Question

I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, Ramanda, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done while Ramanda appeared to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too quiet and I yelled out. “What are you doing. Raxiianda?” No response. I repeated my question and heard her say, “Oh ... nothing.” Nothing? What does “nothing” mean?

I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, and then I saw her take off down the hall. I chased her up the stairs and watched her as her little behind made a hard left into the bedroom. I was gaining on her! She took off for the bathroom. Bad move. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around. She refused. I pulled out my big, mean authoritative(命令式的)Daddy voiced Young lady, I said turn around!”

Slowly, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife's new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was covered with bright red (except her lips of course)!

As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, lips trembling. I heard every voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you...You should know better than that...How many times have you been told …What a bad thing to do...” It was just a matter of my picking out which old message I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But before I could let loose, I looked down at the sweatshirt my wife had put on her only an hour before. In big letters it said, “I'M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, instead of seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a child of God …a perfect little angel full of worth, value and a wonderful spontaneity(自发行为) that I had come dangerously close to shaming out of her.

“Sweetheart, you look beautiful! let's take a picture so Mommy can see how special you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the opportunity to reaffirm（再肯定）what a perfect little angel he had given me.

1.When the author found the house was abnormally quiet, ________.

A. he went on with his work

B. he went to check on his daughter

C. he called his daughter to come over

D. he knew his daughter must be behaving well

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. How the father made his daughter admit her fault.

B. The naughty girl trying to get the father's attention.

C. The run and chase between the father and daughter

D. A funny game the father and daughter played with each other.

3.When he saw his daughter's face, the author ________.

A. thought she was so beautiful and lovely a girl

B. no longer saw her as an angel

C. flew into an uncomfortable disappointment

D. remembered the words he was scolded with

4.What does the underlined sentence ''I had her cornered'' mean?

A. She had been in the comer of the room.

B. She had screamed out of fear.

C. I had forced her into a position from which she couldn't escape.

D. She had escaped from one comer to another.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】本文主要讲述了作者看管3岁女儿时的一次经历。当作者发现她把妈妈的口红涂得满脸都是，刚想责备她时突然看到她T恤上的字“我是完美的小天使”，作者开始以欣赏的角度看待女儿和这件事。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room可知，当作者听到女儿房间异常安静时，便从自己的书桌离开去客厅查看女儿做什么。故选B。

2.段落大意题。根据第二段的描写可知，作者的女儿为了躲避作者从一个房间跑到另一个房间，而作者也从一个房间追到另一个房间，直到女儿无处可逃。由此看出，这是作者与女儿之间的“追逃大战”。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, lips trembling. I heard every voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you...You should know better than that...How many times have you been told …What a bad thing to do...”可知，当作者看到女儿恐惧的眼睛时，作者回想起了自己小时候被责骂的声音。故选D。

4.句意理解题。''I had her cornered''（我让她无路可逃）。根据上下文可知，作者的女儿此时跑进了卫生间，因此作者轻而易举地便堵住女儿，让她无处可逃。C选项的表达符合题意。故选C。

【名师点睛】细节事实理解题主要考查考生对文章中某一些特定细节或文章的重要事实的理解能力。它一般包括直接理解题和语义理解题两种。直接理解题的答案与原文直接挂钩，从阅读材料中可以找到。此外，在阅读中可以使用定位法与跳读法解决细节理解题。定位法即根据题干和选项所提供的信息直接从原文中找到相应的句子(即定位)，然后进行比较和分析(尤其要注意一些同义转换)，从而找出正确答案。跳读法即根据题干和选项所提供的信息跳读原文，并找到相关的句子(有时可能是几个句子)或段落，然后进行分析和推理等，从而找出正确答案。以本文第1题为例，本题运用定位法：我们根据题干中“When the author found the house was abnormally quiet, ”，从而直接定位到含有quiet的句子——“But then it got a little too quiet and I yelled out.”，往后读便是作者对于“quiet”做出的反应，根据文中的＂I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room＂可知，当作者听到女儿房间异常安静时，便从自己的书桌离开去客厅查看女儿做什么。故选B。