Question

Traveler

My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler’s checks, and is asleep at the moment．His blue duffel(粗呢) bag lies on the floor where he dropped it．Obviously, he postponed as much sleep as he could: when he walked in and we hugged, his electrical system suddenly switched off, and he headed directly for the bed, where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.

It was his first trip overseas, so weeks before it, I pressed travel books on him, and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things．At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase, he headed for the duffels, saying that suitcases were more for old people．

During the trip, he called home three times: from London, Paris, and a village named Ullapool．Near Ullapool, he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off．In the village, a man spoke to him in Gaelic, and, too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes, trying to nod in the right places．The French he learned from the cassette didn’t hold water in Paris．The French he talked to shrugged and walked on.

When my son called, I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word． His voice came through clearly, though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication．When I interrupted him with a “Great!” or a “Really?”, I knocked a little hole in his communication．So I just sat and listened． I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure．It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me．In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.

The unused checks are certainly evidence of that．Youth travels light．No suitcase, not much luggage and a slim expense account, and yet he went to the scene, and came back safely．I sit here amazed．The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you’ve never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week．

1.During the trip, the author’s son ______.

A.ran out of money

B.had inadequate sleep

C.forgot to call his mother

D.failed to take good pictures

2.According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the author’s son?

A.Polite and careless．

B.Creative and stubborn.

C.Considerate and independent.

D.Self-centered and adventurous.

3.What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?

A.It is important to listen to your child’s story.

B.It’s easy to interrupt the chat with your child.

C.The author is proud of her son landing on the moon.

D.The son no longer needs much help from his mother.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.

B.The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

C.It’s a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore．

D.Communication between parents and children is extremely important.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了作者十五岁儿子的旅行，同时介绍了旅行中所发生的事情，作者认为给予自己孩子足够的自由空间让他们自己去经历和体验是一种双赢的选择。

1.

推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler’s checks, and is asleep at the moment，可知作者的儿子刚旅游回到家的蒙头大睡了，因此可推断他在旅游的过程中缺乏睡眠，故B选项正确。

2.

推理判断题。根据第三段的too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes，由此可推断作者的儿子的其中一个性格是considerate(体贴的，考虑周全的)；又根据文章说作者的儿子自己去旅行，很多事情都一个人去处理，也可推断他是一个独立的（independent）的人。结合各个选项的意思，可知选C。

3.

词义猜测题。根据划线单词的所在的句子中的上一句的内容In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.，可知上一句所说的是作者作为家长实际上也没有给到他儿子多少的建议和意见，由此分析，可知选D正确。

4.

推理判断题。纵观全文，根据作者对他儿子这次去旅游之前，去的时候给家里打电话以及回来之后的一连串的分析和思考，可知作者认为给予自己孩子足够的自由空间让他们自己去经历和体验是一种双赢的选择，故选C