题目内容
My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. Dad worked in Plant C. Lying beside Lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall. Sometimes my mother would take my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. She’d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.
“Wave to daddy!” she’d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air. I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery (手术) on his shoulder and hand. At 48, he had his first heart attack. He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college. But the damage was done. A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.
I saw my dad in plant C only once, when I took dinner to him. That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.
Recently my father’s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there. I knew my father never wanted me to see it. At every station, he described the job and the danger. It was like listening to a foreign language. I walked past many DANGER signs. Toby put his hand on my shoulder. “Look”, he said, “you need to understand something. Your dad was a maintenance mechanic. He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it. ”
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college. I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this note: “Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.”
【小题1】What is the purpose of the passage?
A.In memory of the author’s mother | B.to know about what the father did. |
C.In memory of the author’s father. | D.to remind the family to live well. |
A.He didn’t suffer a heart attack until he retired. |
B.He always faced danger while working. |
C.He was satisfied with his job. |
D.He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all. |
A.her father was fixing a broken machine. |
B.she didn’t recognize her father. |
C.she understood him about his bad temper. |
D.her father was angry about her coming. |
A.felt familiar with the job | B.decided to do the same work. |
C.wanted to learn a foreign language | D.felt much puzzled |
A.get encouraged by her grandfather | B.overcome all difficulties by wearing it |
C.remember her grandfather | D.follow her grandfather’s work |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
解析试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文,记叙了作者的父亲不想让他的孩子们知道他是干什么的,他的工作很危险,某一天他父亲因德拉心脏病而去世了,作者为了纪念自己的父亲,给自己女儿一个帽子
【小题1】推理题,由本文的主要意思“作者的父亲由于心脏病去世了,在生前他工作很危险”,可以推出答案,故选C。
【小题2】细节题。由倒数第二段最后一句He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it.可以知道答案,所以选B。
【小题3】细节题,由第三段最后一句and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.可以知道答案,所以选C
【小题4】细节题,由第一段第一句My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. 可以知道答案,所以选D
【小题5】推理题,由最后一段最后一句Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.可以推出答案,所以选A
考点:本篇是一篇记叙文
点评:本文记叙了作者的父亲由于心脏病去世了,在生前他工作很危险的故事。做细节题的关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点。
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
【小题1】What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A.He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
B.He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings. |
C.He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true. |
D.He refused to take the list and have a look at it. |
A.Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true. |
B.Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. |
C.Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. |
D.Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. |
A.Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend |
B.The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
C.My Father |
D.My Childhood |
I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划)to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.” Do you know what you have done?” they said, “It’s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor.”
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.” He didn’t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word,” My father, who is a great man, is also small.” At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.
【小题1】The writer thought Amery” a fair game” because the boy .
A.was of similar size |
B.was fond of games |
C.looked like an animal |
D.was good at sports |
A.he was laughed at by other boys |
B.he played a joke on an outstanding athlete |
C.Amery turned out to be in the same grade |
D.he pushed Amery hard and hurt him |
A.challenged Amery | B.threatened Amery |
C.admired his father | D.tried to please Amery |
A.The writer could run faster than Amery. |
B.Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior. |
C.The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes. |
D.Amery was a student in Grade Four. |