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用心 爱心 专心1 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 江苏专用 高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 江苏专用 专题专题 2 2 阅读理解阅读理解 2626 35 分钟 A A I think it was my mother who taught me the meaning of honesty Not because she actually was honest but because she lied all the time She felt that the easiest way out of any given situation was generally the best way out And for her that generally meant telling a little white lie As a young child I thought it was kind of cool And naturally when I would come to her with a concern or question wondering what I should do she generally advised me to lie Mom I told Theresa that I would go over to her house but now I would rather go to Sue s house to play Tell Theresa you re sick she would advise And generally I did But I didn t seem blessed with her lack of conscience On many painful occasions Theresa would find out that I really went to Sue s house without her These occasions taught me that it is more painful to be caught in a lie than it is to tell the truth in the first place I wondered how it was possible that my mother had never learned that lesson I started thinking of all the lies that I d heard her tell I remembered the time she told someone that her favorite restaurant had closed because she didn t want to see them there anymore Or the time she told Dad that she loved the lawn mower he gave her for her birthday Or when she claimed that our phone lines had been down when she was trying to explain why she hadn t been in touch with a friend of hers for weeks And what bothered me even more were all the times she had involved me into her lies Like the time she told my guidance counselor that I had to miss school for exploratory surgery when she really needed me to babysit And it even started to bother me when someone would call for her and she would ask me to tell them that she wasn t there So I started my own personal fight against her dishonesty When I answered the 用心 爱心 专心2 phone and it was someone my mother didn t want to talk to I said Louise mom is here but she doesn t want to talk to you The first time I did it she punished me but I refused to apologize I told her that I had decided that it was wrong to lie And the next time it happened I did the same thing Finally she approached me and said I agree that lying is not the best thing to do but we need to find a way to be honest without being rude She admitted that her methods weren t right and I admitted that mine were a bit too extreme Over the past few years the two of us have worked together to be honest and yet kind Honesty should mean more than not lying It should mean speaking the truth in kindness Though I started by trying to teach my mom the importance of honesty I ended up gaining a deeper understanding of the meaning of the term 1 The author s mother A thought white lies were not lies B helped the author get out of trouble with white lies C told the author to lie when in trouble D taught the author the importance of being honest 2 The author A was thankful to her mother s advice B felt more 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even greater international recognition outside of the world of opera he participated in The Three Tenors 男高音 concert at the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final in Rome with Jos Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti The event was originally planned to raise money for the Jos Carreras International Leukemia 白血病 Foundation and was later repeated a number of times including at the three later World Cup finals 1994 in Los Angeles 1998 in Paris and 2002 in Yokohama Alone Domingo again made an appearance at the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin along with rising stars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villaz n On 24 August 2008 Domingo performed a duet with Song Zuying singing i de Hu y n The Flame of Love at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing The Beijing Olympics were the second Olympics he performed at he sang the Olympic Hymn at the closing ceremonies of the Barcelona Olympics At the Olympic games that followed he would meet Sissel Kyrkjeb who performed the Olympic Hymn at both the opening and closing ceremonies at those games In what has been called his final career move Pl cido Domingo announced on 25 January 2007 that in 2009 he would take on one of Verdi s most demanding baritone 男中音 roles singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra The first performance was at Berlin State Opera on October 24 followed by 29 other performances during 2009 2010 at major opera houses around the world He would however continue to sing tenor roles beforehand and afterwards On 16 17 April 2008 he sang during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals Park and at the Italian embassy in Washington D C Since 1990 Pl cido Domingo has received many awards and honors for his achievement in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities On 15 March 2009 The Metropolitan Opera celebrated Domingo s 40th anniversary with the company with an on stage gala dinner at the Met s 125th anniversary in honour of his first performance in 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