四六级考试

【单选题】When I turned 40, my husband staged a surprise party for me. I should never forget my emotion as I entered the restaurant and saw loving friends amid flowers and music and a large display of photographs that spanned my life. I hurried from one table to the next, greeting each guest. Then suddenly at the rear of the room I spotted a gentle, smiling man with snow-white hair and a blue-eyed woman on his arm." Mom,Dad, " I gaspeD、They had flown to LosAngeles fromChicago just hours before. I burst into tears at the sight of these two who, more than anyone else, had taught me that being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give.
A、year later, my husband and I were invited to an unusual wedding. Our friends had been married years before in a civil ceremony, and now they wanted to declare again their commitment to one another in a church service. The morning before the wedding, I decided to call my friend and beg off. "Kathe, this is Karen," I began hesitantly."You’’re coming, aren’’t you " She broke in. Her voice was urgent. I paused and in that instant recalled the sight of my parents at my 40th-birthday party."Yes, of course," I said, "We’’ll be there. "So we went.And I was grateful we diD、We weren’’t in our seats a minute before Kathe came up behind us, radiant but with tears in her eyes. She told us how much our presence meant to her, with many of her beloved ones absent.I see now that one’’s presence can be a duty in the highest sense. It is, in fact, something that we owe one another, whatever the cost. In gifts of the self, self is reneweD、"Being there" is indeed at the very core of civility. Which of the following excited the writer at her 40th birthday
A、
A、lot of beautiful flowers and lovely musiC、
B．
A、large gathering of her close friends.
C．The unexpected appearance of her parents.
D．The display of her photographs.

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
根据文中第二段所述，她流泪，感动，是因为老迈的父母不远万里乘飞机横跨美国参加她的生日宴，出乎她的意料之外，C项正确。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>