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  Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard.After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table.That’s when it happened:my father did not reach for the check.

  Conversation continued.Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed.I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed.I was an adult.I was no longer a kid.

  Some people mark off(區(qū)分)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events.I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister.” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)

  There have been other milestones.The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was.Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was.They were just big kids.With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player.Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it.

  I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did.Now it’s what I do best.I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean.I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra attract me.I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties.I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I fond myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject.I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I’d want, feel close to my ancestors(祖先)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son.I still lose…

  One day I bought a house.One day-what a day!–I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father.I thought then it was a milestone for me.One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone.

(1)

The tone established in the passage is one of ________.

[  ]

A.

sad regret

B.

amusement

C.

happiness

D.

deep feeling

(2)

The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________.

[  ]

A.

that was one of his milestone

B.

he paid the bill but he didn’t want to

C.

he became a father with dollars

D.

that was the last restaurant meal with his parents

(3)

“Then they were suddenly neither.” Suggests that ________.

[  ]

A.

suddenly they became older than I was

B.

suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was

C.

suddenly I realized that I made mistake

D.

suddenly I found myself no longer a kid

(4)

Which of the following best expresses the author’s thinking?

[  ]

A.

One day is worth two tomorrow

B.

To save time is to length life

C.

When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you

D.

Time and tide wait for no man

答案:1.D;2.A;3.D;4.D;
解析:

(1)

在閱讀全文過程中,根據(jù)作者對往事的回憶,讀者可以感受作者寫這片文章是建立在一種深深的感情是的。

(2)

作者在餐館里付帳時(shí)忽然有了新的感受,所以在第三段最后總結(jié)出I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister.” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)。即自己已經(jīng)長大了,人生發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)折,自己將要承擔(dān)一份人生責(zé)任了。

(3)

  注意這句話Then one day they were suddenly neither.

  在第四段前后的語境。作者小時(shí)侯覺得警察都很高大魁梧,而且年齡比他大,F(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)長大了,成長得和那些警察,足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣,甚至有時(shí)比那些運(yùn)動(dòng)員年齡還大。

(4)

從最后一段可以得知作者的感受:歲月不饒人。


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