Question

Leo and his father hadn’t talked for ten years. Ten years ago, Leo’s mother died. He thought it was his father who caused his mother’s death. He hated his father.

Now they were sitting in a nice coffee shop. Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee. You were born, your mother and I often had fun playing in the sea .We could taste the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Every time I have salty coffee, I always think of your mother. I miss her so much.”

Leo was deeply moved. He never knew his father had such deep love for his mother. One month later, he moved in with his father. Every time he made coffee for him , he put some salt in the coffee.

After 10 years, his father died. ;Leo received a letter that read :”Dear Leo, please forgive(原谅）my life’s lie --the salty coffee. Actually at that time I wanted some just went ahead, Now let me tell you the truth, I don’t like salty coffee, but I drank salty coffee for 10 years .Having you with me was the biggest happiness of my whole life.”

1.Why did Leo hate his father?

2.Why did Lea move in with his father one month later?

3.What did his father tell in the letter?

4.What was the biggest happiness for his father?

5.What’s the Chinese meaning for the underlined sentence?

Answer 1

1.Because he thought it was his father who caused his mother’s death.

2.Because he was deeply moved./Because he didn’t hate his father any more.

3.He told the truth./He told the reason why he told a lie.

4.Having Loe with him.

5.他从来都不知道他的爸爸对妈妈有如此深的爱。

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一位因母亲的死亡而对自己父亲有误解的孩子在十年后知道父亲对母亲的深情之后，他被深深地打动了。但是在父亲死亡后，他收到父亲以前的写的一封信，告诉他自己不喜欢喝带盐的咖啡，只是想和他呆在一块享受这幸福的时刻。

1. he thought it was his father who caused his mother’s death.

2. he was deeply moved./Because he didn’t hate his father any more.

3. let me tell you the truth可知他父亲是要告诉他说谎的原因，也就是说出真相，故填He told the truth./He told the reason why he told a lie.

4. you with me was the biggest happiness of my whole life.可知这里的you指的是Loe，故填Having Loe with him.

5. 修饰形容词，表示如此的……。

考点：任务型阅读。