2011-2012年上学期兴化市高三英语好题集阅读理解4.docVIP

2011-2012年上学期兴化市高三英语好题集：阅读理解4 ﹙一﹚ The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began－ a few flakes first, in the dull gray late－ afternoon sky, and then wind－ driven swirls around the edges of their wide front porch﹙门廊﹚. He stood by her side at the window, watching Sharp gusts of snow billow, then swirl and drift to the ground. All around the neighborhood, lights came on, and the naked branches of the trees turned white. After dinner he built a fire, going out for wood he had piled against the garage the previous autumn. The air was bright and cold against his face, and the snow in the driveway was already halfway to his knees. He gathered logs, shaking off their soft white caps and carrying them inside. The kindling﹙因火柴﹚ caught fire immediately, and ha sat for a time at the stove, cross－legged, adding logs, watching the flames leap, and feeling sleepy. Outside, snow continued to fall quietly through the darkness, bright and thick. By the time he rose and looked out of the window, their car had become a soft white hill on the edge of the street. Already his footprints in the driveway had filled and disappeared. He brushed ashes from his hands and sat on the sofa beside his wife, her feet propped on pillow, her swollen ankles crossed, a copy of Dr.Spock balanced on her belly. Absorbed, she licked her index finger absently each time she turned a page. Her hands were slender, her finger short and sturdy, and she bit her bottom lip lightly, intently, as she read. Watching her, he felt a rush of love and wonder: that she was his wife, that their baby, due in just three weeks, would soon be born. Their first child, this would be. They had been married just a year. She looked up, smiling, when he tucked the blanket around her legs.揧ou know, I have wondering what －it－ is like,” she said.“Before we are born, I mean. It is too bad we can not remember.” She opened her robe and pulled up the sweater she wore underneath, revealing a belly as round and h