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【题目】My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.

One of us was always in Ollie's hospital room--either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce's wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.

“I don't want to leave you, dad, ” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen. ” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes, ”he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know. ” A few days later, around 2 p. m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It's a boy, ” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called, ” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o' clock. ”

Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.

【1】Ollie didn't travel to Florida because __________________.

A. he could hardly be able to speak

B. he was too weak to travel

C. he could not afford the trip

D. he was waiting for his grandchild to be born

【2】Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?

A. Ollie didn't want his son to be absent when his baby was born.

B. Ollie wanted Bruce to bring the baby along as soon as it was born.

C. Ollie thought it was too much trouble for Bruce to stay at hospital.

D. Ollie couldn't bear his son seeing him dying with a broken heart.

【3】The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to__________.

A. Disappointedly B. Immediately

C. Excitedly D. Unwillingly

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Ollie and his wife had planned to settle in Florida.

B. Ollie cared for his son more than his daughter.

C. Ollie died happy and in peace.

D. Ollie was sad about not being able to see his first grandchild.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】细节理解题。由“Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak.”可知，当时Ollie已经严重地生病了，身体非常虚弱，几乎都不能说话了。故选B。他身体太虚弱而不能去佛罗里达旅行。

【2】细节理解题。由““When the baby comes, ”he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know. ””可知，Ollie说，当这个孩子出生时，你是第一个看见孩子的人。所以Ollie 想让 Bruce陪伴Gwen是为了不想让Bruce缺席孩子的降临。故选A。

【3】词义猜测题。根据上下文可知，Bruce的父亲病重，自己却不能陪伴左右，必须听从父亲最后的希望，回家陪伴临盆的老婆，所以离开的时候是不情愿的，unwillingly，副词，不情愿地。故选D。

【4】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.”可知当听说Gwen两点左右生了一个健康的宝宝后，Ollie了却了心愿，那晚，他在睡梦中死去。所以，Ollie最后离世之时应该是了却了心愿，安宁平静地离去的。故选C。