8．Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions？Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators （旁觀者） in the lives of their children and shrug，"It's their life，"and feel nothing？
When I was in my twenties，I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head．I was asked，"When do you stop worrying？"A nurse said，"When they get out of the accident stage．"My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing．
When I was in my thirties，I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly，disrupted （打斷） the class，and was headed for a career making license plates．As if to read my mind，a teacher said，"Don't worry．They all go through this stage，and then you can sit back，relax，and enjoy them．"My mother listened and said nothing．
When I was in my forties，I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home，the front door to open．
My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life．I wanted to believe that，but I was haunted by my mother's wan （ 淡淡的 ） smile and her occasional words，"You look pale．Are you all right？Call me the minute you get home．"
Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry？Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown？Is concern a curse？Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life？
One of my children became quite irritable recently，saying to me，"Where were you？I've been calling for three days，and no one answered．I was worried!!!"
I smiled a wan smile．
59．What can we know about the author's mother from the passage？C
A．She seems to laugh at the author．
B．She is not concerned about the author．
C．She has a thorough understanding of the author．
D．She tries to give the author some encouragement．
60．What did the author do in her forties？C
A．She was less concerned about her children．
B．She couldn't stop worrying about her children．
C．She would like her children to see her often．
D．She became more patient with her children．
61．Why did the author smile a wan smile at the end of the passage？D
A．She wanted to learn from her mother．
B．She stopped worrying about her children at last．
C．She succeeded in tricking her children．
D．She got a kind of satisfaction from her child's concern．
62．The main purpose of the passage is to tell us thatA．
A．the concern between parents and children is natural
B．parents'love for their children is selfless
C．parents show more concern for their children
D．parents will worry about their children all their lives．
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，作者主要以自己的親身經(jīng)歷向讀者闡明了一個事實：父母與孩子之間的這種擔憂是很正常的．
解答 59-62．CCDA
59題答案：C考查細節(jié)推理，根據(jù)文章My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing．及My mother listened and said nothing．"我媽媽只是微微一笑什么也沒說"及"我媽媽只是聽什么也沒說"，可知作者的母親對作者很了解，因為如果不了解的話就會有很多的疑問（即很多的話語）；故本題答案為C選項．
60題答案：C考查細節(jié)推理，根據(jù)文章第四段的When I was in my forties，I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home，the front door to open．當我四十多歲時，我花了一輩子的時間等待電話鈴、回家的車和待開的前門．可知作者很想孩子能經(jīng)�？赐时绢}答案為C選項．
61題答案：D考查細節(jié)推理，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的"Where were you？I've been calling for three days，and no one answered．I was worried!!!""你在哪？我給你打了三天的電話但是沒人接，我很擔心！"可知作者之所以笑是因為之前一直都是自己在為孩子擔心而現(xiàn)在孩子也知道擔心自己了，作者因此感到很欣慰（滿意）；故本題答案為D選項．
62題答案：A考查主旨大意，文章通過自己在成長的過程中為自己的子女擔憂和后來自己的子女也會為自己擔心來說明"父母與孩子之間的這種擔憂是正常的（因為擔憂源于愛，而愛是人的本性）"；故本題答案為A選項．
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．
