My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. Dad worked in Plant C. Lying beside Lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall. Sometimes my mother would take my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. She’d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.
“Wave to daddy!” she’d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air. I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery (手術(shù)) on his shoulder and hand. At 48, he had his first heart attack. He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college. But the damage was done. A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.
I saw my dad in plant C only once, when I took dinner to him. That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.
Recently my father’s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there. I knew my father never wanted me to see it. At every station, he described the job and the danger. It was like listening to a foreign language. I walked past many DANGER signs. Toby put his hand on my shoulder. “Look”, he said, “you need to understand something. Your dad was a maintenance mechanic. He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it. ”
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college. I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this note: “Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.”
小題1:What is the purpose of the passage?
A.In memory of the author’s motherB.to know about what the father did.
C.In memory of the author’s father. D.to remind the family to live well.
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author’s father?
A.He didn’t suffer a heart attack until he retired.
B.He always faced danger while working.
C.He was satisfied with his job.
D.He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all.
小題3:When the author saw her father in Plant C,       ___.
A.her father was fixing a broken machine.
B.she didn’t recognize her father.
C.she understood him about his bad temper.
D.her father was angry about her coming.
小題4:When Toby Workman described the author’s father’s job, the author   ____  .
A.felt familiar with the jobB.decided to do the same work.
C.wanted to learn a foreign languageD.felt much puzzled
小題5:The author gave her daughter the hat to hope that her daughter could    _______ .
A.get encouraged by her grandfatherB.overcome all difficulties by wearing it
C.remember her grandfatherD.follow her grandfather’s work

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析:本文是一篇記敘文,記敘了作者的父親不想讓他的孩子們知道他是干什么的,他的工作很危險,某一天他父親因德拉心臟病而去世了,作者為了紀(jì)念自己的父親,給自己女兒一個帽子
小題1:推理題,由本文的主要意思“作者的父親由于心臟病去世了,在生前他工作很危險”,可以推出答案,故選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。由倒數(shù)第二段最后一句He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it.可以知道答案,所以選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題,由第三段最后一句and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.可以知道答案,所以選C
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題,由第一段第一句My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. 可以知道答案,所以選D
小題5:推理題,由最后一段最后一句Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.可以推出答案,所以選A
點評:本文記敘了作者的父親由于心臟病去世了,在生前他工作很危險的故事。做細(xì)節(jié)題的關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同,常犯錯誤有:絕對化語言,范圍擴大或縮小,以偏概全,張冠李戴等。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。
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C.he couldn’t bear a butterfly dying in his favorite bushes
D.its wing broke off
小題2:According to the passage,the author’s life in the orphanage was_____.
A.dull and full of strict rules
B.simple and easy
C.happy and full of hope
D.hard and busy
小題3:What is the author’s attitude towards the house parent’s pinning some butterflies on the cardboard?
A.tolerantB.unconcernedC.disgustedD.discouraged
小題4:We know from the passage that_________.
A. the author lived alone in the dormitory
B. there were one hundred butterflies living in the bushes
C the cardboard paper was left on the step so as to be watched
D. the author failed to stick the worn wing onto the butterfly with his spit
小題5:Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A.I found beauty meant nothing special to me.
B.The house parent helped the children handle the quilt.
C.The house parent chased the butterfly in order to show it to the children.
D.I thought it cruel to catch the butterfly.

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