Question

【題目】 “Promise me I’ll die in my own bed and I won’t die alone.”

There it was. Almost three years ago Dad asked me to make those promises. I said yes. And yet, I broke both. I gazed at my two-year-old son. Today is his birthday.

“Promise me...” The voice came from the grave(墳?zāi)?/span>). Or was it simply my own guilt(內(nèi)疚) ridden imagination? Whichever, I wished it would leave me alone and let me enjoy my son’s birthday.

Over two years ago, I broke my first promise. But what else could I have done? The battle(戰(zhàn)斗) against his cancer was lost. All that was left was to keep him comfortable and manage his pain. My sisters and I decided his remaining days would be in a hospital. Determined to keep the other promise, I made sure he was never alone. And then came that day.

It was early morning. I was alone with Dad, waiting for my sisters to come and spare me. I heard my dad’s breath, his only voice for over a week, when my phone rang. The baby was coming. A nurse directed me to see my wife, two floors up. Yes, everything was fine. “Shall I show you to the family waiting room?” I refused, thanking the nurse as I headed down the stairs. But too late. I broke my second promise. Dad had died alone. Joy, guilt. My son and my broken promise.

The voice came again. I cried, head buried in my hands. I felt two little but strong hands, pulling my own hands away from my face. “Grandpapa!” My son shouted while leading me into the living room and pointed to a drawer in the desk. I opened the drawer and took out the picture—my dad’s.

How had he known about that photo? How did he know it was his grandfather? I had never taken it out of the drawer since shortly after my dad’s death. A new life entering the world exactly the moment an old one leaves. Could these two lives have somehow passed each other, maybe even knew each other? Perhaps Dad didn’t die alone after all.

【1】The underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to __________.

A.his father’s voiceB.his guiltC.his father’s graveD.his promise

【2】The writer made his father stay in hospital for his last days to __________.

A.let his father die aloneB.wait for the grandson to come

C.keep him comfortable and manage his painD.fight against his cancer in hospital

【3】What caused the writer to break his second promise?

A.His sisters didn’t come to the hospital as they promised.

B.His father didn’t want to get any treatment about his cancer.

C.He could hear nothing but his father’s breath in the hospital.

D.His son was born almost the same time his father passed away.

【4】How would the writer probably feel after that day?

A.Joyful.B.Relieved.C.Upset.D.Nervous.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。講述了父親彌留之際提出了兩個(gè)要求，但是作者都沒有做到，內(nèi)心備受譴責(zé)，但是因?yàn)樽髡邇鹤釉趶臎]有見過祖父的情況下認(rèn)出照片上的人就是作者父親，讓作者明白，生命的逝去總是伴隨著新生命的誕生，或許在冥冥中，作者的兒子已經(jīng)見過作者的父親。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一句話“Promise me...” The voice came from the grave(墳?zāi)?/span>)可知，由于我沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)爸爸的請(qǐng)求，內(nèi)心包含歉疚，所以這里的it指代上文爸爸的對(duì)我的請(qǐng)求，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段第四、第五句話All that was left was to keep him comfortable and manage his pain. My sisters and I decided his remaining days would be in a hospital可知，我讓爸爸在醫(yī)院度過生命剩余日子的原因是希望能夠減輕點(diǎn)他的痛苦，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段第四句話The baby was coming.可知，我讓我爸爸獨(dú)自一人孤單死去的原因是我兒子在同一時(shí)間出世了，故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。joyful開心的；relieved釋懷的；upset心煩的；nervous緊張的。根據(jù)文章最后一句Perhaps Dad didn’t die alone after all.可知，我兒子在從沒有見過祖父的情況下認(rèn)出照片上的人就是我父親，這讓我覺得或許冥冥中他們?cè)谏�命的岔路口已�?jīng)互相見過，這讓我感到釋懷。故選B。