Question

Christa Marie Eastburn has added a new name to the list of people she sends Father’s Day cards to—a father she grew up never knowing. In North Kansas City, the 57-year-old woman thought her father died 54 years ago, but this summer she learned he is alive. "I have a real father to send a card to this time, "she told the newspaper last week. “But I still don’t have everything that goes with it—like the memories.” Her parents, Karl Beinfohr and Ingeborg Mueller, got married in Germany in the 1940s when World War II was on and a year later Marie was born—a daughter who grew up thinking her father, a German soldier, died in the war.

This year, Eastburn found and got in touch with relatives in Germany, hoping they could tell her about her father. One day, a letter arrived in her mailbox.

"All these years of quietness, "Beinfohr wrote, "I don' t know what you have lived through. The news that she had a father who lived an ocean away brought tears to Eastburn's eyes.

Eastburn and her father began writing to each other. In his letters, Beinfohr tried to explain the years lost. Finally, last month, Eastburn went to Germany to meet her father. They looked through old photos. Beinfohr showed his daughter one of her old toys he had kept.

1.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. Her father had a poor memory.

B. She had grown up without a father

C. She couldn’t remember her parents at all

D. She didn't know what to write on the card

2.How did Eastburn find out her father is still alive?

A. By contacting relatives in Germany

B. By sending out Father’s Day cards

C. By looking through some old photos

D. By visiting her friends in the world

3.Where does Eastburn most probably live?

A. In Germany

B. In Britain

C. In France

D. In America

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。叙述了57岁的Christa Marie Eastburn与生父重逢的故事。

1.推理判断题。由第一段“But I still don’t have everything that goes with it—like the memories.”可知，但我并不是记得每件事情---像对父亲的记忆。所以判断出她在没有父亲的环境下长大。故B选项正确。

2.细节理解题。由第二段“This year, Eastburn found and got in touch with relatives in Germany, hoping they could tell her about her father. One day, a letter arrived in her mailbox.”可知，今年， Eastburn联系了德国的亲戚，希望他们能告诉她关于她父亲的事情。有一天，她的邮箱里收到一封信。所以Eastburn 通过联系在德国的亲戚从而知道她父亲还活着的。故A选项正确。

3.推理判断题。由第三段“ The news that she had a father who lived an ocean away brought tears to Eastburn's eyes.”可知，她有一个住在大洋彼岸的父亲的消息让Eastburn热泪盈眶。作者的父亲住在德国，再结合选项出现的国家，所以我们判断出大洋彼岸的一个国家是德国，另一个国家可能是美国，故判断出作者可能住在美国。故D选项正确。