假如没if, and ,but，那样就是无条件地，所以应该选答案D）。
27.C。
从文中可以判断出Tom是一个人开车去度假小屋的。
判断推理题。
本文开头描述Tom 开车去度假小屋，第五段讲到After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, Evelyns been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me. 他开车到了将来非常累，想坐下读念书，而老婆建议一块去海滩散步。这个时候他想：老婆一周以来都一个人在这儿陪着孩子，目前只不过想单独和老公待会儿。这样来看，他的老婆孩子早在他之前已经先到了海边，他是后开车过来的。
28.C。
在海边度假的两周里，Tom对老婆更体贴是由于他决心做一个好老公。
细节考察题。
文中开头I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father，Tom向自己保证在度假的两周里要做一个好老公、好爸爸，所以他对老婆很体贴，答案C）是正确的。答案A）由于老婆穿了新衣服更漂亮， B）由于他在华尔街的公司挣了大钱，D）由于他老婆得了重病都与原文不符。
29.D。
作者说他的新尝试出了一点问题，这个问题就是他对老婆这么好，让老婆以为自己得了重病，他才这么体贴的。
细节考察题。
原文中提到On the last night at our cottage, 老婆问他：Tom, youve been so good to me...am I dying 联系到上次在医院的体检，老婆不由得怀疑是否自己快要去世了老公才忽然变得这样体贴，这就是答案D）所指出的。答案A）他称赞老婆的毛衣，让老婆非常困惑，这与原文不符，事实上老婆困惑之余更多的是欣喜；答案B）老婆坚持去他不喜欢去的博物馆不成为问题，由于他想陪老婆去；答案C）他没告诉老婆她得了重病与原文不符，由于他老婆并未得重病。
30.B。
Tom说：我正重新开始生活，他的意思是开始享受做好老公的新生活。
判断推理题。
重新开始生活意味着改变，对Tom来讲，他自认以前是个自私的老公，目前的改变就是做一个充满爱心的好老公，所以答案B）是正确的。答案A）他开始理解生活的真的意义，这太笼统，与Tom的具体状况不符；答案C）他以前生活不幸福，目前开始改变，原文并未说Tom 以前就不幸福；答案D）他开始为以前对老婆的所作所为感到遗憾，重新开始生活并不就是遗憾，而是改变。
