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1、英语专业大一泛读(刘乃银版)附加阅读练习(带答案)Passage1(Unit1,BookI:Love.Shortstory.Family.Love)After21yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanouttodinnerandamovie.Shesaid,"Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo,andshewouldlovetospendsometimewithyou."Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmy
2、MOTHER,whohasbeenawidowfor19years,butthedemandsofmyworkandmythreechildrenhadmadeitpossibletovisitheronlyoccasionally.ThatnightIcalledtoinvitehertogooutfordinnerandamovie."What'swrong,areyouwell?"sheasked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenightcallorasurpriseinvitationisasig
3、nofbadnews."Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,"Iresponded."Justthetwoofus."Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,andthensaid,"Iwouldlikethatverymuch."ThatFridayafterwork,asIdroveovertopickherup,Iwasabitnervous.WhenIarrivedatherhouse,Inoticedthatshe,too,seemedtobenervousabouto
4、urdate.Shewaitedinthedoorwithhercoaton.Shehadcurledherhairandwaswearingthedressthatshehadworntocelebrateherlastweddinganniversary.Shesmiledfromafacethatwasasradiantasanangel's."ItoldmyfriendsthatIwasgoingtogooutwithmyson,andtheywereimpressed,"shesaid,asshegotintothecar."Theycan'twait
5、tohearaboutourmeeting."Wewenttoarestaurantthat,althoughnotelegant,wasveryniceandcozy.MymothertookmyarmasifsheweretheFirstLady.Afterwesatdown,Ihadtoreadthemenu.Hereyescouldonlyreadlargeprint.Halfwaythroughtheentries,IliftedmyeyesandsawMomsittingtherestaringatme.Anostalgicsmilewasonher
6、lips."ItwasIwhousedtohavetoreadthemenuwhenyouweresmall,"shesaid."Thenit'stimethatyourelaxandletmereturnthefavor,"Iresponded.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation-nothingextraordinarybutcatchinguponrecenteventsofeachother'slife.Wetalkedsomuchthatwemissedthemovie.Aswearrivedathe
7、rhouselater,shesaid,"I'llgooutwithyouagain,butonlyifyouletmeinviteyou."Iagreed."Howwasyourdinnerdate?"askedmywifewhenIgothome."Verynice.MuchmoresothanIcouldhaveimagined,"Ianswered.Afewdayslater,mymotherdiedofamassiveheartattack.IthappenedsosuddenlythatIdidn'thaveachancetodoanythingfo
8、rher.Sometim