题目内容
I was 15. She looked like she was over 70. But on that day. I think she understood me more than anyone else.
Walking into the church that Sunday was hard. I had never let anyone see me cry. But I knew I would cry that day .My grandfather was suddenly ill .The doctors said he might not live much longer. Everyone in my family was crying .Grandpa was the sweetest man in the world .Why was he leaving us?
There weren't many people at church that day. One of them was an old lady sitting at the end of my row. She was smiling. I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better. Soon, my eyes were full of tears. I opened my eyes and saw a hand in front of me. It was giving me a tissue(纸巾)。
The old lady was sitting next to me, smiling. She didn't say a word. She just gave me a tissue and a smile. I tried to thank her, but only tears came out. Then she took my hand. I looked into her eyes. They were clear and blue, and they make me feel peaceful. Her smile said to me :I am with you. Everything will be OK. I closed my eyes again. When I opened them, she wasn't there. I left the church but still couldn't find her. I never saw her again.
My grandfather died the next week. We all cried a lot. But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better.
How did she know how I was feeling ? I wish I could see her again, to say thank you.
1.According to Paragraph 2, what made the whole family cry ?
A. Grandfather's words B. Grandfather's death.
C. The author's cry. D. The doctor's words.
2.The author went to church to _____.
A. pray for grandfather. B. ask the old lady for help.
C. avoid being seen crying. D. thank the old lady.
3.Whose hand does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 3 refer to
A. Grandfather's B. The old lady's.
C. The author's. D. Father's.
4.What do we know about the old lady ?
A. She knows the author. B. She can't speak.
C. She needs understanding. D. She is very kind.
5.What made the author feel better after Grandfather died ?
A. The old lady's words. B. The old lady's smile.
C. The old lady's eyes. D. The old lady's hand
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.B
【解析】文章介绍了教堂里的意为老人帮助我减轻了爷爷给我带来的痛苦。
1.D 细节题。根据第二段2,3行The doctors said he might not live much longer.说明医生的话让全家难受,D正确。
2.A 细节题。根据第三段2,3行I closed my eyes and prayed for my grandfather to get better.说明我去教堂是为爷爷祈祷的。故A正确。
3.B 推理题。根据It was giving me a tissue(纸巾)。说明是这位老妇人给了我纸巾。故B正确。
4.D 推理题。从文章中这位老人所做之事,说明她非常善良,也很体贴。故D正确。
5.B 细节题。根据文章最后一句But when I thought of that old lady's warm smile, I felt a little better. 说明B正确。
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother's words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don't want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father's other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn't afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher's words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cold. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn't want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
【小题1】Which of the following statements about Kerrel’s father is true?
A.He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill. |
B.He depended on the nurses in his final days. |
C.He told no one about his disease. |
D.He worked hard to pay for his medication. |
A.Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher. |
B.Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing. |
C.Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson. |
D.Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher's words. |
A.She was afraid of being looked down upon. |
B.She thought it was shameful to have AIDS. |
C.She found no one willing to listen to her. |
D.She wanted to obey her mother. |
A.To tell people about the sufferings of her father. |
B.To show how little people knew about AIDS. |
C.To remember her father. |
D.To draw people's attention to AIDS. |