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15．I left baseball，not for physical reasons but because it was my season for change．So I decided to walk away and once I did，like the vast majority of players，I was lost．It would be the first time since I learned to swing a bat that I would spend an entire summer without ever putting on a uniform．Once you leaves the pitch it's no longer you against that fastball，it is you against yourself．
So you swim around trying to figure out what young，retired baseball players do with their lives．For me，the moment was completely without the guiding wisdom of my father，who could communicate with me with just a nod of his head，but he passed away two years ago．
Since my retirement，I have searched for the next passion．It is a discouraging journey，and many players never find that next love，even though they kept looking．
Of course my father could never be replaced．His passion was writing．He left behind a body of poetry that guides me now．
I didn't stay lost forever．I found something that I wasn't looking for：a voice through writing．Writing introduced me to people who were otherwise strangers and made them guests at my table．Only later did I understand that this would be a bridge to understanding my father in another way．A way that led me to connect to a passion I didn't realize we both shared．
After my first book was published，I realized that writing was passion and even therapy（疗法），but now I also thought that maybe I'd found my next profession．
Thankfully，I always knew my father was proud of me．But despite living the dream of so many Americans and reaching its highest level，I have no doubt that he would be even prouder of what I am doing with my words．Words that I can leave for my son to read one day．
53．Why couldn't his father offer him any help at the moment？A
A．Because his father had been dead for two years．
B．Because his father was busy writing poems．
C．Because his father was away on business．
D．Because his father had a head injury two years ago．
54．How did the author get over the most difficult time in life？D
A．By swimming the entire summer．
B．By communicating with his father face to face．
C．By turning to his friend for help．
D．By reading his father's works and writing his own．
55．According to the passage，the author was most likely to become aB．
A．reporter          B．writer            C．coach           D．player
56．The author picked up writing as a career mainly becauseC．
A．he couldn't find any other job after he left baseball
B．his father asked him to continue his lifelong hobby
C．writing was another way to understand his father
D．it could help him to make a more comfortable life．

Answer 1

分析 本文作者主要介绍了父亲对自己职业生涯的影响；文中讲到：在作者离开棒球队，工作找不到出路的时候，是他父亲留下的诗集指引了他前进的方向；使他发现了写作对于他的意义，并决定将写作作为他今后的职业．

解答 53．A   细节理解题   根据第二段中的"For me，the moment was completely without the guiding wisdom of my father，…，but he passed away two years ago"可知，作者的父亲不能给他提供任何的帮助是因为当时他父亲去世已经有两年了；故选A．
54．D     细节理解题   根据第四段中的"Of course my father could never be replaced…He left behind a body of poetry that guides me now．"可知，在作者离开棒球队，找不到出路的时候，是他父亲留下的诗集指引了他前进的方向；故选D．
55．B     细节推理题   根据倒数第二段中的"After my first book was published，I realized that writing was passion and even therapy（疗法），but now I also thought that maybe I'd found my next profession．"可知，在作者的第一本书出版之后，他发现了写作对于他的意义，并感觉自己已经找到了下一份职业；故可推测出作者今后可能会成为作家；故选B．
56．C     内容归纳题     通读全文以及根据第五段"Only later did I understand that this would be a bridge to understanding my father in another way．"可知，由于作者很依赖并且也很崇拜自己的父亲，在当作者认为写作是以另一种方式理解他父亲的桥梁之后，他便决定将写作作为他今后的职业；故选C．

点评 做本题时，首先应快速浏览全文，掌握文章大意，并且把握作者的写作思路；其次结合问题，可在文中相应位置通过细节理解，或概括大意找出最恰当的答案；另外，平时需要丰富课外阅读，扩大自己的知识面．