题目内容
13.TravelerMy fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler's checks,and is asleep at the moment.His blue duffel(粗呢) bag lies on the floor where he dropped it.Obviously,he postponed as much sleep as he could:when he walked in and we hugged,his electrical system suddenly switched off,and he headed directly for the bed,where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.
It was his first trip overseas,so weeks before it,I pressed travel books on him,and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things.At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase,he headed for the duffels,saying that suitcases were more for old people.
During the trip,he called home three times:from London,Paris,and a village named Ullapool.Near Ullapool,he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off.In the village,a man spoke to him in Gaelic,and,too polite to interrupt,my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes,trying to nod in the right places.The French he learned from the cassette didn't hold water in Paris.The French he talked to shrugged and walked on.
When my son called,I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word.His voice came through clearly,though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication.When I interrupted him with a"Great!"or a"Really?",I knocked a little hole in his communication.So I just sat and listened.I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure.It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me.In my book,he was the first man to land on the moon,and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.
The unused checks are certainly evidence of that.Youth travels light.No suitcase,not much luggage and a slim expense account,and yet he went to the scene,and came back safely.I sit here amazed.The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you've never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week.
21.During the trip,the author's sonA.
A.didn't have enough sleep B.ran out of money
C.forgot to call his motherD.failed to take good pictures
22.According to the passage which of the following could best describe the author's son?B
A.Polite and careless.
B.Considerate and independent.
C.Creative and stubborn.
D.Self-centered and adventurous.
23.What does the underlined word"that"in the last paragraph refer to?D
A.It is important to listen to your child's story.
B.It's easy to interrupt the chat with your child.
C.The author is proud of her son landing on the moon.
D.The son no longer needs much help from his mother.
24.What can we infer from the passage?D
A.Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.
B.The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
C.Communication between parents and children is extremely important.
D.It's a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore.
分析 本文主要讲述了自己的儿子独自一个人外出度假,并安全归来,也没有使用到自己提供给他的东西.由此说明新一代的年轻人更为自信独立的特点.
解答 21.A 推理判断.根据文章第一段中的My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler's checks,and is asleep at the moment,可知作者的儿子刚旅游回到家的蒙头大睡了,因此可推断他在旅游的过程中缺乏睡眠,故选A项正确.
22.B 推理判断.根据第三段的too polite to interrupt,my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes,由此可推断作者的儿子的其中一个性格是considerate(体贴的,考虑周全的);又根据文章说作者的儿子自己去旅行,很多事情都一个人去处理,也可推断他是一个独立的(independent)的人.结合各个选项的意思,可知选B.
23.D 细节理解.根据划线单词的所在的句子中的上一句的内容,可知上一句所说的是作者作为家长实际上也没有给到他儿子多少的建议和意见,由此分析,可知选D正确.
24.D 推理判断.纵观全文,根据作者对他儿子这次去旅游之前,去的时候给家里打电话以及回来之后的一连串的分析和思考,可知作者认为给予自己孩子足够的自由空间让他们自己去经历和体验是一种双赢的选择,故选D
点评 故事类文章在阅读过程中,我们一直在某个线索的引导下,随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末,因此会感到比较轻松.命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力. 阅读故事类文章时,应注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情节,立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图,根据文章的情节展开合理的想象,从而达到解题的目的.
A. | got over | B. | got on with | C. | got around | D. | got out of |