13．Traveler
My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler's checks，and is asleep at the moment．His blue duffel（粗呢） bag lies on the floor where he dropped it．Obviously，he postponed as much sleep as he could：when he walked in and we hugged，his electrical system suddenly switched off，and he headed directly for the bed，where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours．
It was his first trip overseas，so weeks before it，I pressed travel books on him，and a tape cassette of useful French phrases； drew up a list of people to visit； advised him on clothing and other things．At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase，he headed for the duffels，saying that suitcases were more for old people．
During the trip，he called home three times：from London，Paris，and a village named Ullapool．Near Ullapool，he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off．In the village，a man spoke to him in Gaelic，and，too polite to interrupt，my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes，trying to nod in the right places．The French he learned from the cassette didn't hold water in Paris．The French he talked to shrugged and walked on．
When my son called，I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word．His voice came through clearly，though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication．When I interrupted him with a"Great!"or a"Really？"，I knocked a little hole in his communication．So I just sat and listened．I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure．It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me．In my book，he was the first man to land on the moon，and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help．
The unused checks are certainly evidence of that．Youth travels light．No suitcase，not much luggage and a slim expense account，and yet he went to the scene，and came back safely．I sit here amazed．The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you've never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week．
21．During the trip，the author's sonA．
A．didn't have enough sleep B．ran out of money
C．forgot to call his motherD．failed to take good pictures
22．According to the passage which of the following could best describe the author's son？B
A．Polite and careless．
B．Considerate and independent．
C．Creative and stubborn．
D．Self-centered and adventurous．
23．What does the underlined word"that"in the last paragraph refer to？D
A．It is important to listen to your child's story．
B．It's easy to interrupt the chat with your child．
C．The author is proud of her son landing on the moon．
D．The son no longer needs much help from his mother．
24．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers．
B．The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page．
C．Communication between parents and children is extremely important．
D．It's a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore．
分析 本文主要講述了自己的兒子獨(dú)自一個(gè)人外出度假，并安全歸來(lái)，也沒(méi)有使用到自己提供給他的東西．由此說(shuō)明新一代的年輕人更為自信獨(dú)立的特點(diǎn)．
解答 21．A 推理判斷．根據(jù)文章第一段中的My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler's checks，and is asleep at the moment，可知作者的兒子剛旅游回到家的蒙頭大睡了，因此可推斷他在旅游的過(guò)程中缺乏睡眠，故選A項(xiàng)正確．
22．B 推理判斷．根據(jù)第三段的too polite to interrupt，my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes，由此可推斷作者的兒子的其中一個(gè)性格是considerate（體貼的，考慮周全的）；又根據(jù)文章說(shuō)作者的兒子自己去旅行，很多事情都一個(gè)人去處理，也可推斷他是一個(gè)獨(dú)立的（independent）的人．結(jié)合各個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思，可知選B．
23．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解．根據(jù)劃線單詞的所在的句子中的上一句的內(nèi)容，可知上一句所說(shuō)的是作者作為家長(zhǎng)實(shí)際上也沒(méi)有給到他兒子多少的建議和意見(jiàn)，由此分析，可知選D正確．
24．D 推理判斷．縱觀全文，根據(jù)作者對(duì)他兒子這次去旅游之前，去的時(shí)候給家里打電話以及回來(lái)之后的一連串的分析和思考，可知作者認(rèn)為給予自己孩子足夠的自由空間讓他們自己去經(jīng)歷和體驗(yàn)是一種雙贏的選擇，故選D
點(diǎn)評(píng) 故事類(lèi)文章在閱讀過(guò)程中，我們一直在某個(gè)線索的引導(dǎo)下，隨著作者的思路去了解一個(gè)故事或一件事情的始末，因此會(huì)感到比較輕松．命題往往從故事的情節(jié)、人物或事件之間的關(guān)系、作者的意圖和態(tài)度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手，考查學(xué)生對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)的辨認(rèn)能力以及推理判斷能力． 閱讀故事類(lèi)文章時(shí)，應(yīng)注意把握主旨大意，弄清主要情節(jié)，立足文章的內(nèi)容揣摩作者的態(tài)度和意圖，根據(jù)文章的情節(jié)展開(kāi)合理的想象，從而達(dá)到解題的目的．
