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【題目】Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators (旁觀者) in the lives of their children and shrug, "It' s their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I was asked, "When do you stop worrying?" A nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted (打斷) the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry. They all go through this stage, and then you can sit back, relax, and enjoy them." My mother listened and said nothing.

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front door to open.

My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother' s wan ( 淡淡的 ) smile and her occasional words, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home."

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse? Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling for three days, and no one answered. I was worried!!!"

I smiled a wan smile.

【1】What can we know about the author’s mother from the passage?

A. She has a thorough understanding of the author.

B. She is not concerned about the author.

C. She seems to laugh at the author.

D. She tries to give the author some encouragement.

【2】What did the author do in her forties?

A. She would like her children to see her often.

B. She couldn't stop worrying about her children.

C. She was less concerned about her children.

D. She became more patient with her children.

【3】Why did the author smile a wan smile at the end of the passage?

A. She wanted to learn from her mother.

B. She got a kind of satisfaction from her child’s concern.

C. She succeeded in tricking her children.

D. She stopped worrying about her children at last.

【4】The main purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.

A. parents show more concern for their children

B. Parents’ love for their children is selfless

C. the concern between parents and children is natural

D. parents will worry about their children all their lives

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了父母與孩子之間相互關(guān)心的愛與親情。在孩子小時候，“我”總是忍不住擔(dān)心他們，害怕他們受傷。而孩子大了“我”也老了的時候，孩子們反過來關(guān)心“我”，這讓“我”感到欣慰和滿意。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段“My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.”以及第五段“You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home."”可知，母親在作者擔(dān)憂孩子時能夠體諒理解她急切的心情，相信作者能解決。同時母親也還是擔(dān)憂關(guān)心自己的女兒。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段“When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front door to open.”可知，作者等著家里電話響起，車子開回家然后前門被打開。這些都是作者想念孩子，希望他們回來看望的表現(xiàn)。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段“One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I' ve been calling for three days, and no one answered. I was worried! ! !"”可知，現(xiàn)在是孩子擔(dān)心母親，與以前母親總是擔(dān)心孩子對比，母親感到很滿意。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。本篇文章主要講述了孩子與父母之間的感情。孩子小時候，父母總是不放心；等到父母老了，孩子開始擔(dān)憂父母，這是自然的關(guān)心與親情。故選C。