【阅读理解Imadeapromisetomyselfonthewaydowntothevacationbeachcottage．FortwoweeksIwouldtrytobealovinghusbandandfather．Totallyloving．Noifsandsorbuts．Th】

　　阅读理解

　　Imadeapromisetomyselfonthewaydowntothevacationbeachcottage．FortwoweeksIwouldtrytobealovinghusbandandfather．Totallyloving．Noifsandsorbuts．

　　TheideahadcometomeasIlistenedtoatalkonmycarradio．ThespeakerwasquotingaBiblicalpassageabouthusbandsandtheirwives．Thenhewentontosay“Loveisanactofwill．Apersoncanchoosetolove．”TomyselfIhadtoadmitthatIhadbeenaselfishhusband．Wellfortwoweeksthatwouldchange．

　　Anditdid．OnarrivingatthebeachcottageIkissedEvelynmeetingmeatthedoorandsaid“Thatnewyellowsweaterlooksgreatonyou．”“OhTomyounoticed”shesaidsurprisedandpleased．Maybealittlepuzzled．AfterthelongdriveIwantedtositandread．Evelynsuggestedawalkonthebeach．IstartedtorefusebutthenIthought“Evelyn'sbeenaloneherewiththekidsallweekandnowshewantstobealonewithme．”Wewalkedonthebeachwhilethechildrenflewtheirkites．

　　Soitwent．TwoweeksofnotcallingtheWallStreetfirmwhereIamadirector;avisittotheshellmuseumthoughIusuallyhatemuseums．Relaxedandhappythat'showthewholevacationpassed．Imadeanewpromisetokeeponrememberingtochooselove．

　　Therewasonethingthatwentwrongwithmyexperimenthowever．EvelynandIstilllaughaboutittoday．OnthelastnightatourcottagepreparingforbedEvelynstaredatmewiththesaddestexpression．

　　“What'sthematter?”Iaskedher．

　　“Tom”shesaidinavoicefilledwithdistress“Idon't?”

　　“Whatdoyoumean?”

　　“Well…thatcheckupIhadseveralweeksago…ourdoctor…didhetellyousomethingaboutme?Tomyou'vebeensogoodtome…amIdying?”

　　Ittookamomentforitalltobeunderstood．ThenIburstoutlaughing．

　　“Nohoney”Isaidwrappingherinmyarms．“You'renotdying;I'mjuststartingtolive．”

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　　FromthestorywemayinferthatTomdrovetothebeachcottage________．

　　[]A．

　　withhisfamily