阅读理解
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and loved the
boy very much. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine
bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and put it back into the
cupboard in the bathroom. However, his wife, busy, in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle, fascinated by its color and drank it all. It
happened to contain a kind of medicine for adults with poisonous and side effects. When the child broke
down,the mother hurried him to the hospital. But he finally died. The mother was shocked. She was
terrified how she was going to face her husband.
When the desperate father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and
voiced five words. The husband just said "I am with you, Darling." The husband's totally unexpected
reaction is a positive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point
in finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would
not have happened. No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that
moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of viewpoint, there would be much fewer problems in the
world. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears and you will find things
are actually not as difficult as you think. Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or whom
to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out some
warmth in human relationship.
1. The uncapped medicine bottle was not put back into the cupboard because ________.
A. the husband was careless
B. the husband was busy
C. the wife wasn't informed of the matter
D. the wife ignored the matter
2. What do we know about the bottle?
A. It contained poison only for adults.
B. It appeared like a nice drink.
C. It was broken by the child.
D. It was kept in the kitchen.
3. The husband's attitude towards his wife can be described as ________.
A. optimistic
B. confident
C. considerate
D. generous
4. What did the writer intend to tell us about life?
A. Let go the negative side and we can enjoy life.
B. It is always useless finding who is responsible.
C. Think of nothing and life will be easy.
D. Life should give way to responsibility.
