Question

“I've changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my daddy back." Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn't see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I' m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn't wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven' t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者)，and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It's a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword (剑), and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I'm sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today

1. 1.
   According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________
   1. A.
      explains the importance of a telescope
   2. B.
      shows the writer's pity on the kid
   3. C.
      acts as an introduction to the discussion
   4. D.
      makes a clear statement of the writer's views
2. 2.
   In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________
   1. A.
      how much he misses his parents now
   2. B.
      why his parents often appear in his dream
   3. C.
      when Lucien will get over all his sadness
   4. D.
      how proud he was when he succeeded in life
3. 3.
   In the writer's opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________
   1. A.
      to leave behind a precious memory to the people related
   2. B.
      to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
   3. C.
      to care what others will remember and treasure
   4. D.
      to share happiness and sadness with his family
4. 4.
   What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?
   1. A.
      Proud
   2. B.
      Happy
   3. C.
      Disappointed
   4. D.
      Worried

Answer 1

CBAD
本文主要讲了我对父母的怀念。并叙述了我成为教授这一事后父母的反应。要我们珍惜身边的亲人
1.C 此题考查学生的判断理解能力。第一段就是文章的一个引子。从孩子的信引出作者的思考。故选C
2.B此题考查学生的概括能力。作者的父母虽然去世多年，但他们在“我“心中的地位甚至比他们活着的时候还要高、第二段最后一句话是本段的总结：The values of my parents still live on故选B
3.A 此题考查学生对作者观点的理解能力。答案在第三段It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.母亲的话使我思考我死后如何还能活在我的孩子以及我关心的人的心中的问题。故选A
4.D 此题考查学生的判断理解能力。文章第二段讲述了作者成为教授之后非常兴奋，急于把这一消息告知父母。但他们的反应却出乎作者意料。母亲只是说“这下你该有空陪陪孩子了吧“我们可以很容易地排除AB，作者本来以为他的父母会感到高兴和骄傲，但文中用了转折连词but.disappointed“感到失望”在这里没有道理。母亲为作者只顾自己的前程，不关心孩子而担心。故选D