I can remember the day my father came home from the war. As he walked up the front path of our home, he saw Mum and me and he dropped the suitcase.
I was only five years old so Dad made a fuss of me, then began making an even bigger fuss of my mother. This left me free to examine all the stuff lying around the broken suitcase, and I was quick to notice a newspaper advertisement displaying a new piano. When Dad saw me holding up the newspaper cutting, he smiled.
“Yes, that’s right,” he said. “I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.”
A few moments later, a horse pulled a cart with a piano on top. Soon we all stared at it in our small lounger room. Mum had never been close to a piano before, except at the kindergarten I attended, and she used to say how wonderful it would be if the teachers could teach her to play.
After tea that night, Mum began to teach herself to play. She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.”
From that day on, she would plink between doing the cooking and housework. Three months went by and Mum was now a skilled pianist, holding parties with all the neighbors gathering around to sing.
Although we were poor, Mum felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention she was receiving.
At the height of Mum’s happiness, I began to notice that Dad was looking increasingly worried. It turned out that since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away. Mum sobbed in the kitchen. Suddenly, it all became clear to me: no job, no money, no piano.
Dad finally got a job. Mum was happy again as if he’d just win the lottery(彩票). Dad had to study to qualify as an account. Every night after dinner he’d place a stack of books on the kitchen table and study late into the night. Mum didn’t say much but I could tell she was proud of Dad.
Two years later, Dad bought Mum another piano. This time he paid cash for it.
【小题1】How did the author’s Dad buy the piano for his mum?
A.He paid part of the bill regularly. |
B.He earned it by winning a bet. |
C.He paid cash for it. |
D.He bought it as a big bargain. |
A.practice makes perfect |
B.it was time to stop practicing |
C.he couldn’t bear being troubled |
D.his wife played the piano well enough |
A.It was lost. |
B.It was broken by one neighbor. |
C.It was sold by his dad. |
D.It was taken away. |
A.His dad’s willingness to help cook. |
B.His dad’s winning the lottery luckily. |
C.His dad’s loyalty to his motherland. |
D.His dad’s determination to rebuild his life. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:本文是篇记叙文,作者的父亲从战场上回来,为母亲按揭买了一架钢琴,后来却因为没有工作,无法继续支付钢琴的费用,导致钢琴被搬走,但父亲没有失去生活的信心,通过孜孜不倦的学习,重新获得工作,并用现金为母亲买了一架钢琴。
【小题1】根据I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.可知爸爸给妈妈买这架钢琴是按揭买的,故选A。
【小题2】She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.” ,故选B。
【小题3】根据Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away,可知父亲从战场上回来,由于没有工作没有钱继续为钢琴按揭,所以钢琴被人搬走了,故选D。
【小题4】从倒数第二自然段,可以看出父亲很有决心来改变生活,他很珍惜来之不易的工作,每天学习到很晚,故选D。
考点:记叙文阅读理解。
点评:这篇文章非常简单,先看问题,再带着问题读短文,理解了全文内容,很容易选出正确答案。在阅读时,注意体会文章中父亲的对家庭的细腻的情感。
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