Question

Moments before I could lift my case to put it in the plane’s overhead locker ahead of our recent holiday to Europe, my father gently urged me to stop. He held the thick handles of the case and lifted it with his thin arms, pushing it into place with a sigh. “You should relax and be the lady, and let me do the heavy tasks,” he said seriously. “In the future, someone special will come into your life and take over such tasks from me, but that will never happen if you do everything yourself.”

I was stunned into silence. This was not the father I remembered from childhood, who trained me to study hard at school, asked me to earn my own pocket money as a teenager at a local coffee shop, and even taught me household chores so that my life alone in London wouldn’t turn into a mess. But then, eight years after I left home and started a new life in the UK, I realized for the first time that my dad still has expectations for me to be like a princess and to stay dependent and delicate, which were considered necessary qualities of women in traditional China.

Well, that came a little late, Little did Dad know that over the three years of my university life, I moved flats five times all by myself, dragging suitcases of books and clothes, and waiting for the taxi in the rain while holding tight onto cardboard boxes. Meanwhile, living in the UK – a country currently led by a female prime minister – I have never thought there is anything girls cannot do. Most of my female friends are professionals working in the City of London, and after work, we frequently go down to the pub for a drink, just like the guys do – something my mother never did.

I wondered how I might make Dad understand the new world his little girl has entered. Perhaps one day, he will realize the “someone special” in my life will appreciate my confidence and independence above dependence, and admit that times have changed.

1.What does the underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Annoyed.    B. Embarrassed.

C. Surprised    D. Excited.

2.What qualities of women did traditional China appreciate according to Paragraph 2?

A. Dependent and gentle.    B. Hardworking and tough.

C. Beautiful and confident.    D. Independent and ambitious.

3.What’s the author’s purpose by mentioning her stay in London?

A. To complain how strict her father was.

B. To describe how hard her life in the UK was.

C. To regret not working hard enough at school.

D. To show she was used to living independently.

4.What can we infer about the author according to the last paragraph?

A. She has a misunderstanding of her father.

B. She thinks women should be independent.

C. She longs to meet her life partner in the UK.

D. She is thankful for her father’s strict training.

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，讲述了作者的父亲一直希望作者保持中国传统女性温柔、依赖的品质，但在英国生活的经历让作者变得独立，作者认为时代变了，女性应该自信和独立。

1.词义猜测题。上文说父亲不让作者自己拿沉的东西，再根据画线词后的“This was not the father I remembered from childhood, who trained me to study hard at school, asked me to earn my own pocket money as a teenager at a local coffee shop”可知，在作者印象中，父亲一向是很严厉教育作者要独立，现在对她如此温和，他态度的转变让她感到很惊讶，由此可知画线词词义为“惊讶的”，故C项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I realized for the first time that my dad still has expectations for me to be like a princess and to stay dependent and delicate, which were considered necessary qualities of women in traditional China.”可知，父亲希望作者像公主一样，保持依赖和温柔，这被认为是中国传统女性必备的品质，故A项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Meanwhile, living in the UK – a country currently led by a female prime minister – I have never thought there is anything girls cannot do. ”可知，作者觉得在英国，女性很独立，可以做任何事情，作者提到自己在英国的生活就是为了证明她习惯于独立生活，故D项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Perhaps one day, he will realize the “someone special” in my life will appreciate my confidence and independence above dependence, and admit that times have changed. ”可知，也许有一天，那个特别的人会欣赏我的自信和独立，并承认时代变了，由此可知，作者认为女性应该独立，故B项正确。