题目内容
It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.
Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.
My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she
cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.”
On the way we met Mrs. Patric, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys’ kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.
Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly.
It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housed. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn’t mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.”
The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park, see duck.” “I can’t go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too tired to walk that far.”
My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “It’s a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet there’s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”
I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on,” I told my little girl. “You’re right, it’s too good a day to miss.”
Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath(余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of --- what dark and horrible things?
“Say!” A smile sipped out from his lips. “Do you remember --- no, of course you wouldn’t. It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”
I hardly dared speak. “Remember what?”
“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”
- 1.
Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought______.
- A.she was too old to fly kites
- B.her husband would make fun of her
- C.she should have been doing her housework
- D.her girls weren’t supposed to the boy’s games
- A.
- 2.
By “we were all beside ourselves writer means that they all ______.
- A.felt confused
- B.went wild with joy
- C.looked on
- D.forgot their fights
- A.
- 3.
What did the author think after the kite-flying?
- A.The boys must have had more fun than the girls
- B.They should have finished their work before playing
- C.Her parents should spend more time with them
- D.All the others must have forgotten that day
- A.
- 4.
Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?
- A.She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother
- B.She was reminded of the day they flew kites
- C.She had finished her work in the kitchen
- D.She thought it was a great day to play outside
- A.
- 5.
The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that ______.
- A.the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
- B.his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
- C.childhood friendship means so much to the writer
- D.people like him really changed a lot after the war
- A.
试题分析:本文讲述了小时候放风筝的一件快乐的事情对我有很大的影响,让我记住了那样的快乐而且很多人有和我一样的想法。
1.C 推理题。根据文章第四段1,2行On the way we met Mrs. Patric, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. There never was such a day for flying kites!可知她们也没有做家务,出来放风筝了。故C正确。2.B
2.B 推理题。根据下句Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies.可知父母亲和孩子都玩得忘记了自己应该做的事情了,玩得非常开心。故B正确。
3.D 细节题。根据文章第8段最后一句I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.可知我以为人们把这件事情都忘记了。故D正确。
4.B 推理题。根据文章My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “It’s a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet there’s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”
I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on,” I told my little girl. “You’re right, it’s too good a day to miss.”
可知她同意带女儿出去是因为她想起了小时候出去玩的快乐。故B正确。
5.A 推理题。根据文章最后一段“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”可知记住那一次愉快经历的人有很多,不仅仅是作者一个。故A正确。
考点:考察故事类短文阅读
点评:本文讲述了小时候放风筝的一件快乐的事情对我有很大的影响,让我记住了那样的快乐而且很多人有和我一样的想法。推理判断题不仅要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系,结合自己的生活常识和经验,再通过逻辑推理和判断,理解文章的言外之意,从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的,读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到,因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文,在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据,即:已知部分-推论的前提,从中推测出未知部分-推理的结论,切忌妄加评论,把自己的观点当成作者的观点。
On Sunday while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought about my dad a lot. By the time I called to tell him that I loved him, he had already gone to bed. So I wrote the following to show what my dad means to me.
About 28 years ago, my dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for the auction(拍卖会). Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it there.
One day, I was riding with my dad to Shreveport for the auction when he found a hitchhiker(搭车者)with a backpack. As soon as dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name and continued to talk to him about all sorts of things. I can’t recall why but he told dad a lot of terrible things that had occurred to him. I sat in the back seat and watched the scene with amazement. I could see that the hitchhiker changed his attitude as he could tell someone who was really listening to him.
We drove another forty-five minutes before we had to exit the interstate(州际公路). We pulled over and dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill and then a the-dollar bill.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I just witnessed. I was always told everyone to never pick up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. I’m sure that it made that poor man’s day, probably a month to follow.
While reflecting upon that story, I learned a lot about my dad and life. I learned that if you come from a place of service or compassion, you can change people’s lives. Just one single kind act can change someone’s life. It never occurred to my dad about not stopping to help him.
This is the type of person my dad is. Thank you for setting such high standards for me to follow.
Dad, I love you. Happy Father’s Day!
1.The author and his dad met a hitchhiker(搭车者)_______.
A.when they were just warned not to pick up a stranger |
B.on their way to Shreveport to sell a car |
C.on their way to the west for a trip |
D.when their car was running out of gas |
2.What do we learn about the hitchhiker from the passage?
A.Something unpleasant occurred to him. |
B.He was going to the auction. |
C.At first he didn’t believe in the author. |
D.It was he who bought the author’s car. |
3.How did the author feel about his dad’s behavior at that time?
A.Angry |
B.Appreciated |
C.Surprised |
D.Ashamed |
4.What did the author learn from his father?
A.Just a single kind act can make a difference. |
B.Try learning to be a good listener. |
C.Set high standards for yourself in life. |
D.Offering a ride to a stranger is dangerous. |