4．For as early as I could remember，my mother had been a bright，cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her．However，in the last fifteen years of her life，she had to live with senile dementia （老年癡呆）．I would go to my home to pay her a visit in California and she would curiously look at me and then ask，"Who are you？"I would answer，"I'm your own son，of course．""Where do you live？"She would ask．"In Virginia"，I would tell her．"Isn't that interesting，"she would say，"I have a son in Virginia．"
Mother seemed only forgetful as well as confused at the beginning of that disease，but sometime later she would go through different time of intense anxiety．She would keep walking through the house she used to live in most of her life crying uneasily that she would like to go home．Or sometimes she left home and wandered away if she were unattended（無人照看） for a short time．
Hoping to make her happy and put her mind at ease I would take her in my car，visiting sites where she used to live when she was a child．In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn．I pictured my mother that there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of．I looked to her for some response．She shook her head and said，"I want to go home．"
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place，but a time．I think it was a time when she was much younger，when her children were still underfoot，when her husband was still energetic and attentive．
Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering where I would have in mind if someday I couldn't find home and wanted to go there．In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy （糊涂的） minded as the years go by．At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms（癥狀）．My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age．Still the fear of senile dementia is haunting there．Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now，unable to drive and unable to tell you where"home"is，my dear son，I expect I will ask you to take me home，I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be．I leave these notes for your guidance．
21．Which of the following is NOT the symptom of the mother of the author？C
A．forgetful B．confused C．cheerful D．uneasy
22．What's the meaning of the underlined word"picture"？B
A．?dāng)z影 B．描繪 C．出現(xiàn) D．繪畫
23．What can you infer from the third paragraph？A
A．The author cared much about his mother．
B．The mother of the author liked pet lambs very much．
C．The author found a very little girl who was playing with a pet lamb．
D．The mother of the author did not like her usual home．
24．What's the best title of the passage？D
A．Where Is Home？
B．A story about a son and a mother．
C．Everyone will suffer with senile dementia．
D．Take Mother Home．
分析 文章作者講述自己母親年老患有老年癡呆癥，作者非常擔(dān)心母親的狀況，把她接回家照顧．
解答 21．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子Mother seemed only forgetful as well as confused at the beginning of that disease，but sometime later she would go through different time of intense anxiety可知，母親得了老年癡呆癥后健忘，感到疑惑和心神不安，因此沒有C選項(xiàng)這個(gè)癥狀．
22．B，詞義推測(cè)題．根據(jù)后一句話I looked toher for some response．She shook her head and said，"I want to go home．"可以推測(cè)出此處picture為"描述、描繪"．故B正確．
23．A，推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段Hoping to make her happy and put her mind at ease I would take her in my car，visiting sites where she used to live when she was a child可知，作者非常擔(dān)心母親的狀況，一直在照顧自己的母親．故A正確．
24．D，標(biāo)題歸納題，文章作者講述自己母親年老患有老年癡呆癥，作者非常擔(dān)心母親的狀況，把她接回家照顧．故D正確．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對(duì)原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個(gè)擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時(shí)，要有較強(qiáng)的針對(duì)性．對(duì)于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對(duì)題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
