Question

    My father was left fatherless at the age of 12, and pretty much on his own then.

Because of that, he was never the loving type. He didn’t have time to offer a pat on the back or a loving hug（拥抱）. He was built for work, and work he did—7 days a week—expecting my brothers and me to do the same.

Growing up, I spent much of my free time laboring with him on jobs around the house. To him, working alongside someone was the best way to show you cared. The way you felt about a person was clear from the fact you spent time with the person; you didn’t need to express your feelings. As far as I know, he never did. Except once.

I was 22, graduated from college, and leaving home for the last time. He and I had loaded my things into the car and were talking in the garage. Without warning, he wrapped me in his huge arms and hugged me tight.“You were always my favorite,”he said.“I love you, and I’m going to miss you.”

With that, he shooed（用“嘘”声驱赶）me into the car and then left for the house, tears in his eyes.

I was floored by his response—and then felt proud, pleased and grateful. Yet some small part of me also wondered why it had taken him so long to express his love.

I can accept now that it wasn’t possible for him to be warm—his feelings were buried too deeply under the layers of a tough life. Thanks to my father’s once-in-a-lifetime hug, I’ve come to realize something he never could. A hug is more than simple physical touch. It is a lightning-like connection between two people. A link that expresses love, encouragement, comfort-all the emotions that can strengthen a relationship, even turn a life around.

1.According to the author, his father didn’t show his feelings easily because of all the following reasons EXCEPT _____.

A.he didn’t think it important to show his love

B.he always worked around the house and paid no attention to his kids

C.he himself grew up without love from his own father

D.he thought the best way to show feelings was to spend time together

2.The word“floored”in the passage can be best replaced by _____.

A.frightened B.flooded

C.hit D.confused

3.It can be inferred from the passage that the author will probably _____.

A.hide his feelings for his kids as deeply as his father did

B.offer physical touch like hugs to his own kids quite often

C.not spend time working around the house with his own kids

D.not understand his father’s love for him for the rest of his life

4.The purpose of the writing is to _____.

A.mention the importance of a hug in our life

B.tell us an unhappy childhood without father’s care

C.share a touching story of the author and his father

D.show the difficult relationship between child and parents

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者父亲从小失去了父亲，没有享受到父爱，不知如何表达对孩子的爱。父亲认为只要和孩子在一起就是爱。作者因此没有感受到父亲的爱。在大学毕业最后一次离家时父亲拥抱了作者，才让作者感受到了像拥抱这样的身体接触对于人的一生有多么大的影响。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“My father was left fatherless at the age of 12, and pretty much on his own then.” 我的父亲在12岁的时候失去了父亲，那时他完全靠自己。可知，父亲在没有父爱的环境下长大，故C正确的。第二段“Because of that, he was never the loving type. He didn’t have time to offer a pat on the back or a loving hug（拥抱）”以及第三段“To him, working alongside someone was the best way to show you cared... you spent time with the person; you didn’t need to express your feelings.”父亲从小没有父亲，不会表达爱。对他来说，和别人一起工作是表达关心的最好方式。因为你花时间和他在一起，不需要表达出你的感觉。可知父亲认为表达爱不重要，花时间在一起就是表达爱的最好方式，故A项（他认为表达他的爱并不重要）和D项（他认为表达感情的最好方法是花时间在一起）是正确的。文章没说父亲只在家周围工作，根据文章可知，父亲关心孩子，而不是不理睬孩子，故B项（他总是在家周围到处工作，对孩子不理不睬）是错误的，故本题选B。

2.猜测词义题。根据第五段划线词“I was floored by his response”后的解释“—and then felt proud, pleased and grateful. Yet some small part of me also wondered why it had taken him so long to express his love.” 然后我感到骄傲、高兴和感激。但我内心的也有一点想知道，为什么他花了这么长时间来表达他的爱。尤其是文中的 “yet”以及“wondered why”可知，他对于父亲的反应有点迷惑不解。A. frightened害怕的，B. flooded泛滥的；C. hit击中的；D. confused迷惑的。可知D项符合题意，故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Thanks to my father’s once-in-a-lifetime hug, ...A hug is more than simple physical touch. It is a lightning-like connection between two people. A link that expresses love, encouragement, comfort-all the emotions that can strengthen a relationship, even turn a life around.” 多亏了父亲一辈子一次的拥抱，（让我知道）拥抱不仅仅是简单的身体接触。这是两个人之间闪电般的联系。一个表达爱、鼓励、安慰的纽带——所有这些情感都能加强一段关系，甚至能改变一个人的一生。从这些内容可知，作者认识到拥抱不仅仅只是简单的身体接触，还对人的一生是有巨的影响的。由此可推断出他会经常和自己的孩子进行身体接触，如拥抱，故选B。

4.推理判断题。本文叙述了作者的父亲从小没有父爱，不知如何表达对孩子的爱，认为只要和孩子在一起就是爱孩子。后来在儿子大学毕业最后一次离家时拥抱了作者，才让作者感受到了像拥抱这样的身体接触对于人的一生有多么大的影响。本文的主旨句也就是写作目的在最后一段“A hug is more than simple physical touch. It is a lightning-like connection between two people. A link that expresses love, encouragement, comfort-all the emotions that can strengthen a relationship, even turn a life around.” 拥抱不仅仅是简单的身体接触。这是两个人之间闪电般的联系。一个表达爱、鼓励、安慰的纽带——所有这些情感都能加强一段关系，甚至能改变一个人的一生。可知，本文的目的提到拥抱在我们生活中的重要性。故选A。