哈尔滨市2014高考英语阅读理解、动词短语精讲讲练（三十一）及答案.docVIP

哈尔滨市2014高考英语阅读理解、动词短语精讲讲练（31）及答案 I left baseball, not for physical reasons but because it was my season for change. So I decided to walk away and once I did, like the vast majority of players, I was lost. It would be the first time since I learned to swing a bat that I would spend an entire summer without ever putting on a uniform. Once you leaves the pitch it’s no longer you against that fastball, it is you against yourself. So you swim around trying to figure out what young, retired baseball players do with their lives. For me, the moment was completely without the guiding wisdom of my father, who could communicate with me with just a nod of his head, but he passed away two years ago. Since my retirement, I have searched for the next passion. It is a discouraging journey, and many players never find that next love, even though they kept looking. Of course my father could never be replaced. His passion was writing. He left behind a body of poetry that guides me now. I didn’t stay lost forever. I found something that I wasn’t looking for: a voice through writing. Writing introduced me to people who were otherwise strangers and made them guests at my table. Only later did I understand that this would be a bridge to understanding my father in another way. A way that led me to connect to a passion I didn’t realize we both shared. After my first book was published, I realized that writing was passion and even therapy(疗法), but now I also thought that maybe I’d found my next profession. Thankfully, I always knew my father was proud of me. But despite living the dream of so many Americans and reaching its highest level, I have no doubt that he would be even prouder of what I am doing with my words. Words that I can leave for my son to read one day. 53. Why couldn’t his father offer him any help at the moment? A. Because his father had been dead for two years. B. Because his father was busy writing poems. C. Because his father was away on business. D. Because his fath