2014届高考英语阅读理解基础测试题 (27).doc

D Mike Ingrarn had been a guard the Ohio State football team in the late 1950s .I believe he may have been captain in his senior year . He isa tough - looking guy ,a hero in Columbus ,a brave fighter ina red — and — gray uniform . One holiday season Jack and I had been at the F&R Lazarus department store downtown, and we saw , carrying a tall pile of boxes , someone who clearly was working in the Lazarus stockroom( 仓库). It was, Mike Ingram , post — Ohio state football player . We stared — how could we help it? And Mike Ingram stopped in his track , looked right back at us, and said , with bite in his tone :“ Yeah , it's me .” Meaning : Go ahead and stare if you must . Couldn ’t really blame him . There was nothing wrong with what he was doing —— be was earning some money in the stockroom . But he was out in the world now, he wasn't where he had been when everything was bathed in sunlight ; he was in Ohio Stadium , hearing the supporting shouts from 78, 000 people who loved him and his teammates . He had moved past that trust of life ’s roles , as everyone does . It was his misfortune to have , been famous very early ; there must have been dozens and dozens of men in their twenties working in the Lazarus stockroom that holiday season , but Mike Ingram was the one sure to rious passers , because he was no longer who he was supposed to be. 68. When the writer met him in Lazarus ,