Question

【题目】 My father was a cemetery（公墓）keeper. When I was a child, he often took me there. Before we left each time, he would lay some stones on some graves（坟墓）.I never asked why. I just thought that was his work.

Yesterday, I visited my sick father. He asked me to go to the cemetery and lay some stones. For some reason, it had to be done that day. I agreed. I hadn't been there for a long time.

When I got there, I found a woman in front of one of the graves I would lay a stone on.As I bent to lay it, I heard her whisper“ Thank you”. It was then that I noticed the date of death on the grave was that same day. The grave was that of a child, only five when he died fifteen years ago.

“ He's my son,” she said. “But, where’s your father? He was always the one to leave the stone.”

I told her that my father was ill but he asked me to do this. It seemed important to him. “Your father’s kindness means more to me than anything else. When my child died, I came often to see him. It is our custom to leave a stone. It tells the one who is here that he is thought of. But, then we moved away from here. so many painful memories…. I was so afraid that he would be alone. But your father marked the grave every time he came. Each time I returned here, I saw that stone and it always comforted me. Your father is the kind of man who would ease the pain of a mother’s heart though we are strangers. Just tell him you saw me today, won’t you?” She said.

It took me a minute to find my voice. That small stone marked the grave of a child and the heart of his mother.

【1】The underlined phrase“ some reason＂ in Paragraph2 refers to(指代)_______.

A. the writer had been away from the cemetery for a long time

B. the woman’s child died on that day fifteen years ago

C. the writer's father was always the one to leave the stone

D. the writer’s father would meet the woman that day

【2】What does the underlined word "ease"in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. IncreaseB. CauseC. ReduceD. Express.

【3】According to the passage， we can infer(推断)___________.

A. the writer understood his father in the end

B. laying stones was part of a cemetery keepers work

C. the woman knew the writers father well fifteen years ago

D. the stone marked the grave of a child and the heart of his mother

【4】What's the best title of the passage?

A. A Strange CustomB. One Small Stone, Unforgotten

C. A Cemetery KeeperD. Painful Memories, Unforgotten

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

这篇短文是一篇记叙文，短文讲述的是作者的父亲是公墓看守人，作者小时候，父亲经常带他去那儿。每次离开的时候，父亲总是会在一些坟墓上放一些石头，作者不知道是怎么回事。后来父亲生病了，让作者代替他去墓地放石头。作者在那里看到了一个女人，从那个女士那里，作者知道了父亲放石头的原因。原来在坟墓上放石头是他们的一个风俗，这代表着有人还想念着死去的人。作者的父亲一直都替他们做着这件事，作者知道了父亲的善良。

【1】推理判断题。根据文章第二段，出于某些原因，这件事情今天不得不做，联系下文第三段，“ It was then that I noticed the date of death on the grave was that same day. ”这句，说明今天这个日子是那位女士孩子死亡的日期。故应选B。

【2】词义猜测题，根据第五段这句话，“I saw that stone and it always comforted me”.那块石头总是能安慰我，所以后半句可以推断出父亲是一个减少了一个母亲内心的痛苦的人，A.增加，B.引起，D.表达。故应选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据短文第五段和第六段的内容可知，作者听了那个女士的话，最终理解了父亲为什么要在坟墓上放石头，也理解了父亲的善良，故A选项符合文意，选A。B选项说“放石头是父亲工作的一部分”，不符合文章意思；这位母亲和作者父亲不认识，他们是陌生人，故C不对；D选项在原文中直接提到了，不是推断的。

【4】主旨大意题。根据文意可知，文章围绕石头这个线索展开，这个小石头宽慰了一个失去孩子的母亲的心，是难以遗忘的。B选项这个题目最能概括文章主题，点明文章主旨，故应选B。

这是一篇记叙文，短文讲述了作者善良的父亲，在坟墓上放石头，宽慰了一个失去孩子的母亲的心。文章叙述清晰，比较容易掌握大意，但文章中有一些难理解的句子，需要在理解中好好体会其中的含义。题目设置有词义猜测题、推理判断题和主旨大意题，有一定的难度。做题时，应先通读短文，了解文章大意；然后根据上下文语境，结合选项，体会文章深意，选择最佳的答案。例如第2小题，这是一个猜测词义的题目，根据第五段这句话，“I saw that stone and it always comforted me”.那块石头总是能安慰我，所以后半句可以推断出父亲是一个减少了一个母亲内心的痛苦的人，A.增加，B.引起，C减少，D.表达。故应选C。再如第3小题，这是一个推断题，根据短文第五段和第六段的内容可知，作者听了那个女士的话，最终理解了父亲为什么要在坟墓上放石头，也理解了父亲的善良，故A选项符合文意，选A。B选项说“放石头是父亲工作的一部分”，不符合文章意思；这位母亲和作者父亲不认识，他们是陌生人，故C不对；D选项在原文中直接提到了，不是推断出来的。