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 mother’s wedding band may not have been fancy or expensive, but to me, it was a priceless jewel. When I was growing up, m
My mother’s wedding band may not have been fancy or expensive, but to me, it was a priceless jewel. When I was growing up, m
admin
2019-03-13
19
问题
My mother’s wedding band may not have been fancy or expensive, but to me, it was a priceless jewel.
When I was growing up, my mother had a ring she never took off. It was the only ring I ever saw her wear during my childhood. (91)
It was a silvery copper ring with an oblong metallic piece upon which two hearts were attached in the center.
She wore it when she swept, when she mopped, when she made her large mound of golden flour tortillas, when she sewed on her treadle Singer sewing machine and when she washed clothes on the rubboard.
She didn’t really have any other jewelry, and, in fact, I remember my father saying that he didn’t even buy her a ring when they were married. He hadn’t thought about it, and during the ceremony, they had borrowed her brother Charlie’s ring.
The years passed. (92)
My father, who had come from Mexico in 1920 to try to earn a living, worked long, long hours at the service station he operated.
And my mother, who was also from Mexico, toiled at home, keeping house for her husband and eight youngsters. With his hard work and her thriftiness, they sent their first son off to college, then another child and then another.
The older children helped with the expenses of the younger ones.
Just as the last two children were graduating from college, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, but my mother lived on for another twenty-three years. Their children had become lawyers, businessmen and teachers. (93)
In the last years of her life, my mother was finally able to enjoy the luxuries that had always denied her.
She was even able to buy some jewelry, which, I was surprised to learn, she really loved.
A few years before she died, she told me that she wanted her jewelry to go to her granddaughters. And when she died, it was done. A diamond ring to this one, a pearl ring to that one, an opal ring to another, and so it went.
Then I discovered it: her first ring. Now I could identify the metal. The ring was a thin, fragile thing by now, a small strip of stainless steel attached to two hearts on either side of an oblong-shaped piece of copper. It had been worn so long that the copper had become unattached to the circle. Its value was naught.
I took the ring, polished it with a cloth and carried it to the bank to place in a safety deposit box. (94)
To me, it was a gem that symbolized the sacrifices my mother had made for us and the values of her life.
How many years had she worn it? How many times had she denied herself so that we might succeed? Why did she save this ring when it seemed worthless? Was it a symbol to her, too?
The rest of my family doesn’t quite understand this, but (95)
when I look at that ring, I see the brilliance of the love that my mother showed us every day of her life.
选项
答案
它是一枚镀银的铜戒指,长方形的金属底座中间镶着两颗心
解析
(which指代metallic piece,oblong长方形的,椭圆形的。attach意为“附着,附属”,这里理解为“镶嵌”。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xfNK777K
本试题收录于:
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
______myfinishingreadingthenovel,youcanhaveitimmediately.
Peoplevolunteerfordifferentreasons,butprobablymostofusvolunteerinordertotrytoimprovelifeforother.However,ge
Thecolourfulillustrationsincludedintheneweditionofthebookmakeit______attractive.
—WasthedrivingpleasantwhenyouvacationedinCanadalastsummer?—No,it______formanydayswhenwearrived,sotheroadswe
ThePoseidonEffectLateoneautumndayatthelocalswimmingpoolinAncenis,France,an18-year-oldnamedJean-FrancoisLe
Esquire1Year,12IssuesPrice:$7.97Esquireisalifestylemagazineaimedatprofessionalmen.Thegoaloftheeditorsisto
HowHealthyAreYou?Goodhealthisnotsomethingyouareabletobuyatthedrugstore,andyoucan’tdependongettingitb
HowHealthyAreYou?Goodhealthisnotsomethingyouareabletobuyatthedrugstore,andyoucan’tdependongettingitb
InBritain,thetraditionalwhiteweddinginavillagechurch,within-lawswearingsillyhats,isgoingoutoffashion.Onein
随机试题
OneofthegreatestkillersintheWesternworldisheartdisease.Thedeathrate(率)fromthediseasehasbeenincreasingatan
乳癌术后的康复锻炼包括
筛查早期宫颈癌最常用的方法是
患者突然昏仆,不省人事,肢体软瘫,目合口张,鼻鼾息微,手撒肢冷,汗多。二便自遗,舌痿,脉微欲绝。其中风属
在民事诉讼中,对于被告的确认,下列说法正确的是:()
近年来.国家不断加大西藏太阳能应用的投资,西藏有关部门也更加重视太阳能的开发和利用,太阳能属于“绿色能源”,它的利用不仅是西藏常规能源短缺的一个很好的补充,对西藏的环境保护也有着积极作用。据此回答下列问题。下列关于青藏高原太阳能丰富原因的说法中不正确的
A、 B、 C、 D、 D
政策性亏损是指为保证国民经济的协调发展和人民生活的安定,企业在实现政府规定的社会公益服务目标,生产经营某种商品的过程中,由于国家限价等原因而产生的亏损,发生这类亏损,由财政部门审核后给予合理补偿。根据上述定义,下列属于政策性亏损的是:
阅读下列说明,回答【问题1】至【问题3】,将解答填入答题纸的对应栏内。【说明】某酒店拟构建一个信息系统以方便酒店管理及客房预订业务运作活动,该系统的部分功能及初步需求分析的结果如下所述:(1)酒店有多个部门,部门信息包括部门号
A、Theyusuallysay"Idon’tknow"inordertosavetime.B、Theymaygiveatouristawronganswersoastobepolite.C、Theycon
最新回复
(
0
)