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Last week I returned to Amherst. It’s been years since I was there, the time I met Tom. I was hoping that Tom would show up agai
Last week I returned to Amherst. It’s been years since I was there, the time I met Tom. I was hoping that Tom would show up agai
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Last week I returned to Amherst. It’s been years since I was there, the time I met Tom. I was hoping that Tom would show up again; I even looked for him, but he didn’t appear. I remember he proudly represented New York City during the few minutes we spoke, so I suspect he’d moved back or maybe he was busy or he didn’t know I was in town. I have a distinct memory of Tom in the signing line, saying nothing to anyone, intense. I assumed he was going to ask me to read a manuscript or help him find an agent, but instead he asked me about an incident in my book. He asked, quietly, if it had happened to me.
Tom caught me completely by surprise.
I wish I had told Tom the truth then, but I was too scared in those days to say anything. Too scared, too committed to my mask. I responded with some vague reply. And that was it. I signed his books. Tom thought I was going to say something, and when I didn’t he looked disappointed. But more than that, he looked abandoned. I could have said anything but instead I turned to the next person in line and smiled. Out of the corner of my eye I watched Tom pick up his backpack, slowly put away his books, and leave. When the signing was over I couldn’t get away from Amherst, from Tom and his question, fast enough. I ran the way I’ve always run. Like death itself was chasing me. For a couple of days afterward I fretted (焦虑不安) ; I worried that I’d given myself away. I tried to forget it and bury it all. Like always.
But I never really did forget. Not our exchange or Tom’s disappointment. How he walked out of the hall with his shoulders hunched (弓起的).
I know this is years too late, but I’m sorry I didn’t answer Tom. I’m sorry I didn’t tell him the truth. I’m sorry for Tom, and for me. We both could have used that truth, I’m thinking. It could have saved me (and maybe Tom) from so much. But I was afraid. I’m still afraid—my fear like continents and the ocean between—but I’m going to speak anyway, because, as Audre Lorde has taught us, my silence will not protect me.
Yes, it happened to me.
What was the author doing when she met Tom?
选项
A、She was signing books.
B、She was busy moving house.
C、She was looking for an agent.
D、She was reading a manuscript.
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。由文章第一段倒数第三句话可知,作者清楚地记得Tom在签名队伍里,一言不发,很紧张。且第三段第五句话提到,作者给Tom的书签名了。故选A。
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