Question

【題目】Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $ 20. This was the 1970s, and $ 20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it differently. My father trusted me to have the smart to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the means to get it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree (狂歡) every year.. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a grown-up. He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a gift for giving me what I needed, usually right at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I failed at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my previous job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I put on a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn’t until after she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with cash. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the distance with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly.

【1】What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A. His family once celebrated Christmas happily.

B. His father gave the author chances to make decisions.

C. His best memories about Christmas were in the 1970s.

D. He used to choose books as his father’s gift on Christmas.

【2】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. money offered by his father. B. father generous with money.

C. Christmas being important. D. the means of spending money.

【3】When he was 25 years old, the author .

A. planned to open his company B. became interested in shows

C. gave his mother a gift D. was out of work

【4】Which word can best describe the author’s mother?

A. sensitive. B. optimistic.

C. considerate. D. determined.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】作者從講述圣誕節(jié)父母給自己的不同禮物，說到父母對自己偉大的，理智的愛，讓我在成長的過程中越來越堅強。父親教會我做決定的方法，母親在我因所作決定損失慘重時，給我?guī)椭�，讓我再一次擁有機會。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)前兩段內(nèi)容，圣誕節(jié)時父親不是直接給我買禮物，而是給我一些錢，讓我學(xué)會做決定買自己需要的東西�？芍�“父親給作者做決定的機會”。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上下文的內(nèi)容可知，父親會在圣誕節(jié)給我20美元，雖然不是大數(shù)目，但我有不同看法，我認(rèn)為父親相信我有能力理智的花錢。!可知這里的it是父親給我錢。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容This was when I was 25,I failed at being an adult on my very first try.I had quitted my previous job but had no new one.可知作者在25歲時，失去了先前的工作但是沒有找到新的工作，可知他處在失業(yè)的狀態(tài)。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。格局最后一段內(nèi)容，作者在最困難的時期，媽媽不是直接給我?guī)�東西，付房租，而是看出我經(jīng)濟(jì)窘怕，臨走時不做聲的給我留下一些錢，這樣有距離的禮物給我安排生活的空間并保留我的尊嚴(yán)（giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity），可推斷媽媽很體貼，善解人意。故選C。