Question

Some time ago, a friend of mine punished his three-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight（困窘的）, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” He was embarrassed by his earlier over-reaction, but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty.

He shouted at her loudly, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside of it?”

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my love. All for you, Daddy.”

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her for forgiveness（原谅）. My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years. Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary（假想的）kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children. There is no more precious possession（财产）anyone could hold.

1.Why did the father punish his daughter?

A. Because the girl had torn his favourite paper.

B. Because the girl was wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.

C. Because the girl took the box under the Christmas tree away.

D. Because the father was in bad temper（脾气）.

2.Why did the father become angry again when he opened his present?

A. Because the present is not suitable for him.

B. Because his daughter didn’t know that when she gives someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside of it.

C. Because he hated receiving present.

D. Because he found that the present box was empty.

3.What kind of present did the little girl give her father?

A. The little girl had put her kisses in the box as a present.

B. The little girl had kissed the box as a present.

C. The little girl had filled the box with gold wrapping paper.

D. The little girl had filled the box with air.

4.How did the father feel after he listened to his daughter’s explanation?

A. Happy. B. Sorry.

C. Crazy. D. Impatient.

5.What’s the meaning of the last sentence—“There is no more precious possession（财产）anyone could hold.”?

A. The possession is too heavy to hold.

B. There’s no more precious thing for us to hold.

C. It’s not necessary to hold the possession.

D. The present contained with children’s love and kisses is the most precious thing.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章通过一个亲情故事，向读者传达了“孩子对父母的爱是无私的”这样的观点。在经济困难的大背景下，女儿用金色包装纸来包装礼物被父亲看作是一种浪费。而当得知里面装有女儿满满的爱时，父亲意识到自己做错了。

1.punished his three-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper”可知，父亲惩罚三岁女儿，是因为她浪费了一卷金色包装纸，故选B。

2.but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty”可知，父亲又一次发脾气，是因为他发现礼物盒是空的，故选D。

3.it’s not empty. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my love.”可知，女儿送给父亲的礼物不是空的，里面装满了女儿对父亲的爱，故选A。

4.The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her for forgiveness（原谅）. ”可知，听女儿的解释之后，父亲感到特别后悔，并请求女儿的原谅。A开心的；B抱歉的；C疯狂的；D没有耐心的，故选B。

5.each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children.”可知，作者认为，作为父母，我们的孩子为我们送上了一个装满无条件的爱的金盒子，而这是世界上最珍贵的礼物了。故选D。

考点：亲情类短文阅读