首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
My husband Christopher was once a financial planner. Even though he couldn’t balance our budget, his clients trusted him implici
My husband Christopher was once a financial planner. Even though he couldn’t balance our budget, his clients trusted him implici
admin
2013-08-03
110
问题
My husband Christopher was once a financial planner. Even though he couldn’t balance our budget, his clients trusted him implicitly and he made them feel secure. In exchange they paid him very well. We had a nice life then, except for the occasional blip on the radar screen of our relationship—nothing that couldn’t be solved with a few soft words or a trip to the bedroom. Usually little tiffs about money. My yoga studio was just starting to make a profit, and I had recently decorated it in a lovely minimalist way, in neutral tones with simple prints and accents like straw-coloured silk cushions and clay flowerpots. At last, I was in control of my working life and poured my heart and soul into making it succeed
When we first met, I fell hard for Christopher right away, although I wouldn’t call it love. I’d never been with a man who was prettier than I was, but after a while I got used to it, and it didn’t bother me so much. I was recovering from a broken heart and needed something to help me move on. If it wasn’t love, it was good enough, and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chance, knowing that it might be my last.
Things started out so well. I was working steadily and Christopher was patiently climbing up the ladder in his department. Then, without any warning, one overcast winter afternoon in year five, he just upped and left his desk in the gray cubicle at the bank, handed in his resignation, and came home and told me he wanted to start an interior design business.
He has always loved mixing and matching, and has a real eye for colour, texture, and shape, but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn’t something we had ever discussed I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he would take a few months off over the spring and summer to relax, do a project or two, and get the idea out of his system. I didn’t believe he could be serious. But once he had a few clients,(thanks to my sister who has a lot of rich friends), he began to draw up plans, ordering catalogues and scouting vintage furniture shops, turning our empty workshop into a kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall. After spending a lot of time and money on all of this preparation, and really doing quite a nice job of it, he called each client in turn and apologized, saying he wasn’t well and wouldn’t be able to design their living spaces after all. Then he went to bed
As to Christopher’s resignation, the author felt
选项
A、angry.
B、shocked
C、unexpected
D、ridiculous.
答案
C
解析
态度题。由resignation定位至第三段第三句,该句提到“without any warning”,接着第四段首句指出“…butthe idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn’t something we had ever discussed”,再由第四段第三句“Ididn’t believe he could be serious.”可以判断,作者对丈夫辞职一事感到非常意外,故[C]为答案。文章没有提到她感到愤怒,震惊或者觉得这件事十分可笑,排除其余三项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ghLK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Youshouldhaveputthemilkintotheice-box;1expectit_____undrinkable.
WriteonANSWERSHEETTWOacompositionofabout200wordsonthefollowingtopic:TheFirstDayofMyUniversityLifeMar
ScholarsoftenfailtoseethatmusicplayedanimportantroleinthepreservationofAfricancultureintheUnitedStates.They
Publicofficialsandcandidatesforpublicofficeroutinelyusepublicopinionpollstokeeptrackofwhatthepeoplearethinki
"I’malittleworriedaboutmyfuture,"saidDustinHoffmaninTheGraduate.Heshouldbesolucky.Allhehadtoworryaboutw
Manyatime______goodadvicewhichsavesmefrommakingstupidmistakes.
Let’sgoonapicnicthisweekend,______?
WhatdoesTheMomentofIsaacNewtonrefertointhenews?
Callyourdoctorforadviceifthe______persistformorethanafewdays.
You’rebusyfillingouttheapplicationformforapositionyoureallyneed;let’sassumeyouonceactuallycompletedacoupleo
随机试题
A、Choosetobepositive.B、Askfriendsforhelp.C、Writeabiographyforoneself.D、Jointheamy.A短文开头提到,我们不能选择逆境,但我们能改变自己对待逆境的
参与组成胸廓下口的结构有()
蛋白质生理价值的高低,主要决定于
普通X线摄影用的管电压范围是
根据《道路交通安全法》,下列______情况中不得超车:a前车正在左转弯、掉头、超车的;b前车车速达到限速标准的;c前车为执行紧急任务的警车、消防车、救护车、工程救险车的;d与对面来车有会车可能的。
【2012年临沂市真题】老师:同学们。端午节快到了,我非常想到你们各家去过端午节,哪位同学愿意请我?学生:(都面露喜色,大声喊)到我家!到我家!老师:很高兴大家都愿意请我。但我只能去一家,这样吧,谁会做菜,而且做得好,我就到谁
A、 B、 C、 D、 C由对角线组成的两个阴影面为相对面,排除A;B项顶面和正面的阴影不应以边相接,排除B;C项可由给出图形折出;D项的正面和右侧面应为相对面,排除D。此题选C。
用来衡量收入分配的不平等程度的指标是()。
《唐律疏议.断狱律》:“诸疑罪,各依所犯,以赎论。即疑狱,法官执见不同,得为异议,议不得过三。罪有疑难谳,从赎。疑,谓虚实之证等,是非之理均;或事涉疑似,旁无证见;或旁有闻证,是非似疑之类。”请运用中国法制史的知识和理论,分析上述文字并回答下列问
Anargumentmadebysupportersofsmokingwasthat______.Theauthorassociatestheissueofglobalwarmingwiththatofsmoki
最新回复
(
0
)