Question

    I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but just before I, the youngest of four children, turned sixteen, my belief was painfully tested. My father, who used to share in the chores around the house, gradually started becoming downhearted. From the time he came home from his job to the time he went to bed, he hardly spoke a word to my mom or us kids. The strain on my mom and dad’s relationship was very evident. However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom told us that Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family. It was something I never thought possible, and it grieved me greatly. I kept telling myself that it wasn’t going to happen, and I went totally numb when I knew my dad was really leaving. The night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and how much I would miss him. I told him that I was praying for him and wanted him to know that, no matter what, Jesus and I loved him. I told him that I would always and forever be his Krissie...his Noodles. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy.”

Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I sneaked out to the car and slipped my letter into one of his bags.

Two weeks went by with hardly a word from my father. Then, one afternoon, I came home from school to find my mom sitting at the dining room table waiting to talk to me. I could see in her eyes that she had been crying. She told me that Dad had been there and that they had talked for a long time. They decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving. Mom then turned her focus to my eyes.

“Kristi, Dad told me that you wrote him a letter. Can I ask what you wrote to him?”

I found it hard to share with my mom what I had written from my heart to my dad. I mumbled a few words and shrugged.

A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter, my dad and I. I guess I always figured that it was something that was a secret between us.

1.What happened to the author’s parents when she was sixteen?

A.They left her alone. B.They got divorced.

C.They shared in the chores together. D.They had a good marriage.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “grieved” in Para.1?

A.made sb. Angry B.made sb. delighted

C.made sb. sad D.made sb. greedy

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The author handed the letter directly to her father.

B.Her father wrote back to the author when he finished reading the letter.

C.The author’s letter made a difference to her father.

D.The author shared what she wrote with her mother.

4.What might be the best title for the passage?

A.A Promise Kept B.A Letter

C.A Broken Family D.A Great Daddy

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己所经历的父母离异的过程。为挽救父母的婚姻，留住爸爸，偷偷给爸爸写了一封信，而恰恰是这封信打动了爸爸，拯救了这个家庭。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom told us that Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family.可知作者的父母已经决定离婚，作者所想到的就是自己将成为一个离异家庭的牺牲品。因此可知，在作者16岁的时候，父母离婚了。故选B。

2.

词义猜测题。根据后句I kept telling myself that it wasn’t going to happen, and I went totally numb when I knew my dad was really leaving.可知作者一直在告诉自己这件事不会发生，当知道爸爸离开的时候，作者都麻木了，因此，父母离婚让作者很伤心，grieve“使……悲伤”，与make sb. sad同义。故选C。

3.

推理判断题。根据文中Kristi, Dad told me that you wrote him a letter. Can I ask what you wrote to him?一句可知作者的父亲和母亲交谈的时候提到了这封信，在最后一段A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter, my dad and I. I guess I always figured that it was something that was a secret between us.可知后来父亲回来了，因此推断作者写给父亲的那封信对作者的父亲产生了影响。make a difference to对……有影响/起作用。故选C。

4.

主旨大意题。根据最后一句We never talked about the letter, my dad and I. I guess I always figured that it was something that was a secret between us.可知我和爸爸妈妈从不谈论这封信，这封信成为我们之间的一个秘密，保守这个秘密也就成为作者和爸爸一直信守的约定。因此，A选项是最佳标题，A Promise Kept：一个得到信守的约定。故选A。