When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the 31 of my life as if I were dead, 32 what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that 33 on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t 34 them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years, 35 will they know how much can be learned from 36 with a skull? And what about my books? 37 they can find some place in their 38 for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and 39 it into a Glad trash bag without any 40 , never knowing that it is the only place 41 from the first chess set (棋子)I owned. How many boxes of mine will my children 42 ? Can I trust my children with my 43 ? Every object of our lives is a 44 , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and 45 a tiny truth of the heart. I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are 46 of how alone I am, how alone each of us is, 47 no one knows what any object means except he or she who 48 it. I have the memory of taking it home 49 one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are 50 and permeated（渗透着）with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.
31．A．tasks B．objects C．books D．pictures
32．A．wondering B．designing C．concluding D．weaving
33．A．cries B．sleeps C．sits D．smiles
34．A．educate B．understand C．blame D．strike
35．A．and B．so C．or D．but
36．A．helping B．living C．playing D．speaking
37．A．Honestly B．Luckily C．Naturally D．Surely
38．A．desks B．bags C．apartments D．hearts
39．A．drag B．take C．move D．throw
40．A．hesitation B．love C. care D．worry
41．A．casting B．expanding C．remaining D．shining
42．A．enjoy B．reserve C．find D．prepare
43．A．life B．passion C．respect D．heart
44．A．mark B．pleasure C．belief D．memory
45．A．preventing B．spreading C．protecting D．encouraging
46．A．symbols B．phenomena C．measures D．tracks
47．A．when B．once C．unless D．as
48．A．prefers B．repairs C．owns D．remembers
49．A．like B．for C．with D．to
50．A．strange B．warm C．new D．bitter
答案: 31---35 BACCD 36---40 BDCDA 41---45CBADC 46---50 ADCAB