The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class fun work to draw a picture of 36 for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be 37 to be economically(经济上) poor, but still many would 38 a big holiday dinner with turkeys and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the 39 of most of her students’ art. And they really were.
But Douglas made a 40 kind of picture, for Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of pity and love, 41 and unhappy. As other children played at break, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess the pain Douglas felt 42 those sad eyes.
Yes, his picture was different. When he was 43 to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a 44 ---nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His picture brought out the heated 45 of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer because farmers 46 turkeys. Another suggested a police officer’s because the police protect and 47 people. And so the discussion went --- until the teacher 48 forgot the young artist.
49 the children had gone on to do other work, she 50 Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and said in a very low voice, “It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the 51 when she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there and how 52 she had said, “Take your hand, Douglas, and we’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most 53 for his teacher’s hand.
Brushing aside tears, she went on with her work.
In fact, people 54 not always say “Thanks”. But they would remember the hand that 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．anything | B．something | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题2: | | A．suggested | B．imagined | C．encouraged | D．thought |
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| 小题3: | | A．have | B．share | C．prefer | D．ask |
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| 小题4: | | A．homework | B．subjects | C．classes | D．thoughts |
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| 小题5: | | A．good | B．encouraging | C．different | D．exciting |
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| 小题6: | | A．merry | B．naughty | C．weak | D．lively |
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| 小题7: | | A．behind | B．beside | C．before | D．around |
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| 小题8: | | A．ordered | B．told | C．forced | D．spoken |
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| 小题9: | | A．gift | B．person | C．hand | D．wonder |
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| 小题10: | | A．thought | B．laughter | C．eyes | D．discussion |
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| 小题11: | | A．keep | B．need | C．buy | D．sell |
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| 小题12: | | A．look at | B．care for | C．take away | D．drive off |
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| 小题13: | | A．always | B．almost | C．usually | D．therefore |
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| 小题14: | | A．Before | B．Because | C．Since | D．When |
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| 小题15: | | A．looked at | B．pointed at | C．turned to | D．looked to |
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| 小题16: | | A．chances | B．forms | C．ways | D．times |
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| 小题17: | | A．seldom | B．often | C．soon | D．much |
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| 小题18: | | A．thankful | B．calm | C．pleased | D．comfortable |
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| 小题19: | | A．could | B．must | C．should | D．might |
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| 小题20: | | A．moved on | B．went out | C．helped out | D．reached out |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:D |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个小男孩把老师的手当成是自己最感激的事物，告诉我们人们也许不会经常说感谢，但是他们会记住那些伸向他们的援助之手。
小题1:B 上下文串联。根据下文43空后something for which he was thankful说明B正确。
小题2:D 动词辨析。A建议B想象C鼓励D认为；大部分的学生被认为是在经济上很贫穷。
小题3:A 动词辨析。A有B分享C更喜欢D要求；虽然很穷，但是很多人还是有很好的假日大餐。
小题4:B 名词辨析。A家庭作业B主题C班级D思想；老师认为这些都会是孩子所画的主题。
小题5:C 形容词辨析。A好的B鼓励的C不同的D兴奋的；Douglas却有了一个不同的作品。
小题6:C 形容词辨析。根据下文别人在玩，他站在旁边，说明他很忧郁很弱小。
小题7:A 介词辨析。A在…后面B在…旁边C在…前D在…周围；能够感觉到他眼睛后的悲伤。
小题8:B 动词辨析。A命令B告诉C强迫D说话；当他被告诉要画一个感激的事物的时候。
小题9:C 上下文串联。根据下文50空后的whose hand it was说明他画了一只手。
小题10:D 上下文串联。根据下文47空后的the discussion说明学生们展开了讨论。
小题11:A 动词辨析。A养育B需要C购买D卖；农民们养育火鸡。他们认为这是农民的手。
小题12:B 短语辨析。A看B照顾C带走D驱赶；他们认为这是警察的手，因为警察照顾人们。
小题13:B 副词辨析。A总是B几乎C通常D因此；直到老师机会忘记这个事情的时候。
小题14:D 连词辨析。当孩子们要去学习别的功课的时候，老师走动他的位置边问他这是谁的手。
小题15:C 短语辨析。A看B指向C转向；老师转向他的桌子，问他这是谁的手。
小题16:D 名词辨析。A机会B形式C方法D时间；老师回想起了那些带着他的手出去的时间。
小题17:B 连词辨析。How much指很多次，她多次说过：抓住我的手，我们一起出去。
小题18:A 上下文串联。根据文章讨论的话题就是学生们感激的事物。
小题19:D 情态动词辨析。A能够B一定C应该D也许；人们也许不会经常说感谢，但是他们会记住那些伸向他们的援助之手。
小题20:D 短语辨析。A移动B熄灭C帮助摆脱困境D伸出；指人们会记住那些伸向他们的援助之手。
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
核心考点
试题【The HandThanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class fun wo】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she cannot forgive（宽恕）.
So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3, while some had up to 5 potatoes.
The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes with them wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week. With days passing by, the children started to complain because of the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten (腐烂) potatoes they were carrying.
Those children who have 5 potatoes really began to feel the weight of the heavier bags. After one week, the children were happy to hear that the teacher had finally ended the game. The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?" The children started complaining of the trouble that they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred（仇恨）for somebody inside your heart. The burden（负担）of hatred will pollute your heart and you will end up carrying an unnecessary burden with you wherever you go.
If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what a burden it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?"
小题1:According to the teacher, if a Child hates three persons, he or she needs to carry ________.| A．one potato | B．two potatoes | C．three potatoes | D．four potatoes |
小题2:The underlined word “tolerate ” in the last paragraph probably means _____________. | A．carry | B．hate | C．receive | D．stand |
小题3:In fact, the teacher wants to ______________. | A．play a game with the students | B．teach the students a lesson | | C．make the students more tired | D．play jokes on the students |
小题4:What is the main idea of the story? | A．It’s best to learn to forgive and forget. | | B．Students should love people around them. | | C．Children should carry less rotten potatoes. | | D．Rotten potatoes are really a heavy burden. |
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I believe the best heroes are often the ones who haven’t been publicly recognized. They’re someone’s hero just by living their life as 36, not necessarily struggling for anything particular outside of survival. They’re everyday ordinary people.
37, my greatest hero without doubt isn’t a famous person or someone who has a rags-to-riches (白手起家的) story. In fact, this person isn’t a 38 at all, but a heroine: my mother, who has been my greatest source of inspiration（鼓舞）.
A brief glance (一瞥) into this 39 woman’s life makes it clear. My mother was married to a man who drank like a fish almost every day. As Mother 40 to us later in life, she simply didn’t want us to be 41 by my father. So, one day she packed her seven kids into an old wagon (马车), and headed back down south to Montgomery, Alabama.
At five foot three, she was a black lady with a small figure, with no college education. She did whatever she had to do to 42 as a single(单身的) parent and to successfully 43 all her children to adulthood.
By high school I had started to 44 my mother had achieved something 45 as a single parent. Then, when I was seventeen years old, I signed up(报名) for the Marine Corps. The day I 46 for basic training, my mother told me, a very thin and nervous black kid, four 47 words: “Just do your best.” That 48 may be a cliché (套话), but coming from her , it has given me a lifetime of powerful inspiration.
I’ve had my 49 of ups and downs in my life. Whenever meeting with any difficulty, I would 50 to myself, “If Mother overcame her challenges, I have no 51 not to do the same.” 52 I grew, I admired her for what she had achieved.
I graduated from community college with highest 53, and now I’m a student at Columbia University. Every step of the 54, I’ve been encouraged by the inspiration of my mother — my heroine. I’ve never 55. I’ve tried to do my best.
| 小题1: | | A．much | B．usual | C．well | D．active |
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| 小题2: | | A．Indeed | B．Otherwise | C．Therefore | D．Altogether |
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| 小题3: | | A．hero | B．model | C．heroine | D．example |
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| 小题4: | | A．educated | B．famous | C．generous | D．unusual |
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| 小题5: | | A．explained | B．replied | C．devoted | D．responded |
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| 小题6: | | A．employed | B．fooled | C．influenced | D．missed |
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| 小题7: | | A．escape | B．survive | C．hide | D．recover |
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| 小题8: | | A．raise | B．add | C．enrich | D．attract |
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| 小题9: | | A．believe | B．imagine | C．determine | D．realize |
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| 小题10: | | A．exciting | B．interesting | C．tiring | D．amazing |
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| 小题11: | | A．waited | B．returned | C．left | D．came |
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| 小题12: | | A．honest | B．simple | C．useless | D．extra |
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| 小题13: | | A．answer | B．praise | C．expression | D．encouragement |
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| 小题14: | | A．movement | B．experiences | C．origin | D．advantage |
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| 小题15: | | A．think | B．lie | C．react | D．object |
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| 小题16: | | A．demand | B．ability | C．cause | D．excuse |
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| 小题17: | | A．As | B．Though | C．Unless | D．Before |
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| 小题18: | | A．honors | B．flame | C．pressure | D．purpose |
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| 小题19: | | A．escape | B．danger | C．way | D．hope |
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| 小题20: | | A．appeared | B．stopped | C．knocked | D．glanced |
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完形填空（共20小题 每小题1.5分 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Recently, I stopped by a convenience store to get a newspaper and a bottle of drink. The young woman at the check-out counter said, "That"ll be five dollars 1 please," She then 2 down at the paper I was 3 and said, "I"m sick and 4 all this negative (消极的) stuff on the front 5 . I want to read some 6 news for a change." She then said, "In fact, I think someone should just 7 a Good News newspaper — a paper with wonderful, inspirational 8 about people overcoming difficulty and doing good things for 9 . I"d buy one every day!" She then 10 me for coming in and said, " Maybe we"ll get some good news," and she laughed. She made my day.The following day after my business appointments, I 11 the same store again to 12 bottled water and a piece of newspaper, but a 13 young lady was behind the counter. As I checked out I said, "Good afternoon" and handed her my 14 . She said nothing — not a word, not a smile or not a gesture. She just handed me my change and 15 a negative tone ordered…"Next!"
It hit me right between the eyes: Two people, the same age; 16 made me feel great, and the other, well, made me feel that I had inconvenienced her by 17 .
Every morning, you should ask 18 this important question: "Who do I want
to be today? "The Grouch (不高兴的人)" or "The Good News Girl""? Your answer will do great good to 19 the joy and happiness that you will experience in your 20 .
| 小题1: | | A．at all | B．in all | C．for all | D．all for |
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| 小题2: | | A．stared | B．glared | C．glanced | D．noticed |
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| 小题3: | | A．carrying | B．taking | C．reading | D．buying |
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| 小题4: | | A．tired of | B．interested in | C．concerned about | D．fond of |
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| 小题5: | | A．columns | B．editions | C．pages. | D．parts |
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| 小题6: | | A．bad | B．good | C．latest | D．interesting |
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| 小题7: | | A．collect | B．print | C．sell | D．publish |
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| 小题8: | | A．stories | B．ideas | C．concepts | D．experiences |
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| 小题9: | | A．rewards | B．the others | C．others | D．nothing |
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| 小题10: | | A．praised | B．thanked | C．appreciated | D．criticized |
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| 小题11: | | A．dropped ou | B．dropped off | C．dropped on | D．dropped by |
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| 小题12: | | A．pick up | B．take up | C．bring up | D．carry up |
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| 小题13: | | A．beautiful | B．fantastic | C．different | D．stupid |
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| 小题14: | | A．card | B．money | C．dollar | D．change |
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| 小题17: | | A．moving up | B．going away | C．showing up | D．showing off |
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| 小题18: | | A．her | B．them | C．yourself | D．themselves |
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| 小题19: | | A．creating | B．determining | C．enjoying | D．guaranteeing |
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| 小题20: | | A．home | B．work | C．study | D．life |
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A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."_26_ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily _27_.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for_28_friendship to _29_. However, there can be_30_disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have it clear in our _31_ what kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or _32_ at arm"s length? Do we want to _33_ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are _34_enough—and that" s all right. But at some point we need to 35 that our expectations are the same as our friends" expectations. The sharing of_36_experience _37_ our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it _38_be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are _39_of interest and action in return.
What are some of the _40_of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships _41_time. Another “major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one “possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships _42_ actions in return. In 43 words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend _44_time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die _45_.
| 小题1: | | A．Knowledge | B．Teachers | C．Experience | D．Parents |
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| 小题2: | | A．understood | B．formed | C．realized | D．produced |
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| 小题3: | | A．true | B．common | C．deeply | D．actual |
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| 小题4: | | A．design | B．intend | C．develop | D．appear |
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| 小题6: | | A．hearts | B．thoughts | C．actions | D．minds |
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| 小题7: | | A．remained | B．left | C．kept | D．stayed |
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| 小题8: | | A．own | B．owe | C．Share | D．spare |
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| 小题9: | | A．that | B．very | C．quite | D．not |
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| 小题10: | | A．make sure | B．remember | C．expect | D．check out |
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| 小题11: | | A．social | B．ordinary | C．good | D．personal |
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| 小题12: | | A．includes | B．to include | C．including | D．included |
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| 小题13: | | A．can | B．need | C．will | D．must |
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| 小题14: | | A．marks | B．sights | C．sence | D．signs |
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| 小题15: | | A．difficulties | B．differences | C．advantages | D．things |
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| 小题16: | | A．cost | B．spend | C．ask | D．take |
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| 小题17: | | A．require | B．request | C．depend | D．suggest |
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| 小题18: | | A．some | B．many | C．other | D．different |
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| 小题19: | | A．reasonable | B．comfortable | C．less | D．a lot |
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| 小题20: | | A．for | B．away | C．out | D．from |
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As I grew older, my dad and I grew further apart. We always had totally different opinions. He thought that college was a waste of time, but for me it was important to finish college. He wanted me to work my way to the top as he had done in his field, but I wanted a different life. There was a time when we did not talk with each other.
A few months ago, I heard that my 84-year-old dad was in poor health. When he called and asked whether I could move from Colorado back to Tennessee to help him, I knew he was seriously ill. I am his only child and so it was time to meet my father’s requirement.
Two weeks after moving back, we bought a boat and started fishing again. Fishing was one of the few things that we did while I was young and that we both enjoyed. It is strange but true that as we are fishing we are able to put things that have kept us apart for so many years behind us. We are able to talk about things that we have never talked about before. Fishing has been healing the old wounds that have kept us apart.
It is not important how many fish we catch. It is about enjoying the relationship that we have not had for years. I’m 62 and he is 84. When we are on the lake fishing, it is like two kids enjoying life. It is far better to find a way to put the unhappy past behind. I am so lucky to spend the happy time with my father in his last years. Now my heart is filled with love. A smile always graces my lips.
小题1:The author and his father became further apart because . | A．they lived very far from each other | | B．they had different views on things | | C．they only communicated by phone | | D．they seldom went to see each other |
小题2:Why did the author come back to Tennessee?| A．Because his father invited him to go fishing. | | B．Because he decided to live in a different city. | | C．Because his father is ill and needs caring. | | D．Because he regretted being rude to his father. |
小题3:For the author, fishing with his old father . | A．helps cure his father’s disease | | B．is a good way to get close to nature | | C．makes him realize the importance of relaxation | | D．provides a chance for them to communicate |
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?| A．Fishing brings us together | B．Forgiving is difficult | | C．Memories of old days | D．My beloved father |
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