Question

    Night after night, mom came to my bed and said good night, even long after my childhood years. As part of her nightly routine she would lean down, push my long hair out of the way and then kiss my forehead.

I can’t remember when it first started annoying me-her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me anyway for they felt rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I lashed out at her, “Stop doing that-your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything in reply, and never did she end ml y day with that special expression of love again. That night, I found myself lying awake long after she left my room. Regrettably, I never told her I was sorry.

Time after time, with the passing years, my thought would often return to that night. I missed my mother’s hands, and her goodnight kiss upon my forehead, sometimes the memory of that unspeakable night seemed very close and sometimes far away. It was always there in the back of my mind.

Years have passed, I’m no longer a young girl, and mom is in her mid-seventies. Those hands I once thought to he rough are still taking care of me and my family. Over the years, those hands have reached into a medicine cabinet for the remedy that would calm a young girl’s upset stomach or soothe boys painful knee. The very same hands have also cooked the best fried chicken in the world, gotten stains out of my jeans and dished out ice cream on a hot summer day.

Now my own children are all grown and gone, and mom no longer has clad. On special days, I find myself drawn to her house to spend the night with her. On the Eve of one Thanksgiving, as I was about to fall asleep in my old bedroom, a rough, but loving hand, hesitantly stole across my face and brushed the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my eyebrow.

For the thousandth time I recalled the night when my young voice and gratefully complained, “Stop doing that-your hands are too rough!” then I caught Mom’s hand in mine involuntarily with the deepest regret, I told her how sorry I had felt about that night all those years. To my surprise, Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgiven and forgotten long ago. That night, I fell asleep with new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. The guilt that I had felt for so long suddenly disappeared, and nowhere was it to be found.

1.What message does the writer try to carry in her story?

A.A Mother’s hands are always rough.

B.A mother should stay home and take care of her children.

C.A child should be grateful for his or her mother’s love.

D.A child will never learn to appreciate his or her mother’s love.

2.When the writer was young, it was part of her mom’s nightly routine to          .

A.get stains out of the family’s clothes B.dish out ice cream for the family

C.soothe the writer’s painful knee D.kiss the writer the forehead before she fell asleep

3.After the writer lashed out at her mother, she           .

A.told her mother she was sorry at once

B.had been missing her mother’s hands and goodnight kiss

C.went to her mother’s bedroom and said good night

D.caught her mom’s hands in hers

4.Which of the following sentences from the reading is the writer’s opinion?

A.Night after night, Mom came to my bed and said goodnight.

B.That night, I found myself lying awake long after she left my room.

C.Sometimes, the memory of that unspeakable night seemed very close and sometimes far away.

D.Now my own children are all grown and gone and mom no longer has dad.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文是记叙文。文章讲述的是母亲对孩子的爱，每晚母亲都会亲吻孩子的额头，虽然作者曾经抨击母亲这样的做法，但是后来非常愧疚，母爱的包容，令作者深深的感动。

1.

推理判断题。根据最后第一段That night, I fell asleep with new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. The guilt that I had felt for so long suddenly disappeared, and nowhere was it to be found.得知，作者对温柔的母亲和她关爱的手产生了一种新的“感激”。母女情深，这时我感到得到了母爱的包容，因而我的愧疚荡然无存。作者通过自己的故事想要表达孩子应该对母亲的爱表示感激。故选C。

2.

细节理解题。根据第一段Night after night, mom came to my bed and said good night, even long after my childhood years. As part of her nightly routine she would lean down, push my long hair out of the way and then kiss my forehead.得知在我童年时，每晚妈妈都会到我的床边说晚安，她会附身，撩开我的长发亲吻我的额头，可知作者母亲在作者小时候每晚必做的事情是在她睡前亲吻她的额头。故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据第三段Time after time, with the passing years, my thought would often return to that night. I missed my mother’s hands, and her goodnight kiss upon my forehead, sometimes the memory of that unspeakable night seemed very close and sometimes far away. 得知时光流逝，我总想起那天晚上，我想念母亲的双手，想念她每晚亲吻我额头跟我道晚安，在作者猛烈抨击她母亲手粗糙之后，作者开始怀念妈妈的手和晚安亲吻。故选B。

4.

推理判断题。根据第三段sometimes the memory of that unspeakable night seemed very close and sometimes far away. It was always there in the back of my mind.得知，作者有时候感到那个难以言说的夜晚回忆似乎很近有时候又似乎很远。故选C。