A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. Helen Felumlee, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning.

The couple’s eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk (雙層) bed on a ferry rather than sleeping on night apart.

They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody. “We knew when one went, the other was going to go,” she said. According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his children and said, “Mon’s dead.” He quickly began to fade, surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning. “He was ready,” Cody said, “He just didn’t want to leave her here by herself.”

Son Dick said his parents died of old age, surrounded by family.

The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped(私奔)in Newport across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1994. At two days shy of his 21st birthday, Kenneth-who went by Kenny-was too young to marry in Ohio. “He couldn’t wait.’ son Jim said.

Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Post Office. He was active in the church as a Sunday teacher.

Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area. She taught Sunday school, too, but was known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside. “She kept Hallmark in business,” daughter-in-law Debbie joked.

When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus. “He didn’t want to fly anywhere because you couldn’t see anything as you were going,” Jim said.

Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other. “That’s what kept them going,” she said.

1.From the second paragraph we can infer ______.

A. Helen and Kenneth have two children

B. Helen and Kenneth have eight children

C. Helen and Kenneth once stayed on a ferry together

D. Helen and Kenneth loved each other since teenage times

2.From what Cody said, we can learn the children _____.

A. were not in front of their father

B. don’t look after their father

C. foresaw their father would go

D. surrounded their father

3.What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?

A. Helen and Kenneth got married when they didn’t reach the demanded ages.

B. Helen and Kenneth got married after they had known for 2 days.

C. Helen didn’t wait for Kenneth.

D. Kenneth was 22 years old when they got married.

4.How many jobs did Kenneth get?

A. Four. B. Three. C. Two. D. One.

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講的是一對老夫婦自年輕時認識就形影不離,經(jīng)歷了70年的婚姻,兩人相差15小時相繼去世。

1.1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句The couple’s eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, 這對夫婦的八個孩子說兩個人自從青少年時相見就形影不離。故選D。

2.2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第二句“We knew when one went, the other was going to go,”我們知道當(dāng)他們中的一個去世后,另一個不久也將會走的?芍麄兊暮⒆宇A(yù)測到他們的父親不久也將會去世,故選C。

3.3】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段中的Kenny-was too young to marry in Ohio.可知在Ohio,Kenny太年輕而不能結(jié)婚。因此可知選A。

4.4】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Post Office. He was active in the church as a Sunday teacher. 肯尼斯在成為一個郵局的郵差之前擔(dān)任鐵路檢車員和修理工。他積極參加教會星期日的老師。從這里可知他得到了四份工作,故選A。

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