Until quite recently, I knew only three things about my father: I knew his name, David S. Johnson, Jr. I knew he was an only child, and I’d been told he was killed on April 12, 1945, somewhere in Germany.
I used to come to visit my Granny. “Daddy David and his two friends were out in the fields, making sure the way was safe for the others to follow,” she told me. “All of a sudden there was an explosion. All three of them were killed.” Granny was looking down, stroking (抚摸)one thin hand with the other. Then there were no words but silence.
I began my search and collection for information about my father as my 50th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his death drew near. I was told that the explosion had blown him to bits and I had great difficulty collecting anything I could find about him bit by bit. Bits of information about his began falling into my hands, my mind and my heart. Longing to know my father kept me connected to him. It was time to transform my longing into knowledge.
Once upon a time he was alive, and my mother and father were deeply in love. They were married, and they had a child, my brother David. Then my father left for the war.
I was born in January 1945. On February 15 my father wrote me a letter of welcome. The letter is kept in my baby book, “Dear Susan, you have a very good family. Your dad is sort of a less able person. Your mother is the most wonderful person I’ve ever known. I’ve always marveled at my great good fortune to have her and been loved by her. If you follow her words and examples, you may expect to meet life in the best possible way, and your path will always be the right one. Your father, Dave.”
Black on white paper, the words are from my father. From them I grow into a person of loyalty and love. How I long for stories that will bring him to life!
1.The writer got to know her father’s story of death from ______.
A. her father’s friends B. someone in Germany
C. her grandmother D. a little child
2.The author met difficulty finding information about her father because ______.
A. it was too late for her to start the search
B. the explosion left little about her father
C. she only found pieces of hands and legs
D. she didn’t have enough knowledge to do it
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A. Her parents had only one child B. Her father died before her birth
C. Her father was a disabled man D. The writer never saw her father
4.We know from the last paragraph that the author ______.
A. still hates her father for having left B. is curious about her father’s death
C. shows much respect for her father D. is sure that her father may survive
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Arriving in a new city, I had the strangest first week of my graduate school. I fell and broke my 1within two days of arriving there! I was really 2by the kindness shown by my new 3, someone who I had only just met. "We are family now", she said when she found me 4in my room with a swollen leg, unable to move, in a 5city with no family except across three oceans.
She 6me to the student health center by taxi to get my leg 7. The driver was so nice and said to me how 8I was to have a friend like that. After that, my roommate 9stop helping me — she made me delicious meals and 10them to me and made me comfortable despite my insistence that I could do things on my own. When I refused her help, "I really like 11people", she would say, "and I believe what goes 12always comes around..." and this was from someone who I had been 13just by chance!
I was 14touched by the kindness of everyone — the girl in the elevator, people on the bus, the doctors and nurses—people who were so considerate and 15. Not feeling lonely and homesick any more, I 16I’ve become a member of a big family.
The small acts 17in my mind — the bus drivers gave me the luxury of being picked up from any point wherever and made sure I could get the connections to 18I needed to go... or the many people who 19the door open for me — small things that were incredibly hard with inconvenience. In whatever way I could, I decided to 20the universe for its blessings.
1.A. leg B. arms C. back D. fingers
2.A. interested B. assisted C. touched D. advocated
3.A. classmate B. teacher C. desk-mate D. roommate
4.A. studying B. lying C. walking D. dying
5.A. strange B. different C. big D. small
6.A. brought B. fetched C. took D. drove
7.A. examined B. examining C. examine D. to examine
8.A. easy B. comfortable C. inspiring D. lucky
9.A. didn't B. had to C. failed to D. promised to
10.A. cooked B. brought C. bought D. sent
11.A. to help B. help C. being helped D. helping
12.A. around B. across C. over D. beyond
13.A. parted B. passed C. paired D. pitied
14.A. slightly B. secretly C. seriously D. suddenly
15.A. concentrated B. concerned C. changed D. conducted
16.A. felt B. stopped C. announced D. determined
17.A. stayed B. lasted C. grew D. related
18.A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. whoever
19.A. prepared B. held C. tended D. threw
20.A. refuse B. repay C. reach D. receive
For quite_____ students,their teacher's advice is more important than _____ of their parents'.
A. few; one B. a few; that C. a little; some D. a lot; many
Unfortunately, when I dropped in, Doctor Li _______ for Beijing to join in the fight again SARS, so we only had time for a few words.
A. just left B. has just left
C. is just leaving D. was just leaving
It was the training ______ he had at school ______ made him a good jumper.
A. what; what B. that; that C. what; that D. that; had
Why didn't you tell me there was no meeting today? I ______ all the way here ______ the heavy snow.
A. needn't have driven;through B. can't have driven;across
C. mustn't have driven;through D. shouldn't have driven;cross