Question

My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half- playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

" You bet, "I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I. understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class; our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas ! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(剌痛)  and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings.  There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away , "  said my mother,  " You shouldn't go on like this. " "It's up to him, " said my father.  "He can make up his own mind . "

1.How did the author react to the idea of going to Eton?

A. He didn't believe it.           B. He was very unhappy.

C. He was delighted.                D. He had mixed feelings.

2. From the text, we can know that Eden is ________.

A. a famous school

B. an expensive car

C. one of the author's friends

D. one of the father's colleagues

3.Paragraph 2 mainly tells us________ .

A. about their living conditions

B. about the author's grades

C. what the author's father is like

D. how hard the author's father works

4.From the text we can know that the author's father enjoyed being different as long as ______

A. it drew attention to him

B. there was no danger of showing off

C. he was not involved in any arguments

D. it was understood as a joke

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲述父母在对于我学业的问题，可以看出父亲是不喜欢张扬但又喜欢与众不同的人；

1.D 考查推理判断题。从第一段可以看出作者的爸妈谈论"How would you like to go to Eton?"从第二段开始"You bet," I cried quickly catching the joke.可以看出作者很想去这一学校，但一想起爸爸历来做事的原则，作者的心情变得复杂，故选B项。

2.A 考查推理判断题。根据第一段问到你认为Eton怎么样第二段提到" You bet, "I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools.大家都知道这是一所著名的学校，故选A项。

3.C考查段落大意题。根据第二段提到He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class他不喜欢炫耀，知道自己生活中的位置，处于中产阶级，这是在讲父亲是个什么样的人，故选C项。

4.B考查推理判断题。从第三段if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.可以看出，一方面作者的爸爸不喜欢张扬，另一方面他爸爸又喜欢与他人不同，只要不太招人注意。故选B项。

考点：日常生活类阅读。