Question

    This is a family story my father told me about his mother, my grandmother.

In 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking home to their families, as was the custom at that time in America.

Sadly, the thrill of his reunion with his family was soon overshadowed. My grandmother became very ill and had to be hospitalized. It was her kidneys, and the doctors told my father that she needed a blood transfusion immediately or she would not live through the night. The problem was that grandmother’s blood type was AB-, a very rare type even today, but even harder to get then because there were no blood banks or air flights to ship blood. All the family members were typed, but not one member was a match. So the doctors gave the family no hope; my grandmother was dying.

My father left the hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would get a chance to tell grandmother goodbye. As my father was driving down the highway, he passed a soldier in uniform hitchhiking home to his family. Deep in grief, my father had no inclination  at that moment to do a good deed. Yet it was almost as if something outside himself pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car.

My father was too upset to even ask the soldier his name, but the soldier noticed my father’s tears right away and inquired about them. Through his tears, my father told this total stranger that his mother was lying in a hospital dying because the doctors had been unable to locate her blood type, AB-, and if they did not do it before nightfall, she would surely die.

It got very quiet in the car. Then this unidentified soldier extended his hand out to my father, palm up. Resting in the palm of his hand were the dog tags from around his neck. The blood type on the tags was AB-. The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.

My grandmother lived until 1996, 47 years later, and to this day no one in our family knows the soldier’s name. But he is always remembered by us.

1.The author’s father left the hospital   .

A. to purchase basic necessities that grandmother needed

B. to ask the family members to have their blood tested

C. to pick up a solider whose blood type was the same as grandmother’s

D. to gather the family members to pay their last respects to grandmother

2.The word “inclination” in Paragraph 4 most probably means  .

A. determination B. willingness

C. compromise D. motivation

3.What may be the best title for the passage?

A. A Friend in Need B. A Soldier in Hospital

C. An Angel in Uniform D. A Gift in Disguise

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是“穿制服的天使”——一名士兵献血救作者祖母的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据第四段中My father left the hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would get a chance to tell grandmother goodbye.“我的父亲含泪离开医院，去召集所有的家庭成员，这样每个人都有机会向祖母道别。”可知，作者的父亲离开医院，与家人团聚，向祖母致以最后的敬意。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句Yet it was almost as if something outside himself pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car.“然而，好像是外面有什么东西把他拉住了，他等着那个陌生人上了车。”可知，父亲悲痛欲绝，一时无心做好事。由此推知划线词的意思是“乐意”。故选B。

3.主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段中The blood type on the tags was AB-. The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.“标签上的血型是AB-。士兵叫我父亲把车掉头送他去医院。”和最后一段My grandmother lived until 1996, 47 years later, and to this day no one in our family knows the soldier’s name. But he is always remembered by us.“我的祖母活到1996年，47年后，直到今天，我们家没有人知道这个士兵的名字。但是我们总是记住他。”由此可知本文主题都是“穿制服的天使”。故选C。