5．Nine years ago，after Leo had died，people said to me．"I never knew he was your stepfather．"You see，I never called him that．At first，he was no one special in my life．Then he became my friend．In time，I felt he was also my father．
Leo married my mother when I was eleven．Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburban development，where we put down roots．At first our lawn was just a mud with wild grass，but Leo saw bright possibilities．"We'll plant trees there to give us shade as well as some flowers，"he said．And just these little touches made our house different from all the others．More important，a real family was forming．Leo was becoming a full-time parent，and I was learning what it meant to have a father．
Weekday mornings when the weather was bad，Leo often drove me to school．Having a father drop you off may have been something my classmates took for granted，but I always thought it was wonderful．Saturday mornings，we went to the hardware shop，then stepped into the five-and-ten，buying a sports magazine or something else．Some people might think that doing shopping together is nothing special，but I，who had ever before spent my childhood watching other families do their everyday activities，experienced them now with extreme delight．Looking back，I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most-the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family．
Soon after we moved to the suburbs，one of our new neighbors introduced herself to me．She had already met my mother and Leo．"You know，"she said，"you look just like your father．"I knew she was just making conversation--but even so…"Thank you"，I said．Why tell her anything different？
21．The writer's purpose in writing this passage isA．
A．to show his pride to have a good stepfather
B．to show how interesting a person Leo was
C．to remind us of our parents
D．to explain why they moved to the suburbs
22．The phrase"put down roots"in the second paragraph meansC．
A．farmed B．planted
C．settled D．worked
23．In the writer's opinion，D．
A．it is not easy to live with a stepfather
B．not all the stepfathers are as good as Leo
C．the husband and wife must think more about their children before they divorce
D．in stepfamilies the love and friendship are extremely precious
24．The last sentence"Why tell her anything different？"means thatB．
A．he should have told the truth
B．he wouldn't tell her the truth
C．he wanted to tell her something that had nothing to do with Leo
D．he wanted to keep silence whenever he met the neighbors
25．According to the passage，which of the following statements is not true？B
A．The writer's stepfather died many years ago．
B．The writer got a stepfather when he was twelve years old．
C．Leo often took the writer out doing some shopping．
D．The writer was grateful to his stepfather for what he had done．
分析 从全文可知，作者通过回忆，着重向我们展示了自己与继父之间的深厚的友谊．作者本来和继父之间有隔阂，随着继父关爱自己与日俱增，作者找到了拥有父亲的快乐与幸福．
解答 21．A 推理判断题． 推理判断题 通读全文可知，作者描述了与继父一起生活的美好和快乐，父子间的和谐融洽让外人认为他们是亲父子．他很自豪拥有这样一位继父．A项表述表明了作者的写作意图．故选A．
22．C 猜测词义题．根据前面一句"Two years later we moved into a house in a new suburbandevelopment"可知，我们搬到郊区新开发的房子里，之后在那里定居下来．put down roots扎根，定居，和settle 意思相近，故选C．
23．D 观点题态度．根据第一段的"Then he became my friend．In time，I felt he was also my father．"，第二段的最后一句"and I was learning what it meant to have a father．"，第三段的最后一句"I realized that Leo gave me what I needed most-the experience of doing ordinary things together as a family．"以及最后一段的内容可知，最初，继父在我生活中不占特殊地位，后来，他成为我的朋友．继父对我的关爱让我和他成为亲父子．因此，作者认为，再婚家庭中爱和友谊异常珍贵．故选D．
24．B 推理判断题．根据前面的句子"I knew she was just making conversation--but even so…"可知，我知道她是在寻找交谈的话题，但即使是这样，我也不打算告诉她真相．A、C、D三项均不符合文意，故选B．
25．B 细节理解题． 根据句子Leo married my mother when I was eleven应该是我在十一岁的时候有了继父，而不是十二岁，所以答案选B．
点评 故事类文章在阅读过程中，我们一直在某个线索的引导下，随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末，因此会感到比较轻松．命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力． 阅读故事类文章时，应注意把握主旨大意，弄清主要情节，立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据文章的情节展开合理的想象，从而达到解题的目的．
