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“I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.

But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.

It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑釁者), and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.

I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.

1.According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph_____.

A. puts forward the subject of the text

B. shows the author’s pity on the kid

C. acts as an introduction to the discussion

D. makes a clear statement of the author’s views

2.In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us____.

A. how much he misses his parents now

B. why his parents often appear in his dreams

C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness

D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life

3.What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

A. Proud B. Happy

C. Disappointed D. Worried

4.In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is________.

A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related

B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

C. to care what others will remember and treasure

D. to share happiness and sadness with his family

5.What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem________?

A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.

B. Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.

C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.

D. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章以Lucien Lawrence寫給圣誕老人的信為引子，引出要討論的話題。如果有更多的父母能夠意識到應(yīng)該給在乎的人留下美好而珍貴的回憶，那么，我們的社會就會少很多由暴力和謀殺引發(fā)的悲劇。

1.When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.”可知，當(dāng)我們愛的人從我們身邊離開時，我們會看不到天上的星星，根據(jù)第二段第一句“But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again.”可知，那些星星其實一直都在那里，說明作者通過第一段引出要講的話題，故選C。

2.you will see them again...you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart”和第二段最后一句“The values of my parents still live on.”可知，作者以自己為例，來向Lucien說明他的父親一直都在他的身邊，作者的父母經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在他的夢里，他相信他們一直都在他的身邊，故選B。

3.all mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!””可知，作者的母親希望作者能多花點時間在孩子身上，說明作者母親擔(dān)心作者冷落了孩子，故選D。

4.It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.”和最后一段第四行“and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure”可知，作者認(rèn)為，人固有一死，但人的價值在于給他愛的人和愛他的人留下美好而珍貴的回憶，故選A。

5.If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.”可知，我們每個人都應(yīng)該為我們在乎的人考慮，給他們留下珍貴的回憶，如果有更多的父母能夠認(rèn)識到這一點，那么，暴力和謀殺就可能會減少很多，故選D。

考點：社會類短文閱讀