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After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.
The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.
When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.
On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”
That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough

  1. 1.

    From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.

    1. A.
      traveled around the world and left her mother
    2. B.
      left her mother first but returned two years later
    3. C.
      had a quarrel with her before her graduation
    4. D.
      was not the right man her mother wanted at that time
  2. 2.

    We can infer from the passage that the author’s mother______.

    1. A.
      knew her last day was coming on Aug.30
    2. B.
      kept everything of her father’s home
    3. C.
      missed Father though he had passed away
    4. D.
      remained a daily presence in his life
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that______.

    1. A.
      Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death
    2. B.
      Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago
    3. C.
      Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally
    4. D.
      Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago
  4. 4.

    What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?

    1. A.
      She wanted us to stay at home
    2. B.
      Mother missed us very much
    3. C.
      Mother expected us to get back
    4. D.
      That day was her last day
BCAD
试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文,作者记述了在她爸爸十周年忌日的时候,他妈妈也意外的去世了,兄弟姐妹们不得不全部回家。
1.考查细节理解能力。根据文章第二段内容可知,故选B。
2.考查推理判断能力。根据全文内容推断,故选C。
3.考查细节理解能力。根据全故事内容,推断出错误项,可知答案为A。
4.考查把握作者意图的能力。根据全文内容的把握和结合最后一句的理解。可知答案为D。
考点:故事类短文阅读理解
点评:先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。这篇文章非常容易,根据问题找到相关问题的段落或句子,便可选出答案。
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