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. Frightened B. Guilty C. Nervous D. Disappointed

2.We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.

A. had a hard time understanding each other.

B. has been getting along very well.

C. are separated due to the generation gap.

D. kept in touch by writing to each other.

3. Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?

A. She had never seen him driving so slowly before.

B. She didn't expect to meet with him there.

C. She had never realized his being old and weak

D. She seldom saw him driving that huge car

4. Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________

A. remind him of the early incident B. express her gratitude to him

C. say sorry for her being stubborn D. tell him about their conflicts

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文中作者用細(xì)膩的筆觸回憶了和父親之間的一些小矛盾沖突，最后描述自己對(duì)父親的感激之情。

1.B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第4段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.可知那天晚上送我回家的警察非常難以容忍我，然而父親對(duì)我卻很包容。也許這就是為什么那一天是我人生中最糟糕的一個(gè)晚上的原因。說明作者對(duì)父親感覺很愧疚，因?yàn)樽约和低蛋衍囬_了出去，而父親對(duì)我很容忍。故B正確。

2.2】A

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第4段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. 可知在父親和我之間存在著嚴(yán)重的代溝，我們很難學(xué)會(huì)理解。故A正確。

3.3】C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第六段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和Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day可知在那一天我才意識(shí)到爸爸真的老了，已經(jīng)到了風(fēng)燭殘年。故C正確。

4.4】B

【試題解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)兩段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. 可知作者寫這封信的目的正是為了表示對(duì)爸爸的愛和感激。故B正確。

【長(zhǎng)難句解析】

1.They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you.

【翻譯】他們都有一種特殊的消息，這個(gè)消息在某種程度上反應(yīng)出我對(duì)你的感覺。

【分析】本句中有一個(gè)引導(dǎo)從句that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you；關(guān)系代詞that在這個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句中做主語(yǔ)。從句里還有一個(gè)插入語(yǔ)in some way or another。動(dòng)詞reflect后面還有一個(gè)how引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句。

2. I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today.

【翻譯】爸爸，我認(rèn)為我現(xiàn)在想要說的是現(xiàn)在每一個(gè)兒女都想和他們的父親所說的話。

【分析】本句中對(duì)于名詞性從句考察較多，what I'm trying to say是一個(gè)主語(yǔ)從句，what即作為主語(yǔ)也作為動(dòng)詞say的賓語(yǔ)。表語(yǔ)從句what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today，其中的what既是這個(gè)表語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞也是動(dòng)詞say的賓語(yǔ)。

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