Question

【題目】Dear Dad,

Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.

You'll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father's Days together. I haven't always been with you on Father's Day but I've always been with you in my heart.

You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.

The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 檔位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn't have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.

Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.

But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.

I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and it's wishing that never had to end.

I love you, Dad.

Love,

Jenny

【1】How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?

A. Disappointed. B. Nervous.

C. Guilty. D. Frightened.

【2】Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________

A. tell him about their conflicts

B. say sorry for her being stubborn

C. express her gratitude to him

D. remind him of the early incident

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【解析】

試題分析: 這篇文章是一封女兒在父親節(jié)之際寫(xiě)給八十四歲老父親的一封感人至深的信。多年之后，作者回憶舊日時(shí)光，讓讀者也感受到了“父愛(ài)如山”這句話的含義。

【1】C考查推理判斷。從文章第四段while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.可知：作者在被警察送回家的夜晚因?yàn)楦赣H對(duì)她的寬容而內(nèi)心愧疚。故選C。

【2】C考查推理判斷。文章開(kāi)頭介紹了這封信的寫(xiě)作時(shí)間是在父親節(jié)，當(dāng)作者挑選父親節(jié)賀卡時(shí)內(nèi)心的感受：it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.而且在文章末段作者又表達(dá)了“對(duì)父愛(ài)的感激之情”。故選C。