Question

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell you anything,” he finally said. “I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can’t say don’t do this or do that, because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up. I can’t help much with money, either, but I think things will work out.”

He gave me a new chequebook（支票本）. “If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much it is. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than one thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind students and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.

“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would miss the cool wind and the life where your thinking was done for you.

Then my dad reached down beside his seat and took out the old, broken Bible that he had read many times, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.

He didn’t say “Read this every morning.” He just said, “This can help you if you read it.”

Did it help? I went to college without being a burden（负担） on the family. I had been able to make money since then.

1.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell readers his life story.

B. To tell people what kind of person his father was.

C. To let people know how poor he was.

D. To tell readers what present he got from his father.

2.Why didn’t the father ask his son not to do this or do that?

A. Because he had never been to college and he didn’t know what was going to come up.

B. Because he was born in a poor family.

C. Because he was a man of few words.

D. Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with his son.

3.What can we learn from this passage?

A. How to live happily.

B. How to stand on one’s own feet.

C. What a good father should do.

D. What self-confidence is.

4.The underlined phrase “financial gaps” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 闲暇   B. 学费   C. 经济不足   D. 精神空虚

5.What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

A. It was a book which told you how to get on well with others.

B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：爸爸送我上大学时，握着我的手，直视着前方。后来和我说了一些话，然后给了我一个支票本，让我需要钱的时候写一张，但是要写信告诉他是多少。他从座位下拿出一本破旧的圣经给我，告诉我如果我让它帮助它就会有帮助。我上大学没有成为家人的负担，因为从那时起我就开始兼职挣钱了。

1.D细节理解题。细读短文结合第二段中He gave me a new chequebook可知作者写这个段落目的是想告诉人们他从父亲那里得到了什么礼物，所以该选D。

2.A细节理解题。根据第一段中“I can’t tell you anything,” he finally said. “I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can’t say don’t do this or do that, because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up. I can’t help much with money, either, but I think things will work out.”可知父亲没有要求他儿子不要做这或不要做那是因为父亲从没有上过大学，也不知道会发生什么，所以该选A。

3.B细节理解题。细读短文可知作者旨在告诉读者怎样自立，所以该选B。

4.C词义猜测题。根据前面In four years all the checks I wrote were less than one thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind students and sitting with the teachers’ kids的描述可知划线词的意思是“经济不足”，所以该选C。

5.细节理解题。根据第四段的描述可知对于作者的父亲来说圣经是一本在你遇到困难时可以帮助你的书。所以该选D。

考点：故事类阅读。