Question

If it were up to me, I’d write this piece next week or even later. Let the dust settle a bit. But I have my father’s insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No one wants to read last week’s news.

My father Michael was a journalist. He started at age 16 on his local paper, the Luton News, and after nine years there, he went on to a six-decade career that saw him write more than 40 biographies of Hollywood stars and spend a quarter-century presenting a weekly radio show.

From him I learned about deadlines and accuracy, and absorbed his rule about professional clothing, one he had been taught by his first boss. Even when he was working at home, my father would follow that rule: shirt and tie, every day.

There were other less obvious lessons. The first is about being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasn’t present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful. My father never took me to the football or taught me to change a tyre. In a pub, he might manage some drinks, but his main focus would usually be the food menu. He was a model of a different kind of maleness.

But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience. He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, within two years of each other. And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taught himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room. He would meet editors and write stories with the same hunger he had 65 years earlier. Younger colleagues keep using the same word about him: appealing.

I hope I learned his resilience, the way I learned about being a journalist. People keep telling me that my father was proud of me; and the truth is I was proud of him. Raised in a hard-up corner of wartime England, he went off to see the world—and he never stopped looking forward and upward, staring at the stars.

1.What has made the author write down the text so soon?

A. His father’s words motivated him to do so.

B. He wanted to settle down after the writing.

C. He wanted to write it before he forgot it.

D. It was the story he insisted on writing.

2.What was the author’s impression of his father?

A. He always managed to dress up following the fashion.

B. He sometimes had a hard time meeting the work deadline.

C. He trained the author to be manly and do the basic things.

D. He was competitive at work and remained a loving Dad.

3.What was the best lesson the author learned from his father?

A. The necessity of keeping good shape.

B. Quick recovery from suffering or blow.

C. The ability to get a content career.

D. The pride one takes in his/her parents.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Dad Left a Deep Impression on Me for His Work

B. Dad Proved Faithful and Loving for the Family

C. My Dad Showed How to Be a Journalist and a Man

D. I Learned to Recover Quickly after a Suffering

Answer

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了父亲对自己的巨大影响，从个人事业到做人，都给自己树立了很好的榜样。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段“…But I have my father’s insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No one wants to read last week’s news.”可知我原本希望晚些时候再写文章，但父亲告诉不要等待，要立刻写最时新的内容，所以我才会迅速写下来。故A项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“The first is about being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasn’t present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful.”可知父亲给我的印象是在工作方面很有竞争性，在生活里非常有爱心也值得信赖。故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段“But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience. He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, ….And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taught himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room.”可知父亲给我最大的教训是他有极强的适应能力，母亲和我的姐姐在两年内相继去世，父亲迅速从失去亲人的痛苦中恢复过来，投入到工作和生活之中。故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了父亲对自己的巨大影响，从个人事业到做人，都给自己树立了很好的榜样。C项与文章主旨相符，ABD都只是文章这的部分内容，不能涵盖本文全部内容。所以选择C项。