My teenage son Karl became withdraw after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “thank you for your time”, and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was I. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
小題1:By saying “Karl became withdrawn”, the author means that the boy changed entirely and _____.
A．preferred to stay alone at homeB．often escaped school
C．refused to talk to othersD．began to dislike his mother
小題2:There was silence on the other end of the line because _____.
A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother
B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
C．the speaker didn’t want the mother to recognize his voice
D．the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother
小題3:What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Children in single-parent families often have mental problems.
B．Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.
C．Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.
D．School education doesn’t work without full support from parents.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：本文敘述了一個單親母親在孩子的父親去世后，不知怎樣教育自己的孩子，以致于孩子的學習下降很快，母親找孩子談話，孩子不聽，可有一次孩子和母親的一次通話卻讓孩子徹底明白了做母親的心里，后來孩子的成績有了提高。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. 兒子不愿意與別人交流，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”聽到母親的話兒子很受感動，故選A。
小題3:主旨大意題。根據(jù)本文而主要敘述了母親的愛的力量，故選B。
點評：主旨大意題的難度較大，此類題目一般不易直接找到答案，最簡單的方法是仔細研究文章開頭的一二句，因為他們常是文章的主題句，然后，快速瀏覽文章首句和結(jié)尾句。如果第一句的主題不明，可注意結(jié)尾是否有概括總結(jié)，對選項要注意全面性和概括性。
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