“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 father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched everyone’s heart．Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky．When those 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 there too, either in your mind or heart．I find that my parents, who died years ago, still linger （留連） 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 my 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 has been to face the aggressors（入侵者）, 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, which gives 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 God．” Yet I know death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly．We must therefore plan to live together, 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．
小題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．serves as an introduction to the discussion
D．makes a clear statement of the author’s views
小題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 dream
C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness
D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life
小題3:In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.
A．to leave 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
小題4: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 to stay with their children safely at home.
C．Spend every day meaningfully in memory of death.
D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：本文介紹了作者對(duì)于人的價(jià)值觀的看法，人生的價(jià)值體現(xiàn)在給與我們有關(guān)的、我們所愛的人留下最美好，最珍貴的回憶。
小題1:寫作手法題：通讀第一段可知，該段的作用是引起下文，把讀者帶入到作者想要討論的話題中。.選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段最后一句The values of my parents still live on可知，作者之所以會(huì)夢(mèng)到父母是因?yàn)轶w會(huì)到了父母的價(jià)值，這也是作者講述自己經(jīng)常夢(mèng)到父母的主要原因。選B。
小題3:推理題：根據(jù)最后一段的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可知，人生的價(jià)值體現(xiàn)在給與我們有關(guān)的、我們所愛的人留下最美好，最珍貴的回憶。選A。
小題4:句意理解題：根據(jù)詩(shī)句的內(nèi)容和第一段內(nèi)容可知，作者是想讓第一段所發(fā)生的悲劇時(shí)間不在發(fā)生，讓暴力和謀殺遠(yuǎn)離社會(huì)。選D
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A．waveB．moveC．trembleD．wander
小題8:
A．look overB．think overC．look upD．think up
小題9:
A．tighterB．tallerC．weakerD．stronger
小題10:
A．happilyB．simplyC．greatlyD．relatively
小題11:
A．takeB．chooseC．decide D．pick
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)t mostB．a(chǎn)t leastC．a(chǎn)t last D．a(chǎn)t best
小題13:
A．fenceB．floorC．edgeD．tower
小題14:
A．gratefulB．usefulC．wonderfulD．helpful
小題15:
A．deathB．warnC．troubleD．danger
小題16:
A．handleB．ignoreC．fearD．hide
小題17:
A．block B．protectC．helpD．separate
小題18:
A．forcedB．a(chǎn)dvisedC．enteredD．led
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)mazingB．worryingC．excitingD．interesting
小題20:
A．cost B．doubtC．regretD．waste

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