Question

阅读下面短文并根据短文内容完成下列各题。

The Christmas of my 16th, when decorating the Christmas tree with Mum, I accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball. It had been on our tree for as long as I could remember.

Regretfully, I knelt to pick up the pieces and was surprised to find a small piece of paper among them. Unfolding the tiny note, I recognized my father’s penciled writing. Lifting my eyes, I saw my mothers smile.

“Your Daddy wrote that and put it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together, just before you were born,” she said.

I wouldn’t have believed it, if there hadn’t been the note in my hands. Daddy always regarded getting the tree decorated as an important task. And yet this bit of yellowed paper proved that long ago my Daddy had done something romantic at Christmas.

Carefully putting the note aside, I cleaned up the pieces, wishing I could reassemble them. “You needn’t fit the parts of the old glass ball together again. Pick out another one and put the note back inside.” Mum said.

Now, as I celebrate the holidays without Mum, who died of cancer years ago, I feel really sad. Each year as I decorate Christmas tree. I recall the moment I shared with her that winter afternoon and blink away my tears.

As I carefully handle those old glass balls. I love knowing that one of them holds a secret between Daddy and Mum — a secret that was obvious to all who knew them.

The note inside one of those old glass balls on Christmas tree holds the heart of my parents’ marriage in three warm words: “I love you.”

1.What happened when the author was decorating the Christmas tree? (no more than 10 words)

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2.When was the paper put in the glass ball? (no more than 10 words)

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3.What can we know about the author’s father from the yellowed paper? (no more than 7 words)

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4.What does the underlined word “reassemble” mean in English? (no more than 10 words)

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5.Do you often express your love to your parents? And how? (no more than 20 words)

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Answer

1.He/She/The author accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball.

2.Before the author was born./ During the author’s parents’ first Christmas together.

3.He had done something romantic at Christmas /He was a romantic man. /He was romantic.

4.Fit/Put the parts of the old glass ball together again.

5.Yes, I do. I give them small gifts on their birthdays, ring them often and help them with housework.

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者16岁时在装饰圣诞树时，意外地打碎了一个旧的玻璃球。发现了玻璃球里的纸条，纸条是父亲在作者出生前写的，是父母亲一起过的第一个圣诞节。作者这才发现父亲是一个很浪漫的人，父母之间有着深深的爱，而这种爱也影响着认识他们的每一个。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的The Christmas of my 16th, when decorating the Christmas tree with Mum, I accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball.可知，在我16岁的那个圣诞节，在装饰圣诞树时，我意外地打碎了一个旧的玻璃球。由此可知，作者在装饰圣诞树时，意外地打碎了一个旧的玻璃球。文中没有提及作者的性别。故答案为He/She/The author accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball.。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段的“Your Daddy wrote that and put it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together, just before you were born,” she said.可知，她说：“你爸爸写了这个纸条，在我们第一个圣诞节的时候，是在你出生之前，把它放进那个蓝色的球里。”由此可知，纸条被放进球里是在作者出生之前。故答案为Before the author was born./ During the author’s parents’first Christmas together. 。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的And yet this bit of yellowed paper proved that long ago my Daddy had done something romantic at Christmas.可知，然而，这一张泛黄的纸证明，很久以前，在圣诞节爸爸做了一些浪漫的事情。由此可知，这些泛黄的纸证明了很久之前，父亲是一个很浪漫的人。故答案为He had done something romantic at Christmas /He was a romantic man. /He was romantic.。

4.词义猜测题。根据划线词后的You needn’t fit the parts of the old glass ball together again.可知，你不必再把旧玻璃球的零件装在一起了。这是作者的妈妈告诉他的话，说明这原本是作者想做的事，所以wishing后的宾语从句是作者要做的事，这就是划线词的意思。故答案为Fit/Put the parts of the old glass ball together again.。

5.主旨大意题。根据文章最后一句I love you.可知，这就是作者这篇文章要表达的观点：要对你的家人表达爱，所以回答时只要表达对父母的爱，为正能量的，就可以。故答案为Yes, I do. I give them small gifts on their birthdays, ring them often and help them with housework.。