Once my father asked me to hold his hammer while he repaired something, so we could have some time to talk to each other.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, he called me every Sunday at 9 am. He was always interested in my life and how my family was doing, and I never once heard him complain about his own life.
Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day painting it for three days. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea and for me to hold a paint brush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy.
Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swingset (秋千組) for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea and talk to him. But again, I was too busy.
Four years ago, my father drove all the way from Denver to Topeka, with an eight-foot Colorado blue spruce (藍葉云杉) in his trunk, so that my husband and I could have a part of Colorado growing on our land. I was preparing for a trip that weekend and couldn’t spend much time with him.
Then, one day, my father telephoned me as usual, this time from my sister’s home in Florida. We talked about the tree he had brought me, “Fat Albert”, but that morning he called it “Fat Oscar”, and he seemed to have forgotten some things. I had to get to church, so I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 pm that day: my father was in hospital in Florida with an aneurysm (動脈瘤). I got on a plane immediately, and on the way I thought of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I realized that I had no idea who he was or what his deepest thoughts were. I promised that when I arrived, I would make up for lost time.
I arrived in Florida at 1 am. My father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk to me.
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer arrived in Florida before her father passed away.
B．The writer didn’t find enough time to talk to her father all these years.
C．The writer noticed nothing unusual about her father’s health before he was put in the hospital.
D．The writer’s father brought them the Colorado blue spruce because it is an expensive kind of tree.
小題2:How did the writer feel when she was rushing to the hospital where her father was staying?
A．Hopeless. B．Sorry.
C．Frightened. D．Disappointed.
小題3:Which words best describe the writer’s father?
A．Honest and modest.
B．Strict and demanding (要求高的).
C．Talkative and positive (積極樂觀的).
D．Caring and thoughtful.
小題4:What’s the best title of this passage?
A．What a good father!B．How busy I am.
C．Time keeps going.D．My father and our family.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：這篇文章講述的是偉大的父愛，作者的父親一直為家庭默默做著貢獻，而作者平時連和父親在一起和談話的時間都很少，這也是父親所期望的，最終父親去世后，留給了作者遺憾和后悔。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文所提供的信息，作者這些年來沒有找到足夠時間和她的父親談話，故選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。因為作者平時忽略了父親的感受，所以當?shù)弥赣H住院時她感到后悔，故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。從全文所提供的信息來看，作者的父親是細心和有思想的，所給答案的其他方面文中并沒有體現(xiàn)，故選D。
小題4:標題歸納題。從全文來看。作者在講述隨著時間的流逝與父親之間發(fā)生的故事及作者自身感情的變化，故選C。
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