I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no bobbies but just took care of his family.
For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life-how my family was doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida.
Nine years ago when I bought me first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked, was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a swing set（秋千）for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him, But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.
The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida. I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed（發(fā)誓）that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him ad really get to know him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.
In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even more about every single day.
【小題1】 We know from the reading that the father_____.

A．liked to paint houses
B．had no friends around him
C．was not healthy in his youth
D．thought of his family as his all
【小題2】 When her father painted her first house, the daughter_____.
A．could only afford a glass of iced tea
B．was too busy to talk to her father
C．could do nothing but hold a paintbrush
D．spent eight hours a day working with her father
【小題3】 On January 16, 1996, the daughter felt that her father_____.
A．seemed to be a little different
B．had no time to phone her as usual
C．became interested in church
D．had forgotten to discuss some things with her
【小題4】In the reading the underlined phrase ‘get to know him’ most probably means_____.
A．get him to know her B．know more about him
C．get him to know himself D．make him well-known
【小題5】 Which is the best title of the reading?
A．Painting Houses B．Daughter’s Family
C．Father and I D．Father’s phone calls


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者給我們講述了她的父親，她父親是一個(gè)很顧家的人，眼里只有他的家人。作者在短文中講述了生活中的幾件事情，從這些事情中我們可以看到，作者因?yàn)樘Γ赣H沒(méi)有太多的交流，當(dāng)作者想要彌補(bǔ)時(shí)，父親卻離開了她。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a “night out with the boys”. He had no bobbies but just took care of his family.可知，作者的父親從來(lái)沒(méi)有下班回家晚過(guò)，也從來(lái)沒(méi)有生過(guò)病，他沒(méi)有愛好，心里只有他的家人。由此可知選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.可知，作者買了新房刷漆的時(shí)候，她很忙，沒(méi)有時(shí)間幫她的父親刷房子，也沒(méi)有時(shí)間和父親聊天。故選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段中The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before可知，在1995年1月16日，作者的父親像往常一樣給她打電話，這一次他好像忘了他們以前討論過(guò)的一些事。從這里我們可以知道，這一次打電話作者發(fā)現(xiàn)父親跟以前有點(diǎn)不一樣。故選A。
【小題4】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線短語(yǔ)所在的句子以及上下文的意思可知I vowed（發(fā)誓）that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him ad really get to know him.，當(dāng)作者的父親被送到醫(yī)院的時(shí)候，作者趕緊坐飛機(jī)回家，她發(fā)誓這一次要把過(guò)去失去的時(shí)間補(bǔ)回來(lái)，好好的跟父親聊一聊，更多的去了解父親。因此這里的get to know 并不是認(rèn)識(shí)父親的意思，而是過(guò)去作者都沒(méi)有時(shí)間和父親聊天，對(duì)父親她了解的很少。因此選B。
【小題5】主旨大意題。這篇短文中作者給我們講述了她的父親，她父親是一個(gè)很顧家的人，眼里只有他的家人。作者在短文中講述了生活中的幾件事情，從這些事情中我們可以看到，作者因?yàn)樘�，跟父親沒(méi)有太多的交流，當(dāng)作者想要彌補(bǔ)時(shí)，父親卻離開了她。因此C選項(xiàng)父親和我，這個(gè)題目最適合文章的意思，故選C。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。

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