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阅读理解 　　I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill．It was 1994．But I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday．“Kernel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．” 　　AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him． 　　We couldn’t afford all the necessary medicine for him, because Dad was unable to work．I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely lost．The teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage． 　　I did not share my burden(负担)with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself． 　　I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life． 　　I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him．Having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me, he didn’t want to call attention to AIDS．I do now． (1) What does Kernel tell us about her father? [　　] A． He had stayed in hospital since he fell ill． B． He depended on the nurses in his final days． C． He worked hard to pay for his medication． D． He told no one about his disease． (2) What can we learn from the underlined sentences? [　　] A． Kernel couldn’t understand her teacher． B． Kernel had special difficulty in hearing． C． Kernel was too troubled to focus on the lesson． D． Kernel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words． (3) Why did Kernel keep her father’s disease a secret? [　　] A． She was afraid of being looked down upon． B． She didn’t want to tell others． C． She found no one willing to listen to her． D． She wanted to obey her mother． (4) Why did Kernel write the passage? [　　] A． To tell people about the sufferings of her father． B． To show how little people knew about AIDS． C． To draw people’s attention to AIDS． D． To remember her father．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;4．C;
解析：

(1)	事实细节理解题。因为当时人们瞧不起患艾滋病的人，对他们说长道短，所以作者的父亲把得了艾滋病这件事一直保守为秘密，不敢向别人说。第四段中的“When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the beside table even though he was too weak to feed himself．”说明A项和B项错。
(2)	句意猜测题。作者没有足够的钱给父亲治病，也没有钱买学习用品，甚至晚饭也没得吃，所以上课时总是像丢了魂似的，一直在琢磨怎样维持生活，使她上课总是分心。
(3)	因果关系判断题。题干问的是为什么作者不把他父亲得病的事告诉别人，这可在第二段和第三、四段中找出答案。
(4)	写作目的判断题。文章的最后一句话已点明了作者的写作目的。He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS．I do．的意思是“他当时不想引起人们对艾滋病的注意；而我现在这样做了”。