Question

A few days ago I got a call from my old college friend whom I haven’t seen for a very long time. The topic, which was about all the good old times that we had changed to a touching story when he started talking about his father.

His father’s declining health made him stay at the hospital. Because of his illness, his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often talked to himself. My friend, who had not been able to sleep for a few days as he had to keep watching his father’s condition, became annoyed and told his father to keep silent and try to get some sleep. His father said that he really wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him company.

After his father finished talking, he fell unconscious (失去知觉). My friend was very sorry for speaking the ill words towards his father. My friend, whom I knew as a tough person, cried as a baby on the other end of the telephone. He said that from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.

Often, we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years, months, days, hours or even minutes. But do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they) live? From the day we were born to our adulthood, and even when deaths come to us, they are always at our side.

Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a seemingly innocent （天真无邪的）word of “no” come out from our mouths. We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be no more complaints that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents. No more complaints come out from our mouths when we feel that our parents have treated us like little children. There are so many unlucky ones who have neither fathers nor mothers. They long to have the things that we most complain about, but never have them.

Actually, it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.

1.Which of the following word can be used to describe the writer’s friend?

A．Sad              B．Sorry             C．Regretful          D．Pitiful

2.What does the underlined word “rectify” mean in Para. 3?

A．put…right                             B．recite…by heart

C．realize                                D．recognize

3.What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A．Your parents will keep talking to themselves when they are old.

B．Be good to your parents when you still have the chance.

C．You will regret in your life if you don’t show your kindness to your parents.

D．It is not easy to take good care of sick old parents.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

        

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章写了作者一个朋友的爸爸生病住院了，但是他的爸爸老是自言自语，他的朋友因此睡不好，所以很烦他的爸爸，之后他的爸爸昏迷不醒了，朋友很是懊悔，每天祈祷爸爸早日清醒过来，他一定好好对他的爸爸。通过这件事，作者告诉我们趁现在还有机会一定要好好孝敬父母。

1.推断题。根据第三段t from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.从那时开始，作者的朋友每天都在祈祷上帝让他的爸爸从昏迷中醒来，如果他的爸爸能清醒过来，他保证，无论他的爸爸说什么，他都会很高兴的听着。由此，我们可推断出作者朋友的心情是非常懊悔的。故选C

2.推断题。由第三段His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.他只希望上帝给他一个弥补过错的机会。可知，rectify的意思是弥补，改正，故选A

3.主旨题。作者通过写朋友的爸爸生病昏迷之后，朋友很懊悔之前对爸爸没有耐心这件事，想告诉我们趁现在还有机会，要对父母好一些。故选B

考点：人生百味类议论文

点评：文章重在理解作者的感情基调，从全文来看，作者通过朋友的事例来表达我们要趁现在还有机会对父母亲要更有耐心，更加的关怀这一主题，由此可见对于议论文的文章重在把握作者的感情色彩，答题时不断提醒自己作者在讲什么，作者的是在褒义还是在贬斥，这一点非常重要。