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  3. I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For

I made a pledge to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For

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问题     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. 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 being thoughtful of 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, "Evelyn’s 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, that’ s 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.
    "What s the matter.  I asked her.
    "Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress, "do you know something I don’t?"
    "What do you mean?"
    "Well... that checkup(体检) I had several weeks ago.., our doctor.., did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me... am I dying?"
    It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
    "No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You’ re not dying; I’ m just starting to live."
[br] By saying "I’ m just starting to live," Tom means that______.
选项 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
答案 B
解析 重新开始生活意味着改变，对Tom来说，他自认从前他是个自私的丈夫，现在的改变就是做一个充满爱心的好丈夫，所以答案B是正确的。答案A他开始理解生活的真正意义，这太笼统，与Tom的具体情况不符；答案C他以前生活不幸福，现在开始改变，原文并未说Tom从前就不幸福；答案D他开始为以前对妻子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。
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