Question

My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work and devotion to a career. However, there are also the things he taught me unintentionally.

My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. Still, he insisted on traveling to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, and he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon after and was dead within three months, at age 58.

It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night, and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. My dad once told me that he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading or playing chess. You could say he was a success: he was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in German and American Sign Language. That’s an impressive list, but here’s the thing: I want to gaze at the sunsets. This raises the question: if I leave work at five o’clock to watch the sunset, what are the results? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off (收工) after eight hours probably won’t earn me a promotion.

But, leaving work at five o’clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and pedal through the streets of my hometown as the shadows lengthen and the traffic thins. And I get to see a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.

1. The author’s father can be best described as          .

A. confident and positive

B. hard-working and ambitious

C. gentle and kind

D. sensitive and bad-tempered

2. Her father’s death made the author          .

A. realize that life is very short

B. understand the importance of living happily

C. realize that one should balance work and life.

D. doubt the value of success in career

3. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To honor her dear father

B. To express her idea about life

C. To express her love for work

D. To show her love for her family

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：文章主要讲述了父亲因为劳累过度而英年早逝，作者从父亲的身上得到一些感悟：工作和生活都要兼顾。

1.1】B 推理题。通读文章的第二段和第三段可以判断作者的父亲工作很辛苦，而且雄心勃勃，也略有成就。故B正确。

2.C 推理题。根据文章的最后一段可知作者从父亲的身上得到启示：工作和生活应该兼顾。故C正确。

【小题3 】B 推理题。根据文章最后两段作者父亲的身上得到的生活启示。故B正确。

考点：考查生活类短文