Question

    I said, “Papi, let me finish school.” None of his other daughters completed more than three grades. “I still can do my chores(家务),” I told him. “Pay for me to finish school.”

He dug his boot into the dry earth of Quanajuato, the state he never left in his entire life. But he still was the smartest man in our village. He read books about Egypt and knew how to handwrite, unlike my mother, who never had an education.

“Why do you want to return to school?” he said, lowering his eyes to me. “So you can meet a man, marry, and quit? You want me to pay for that?”

“No, Papi,” I said. “I won’t marry in school and I promise I’ll graduate.”

The wind whistled through the trees. My father saw a fisherman with a pole bent over the riverbank. I said urgently, “Papi,” and I almost grabbed his thick brown wrist. In the country, my father would stop and talk with any stranger, no matter what he was doing.He would talk aboutthe harvest, the weather, the family, but mostly, he would listen.

He turned, making his way to the fisherman. I followed behind him in my open-toed shoes, carefully picking my steps. I knew I had lost his attention and I searched around me for something to fill the time I would spend waiting. But there was nothing and nobody.

“Buenos dias,” my father said to the fisherman.

I took my seat ten feet from them. The two men stared across the lake and talked. Their voices droned on and were blended with the wind. I daydreamed.

“Marta, come here,” my father called to me.

I lifted myself up and walked very slowly toward them without lifting my feet off the ground.

“Marta,” my father said, “I have asked Don Toms what he thinks about your promise.”

I stared at this fisherman, this stranger, and then back at my father with wide eyes.

“I told him about your promise to stay single, and he told me—let her go.”

The fisherman looked down at his worn shoes. “If you want it,” he said to the earth beneath his feet.

Later, I became Father’s only daughter to complete high school education, and the only one to leave his house unmarried.

1.The author spoke to her father to ________.

A.share her school life

B.beg for her school fee

C.learn about her sisters’ study

D.complain about the housework

2.The author felt ________ when her father went over to the fisherman.

A.ashamed B.tired

C.angry D.helpless

3.Why did the author’s father talk with the fisherman?

A.To offer help. B.To talk about harvest.

C.To ask for advice. D.To get away from the author.

4.The last paragraph suggests that the author _______.

A.kept her words B.missed her father

C.regretted the decision D.lived a comfortable life

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者想父亲让她继续去读书的一次谈话的过程。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段I said, “Papi, let me finish school.” None of his other daughters completed more than three grades. “I still can do my chores(家务),” I told him. “Pay for me to finish school.”我说，“爸爸，让我完成学业吧。”他的其他女儿都不超过三个年级。“我仍然可以做我的家务，”我告诉他，“给我钱让我完成学业。”可知，作者和她父亲谈话，要求支付她的学费。故选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据第六段He turned, making his way to the fisherman. I followed behind him in my open-toed shoes, carefully picking my steps. I knew I had lost his attention and I searched around me for something to fill the time I would spend waiting. But there was nothing and nobody. 他转身向渔夫走去。我穿着露趾鞋跟在他后面，小心翼翼地走着。我知道我已经失去了他的注意，于是我在周围寻找一些东西来填补我将要等待的时间。但是什么也没有，也没有人。由此判断出当她父亲去见渔夫时，作者感到很无助。故选D项。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第五段Marta,” my father said, “I have asked Don Toms what he thinks about your promise.”可知，玛尔塔，父亲说，我已经问过汤姆斯先生他对你的承诺有何看法。所以为什么作者的父亲要和渔夫谈话是为了寻求建议。故选C项。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段Later, I became Father’s only daughter to complete high school education, and the only one to leave his house unmarried.可知，后来，我成了父亲唯一完成高中教育的女儿，也是唯一一个离开家不结婚的女儿。由此判断出，最后一段暗示了作者遵守了诺言。故选A项。