Question

    My dear son,

Your letter of last week reached us yesterday, and I enclose ＄13, which is all I have on me at present. I may sell the other pig next week and make up the balance of what you wanted. I will probably have to wear the old buffalo overcoat to meetings again this winter, but that doesn’t matter so long as you are getting education.

I hope you will get your education as cheap as you can, for it cramps your mother and me like a hill to put up the money Mind you. I don’t complain. I know the clothes cost so much.

I want you to be educated so that you can go anyway and spell the hardest word, I want you to be able to go among the Romans or the Medes and Persians and talk to any of them in their own native tongue.

I never had any advantages when I was boy but your mother and I decided that we would make you full of knowledge if you keep studying hard. regardless (不考虑 ) of money.

Now, regarding that boat - padding suit, and that baseball suit, and that bathing suit, and that roller- rinkturn suit, and that lawn-lennis suit, mind. I don’t care about the money, because you say a young man can’t really educate himself thoroughly without them, but I wish you’d send home what you get through with this fall, and I’ll wear them through the winter under my other clothes. We have a much colder winter here than we used to, or else I’m failing in bodily health. Last winter I tried to go through without underclothes, the way I did when I was a boy, but a cold wave came down our way and picked me out of a crowd.

Your daddy

1.From the underline sentence, we know that the winter feels ________.

A.excited B.proud C.stressed D.afraid

2.The writer may satisfy his child’s needs by ________.

A.selling his only pig B.wearing his old clothes

C.buying expensive clothes D.spelling the hardest word

3.What does the writer mainly want to express through the letter?

A.The writer tried his best to support his child’s education.

B.The writer regretted not receiving education when he was young.

C.The writer caught a cold because of not having enough clothes to wear.

D.The writer complained his child spent so much money on useless things.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

【解析】

本文讲述了一位父亲写给儿子的信，父亲卖掉家里的猪给儿子筹钱接受教育。父亲一直支持儿子接受教育，希望儿子能去罗马人、米底亚人和波斯人中间，用他们的母语和他们交谈。

1.细节理解题。根据“for it cramps your mother and me like a hill to put up the money”可知你妈妈和我为了攒钱，忙得团团转，可推测出这个冬天让人感到有压力，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据“I may sell the other pig next week and make up the balance of what you wanted”可知下星期我可能把另一头猪卖掉，把你要的余款补上，故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据“your mother and I decided that we would make you full of knowledge if you keep studying hard. regardless (不考虑 ) of money.”可知你妈妈和我决定，如果你继续努力学习，我们会让你充满知识。不需要操心钱的事情，结合上文父母攒钱等，可推测出这位作者尽其所能支持孩子的教育。故选A。