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Dear Mom,
I haven’t written before for quite a while because I have got no energy. I now get around my room and this floor of the hospital with a walking stick but I can go only a little bit at a time because I’m awfully weak yet. My right leg was taken out of the cast (石膏) several days ago and it’s still as stiff as a board and awfully sore from so much carving around the knee joint. But the surgeon says that eventually it will be all right. I’ve included a picture of me in bed. It looks like my left leg is a stump (残肢), but it really isn’t. Just bent so it looks that way
This war makes us a bit less fools than we were. There isn’t going to be any such thing as “foreigners” for me after the war is won. I’ve gotten Italian pretty well. I’ve picked up quite a lot of Polish and my French is improving. You want to be prepared for a lot of visitors after the war now because I’ve a lot of pals coming to see me in Chicago. I don’t know when I’ll be back. I can’t get in the army and they won’t take me with two shaky legs in the draft (征兵) if I go home. So I might as well stay over here and avoid the awkwardness for a while.
Also Ma, I’m in love again. Now don’t start worrying about me getting married for I’m not. I’m not even going to get engaged. So don’t write any “God Bless U, My Children”: Not for about 10 years. You’re a dear old kid, and still my best girl. God bless you and write me often I love you.
Ernie
21. By mentioning that his right leg would be all right, the writer intends to ___________.
A. show the cruelty of the war B. put his mom’s mind at ease
C. persuade his girlfriend to marry him D. get his mom’s permission to join the army
22. We can learn from the letter that ___________.
A. Ernie is able to speak four foreign languages
B. Ernie hardly made any friends before the war
C. Ernie hopes to keep in touch with his mother
D. Ernie is engaged but hasn’t had the plan for marriage
23. What emotion is mainly conveyed in the letter?
A. Love for Mom. B. Fear about pain.
C. Gratitude for doctors. D. Doubt about friendship.
