An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow(烏鴉) rested on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied “It is a crow.”
After a few seconds the father asked his son the second time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I just now told you; it is a crow.”
After a little while, the old man again asked his son the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of anger was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father, “It is a crow, a crow.”
A little later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “What is it?”
This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? Although I have told you so many times? It is a crow. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old diary which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his  son to read that page. The following words were written in it:
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa. When a crow was sitting on the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and   I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel angered. I rather felt affection for my innocent(單純的) child.
So ……
If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but be kind to them. Be considerate to your parents.
小題1:How many times did the father asked his son the same question?
A．Twice.B．Three times.
C．Tour times.D．Twenty-three times.
小題2:What was written in the diary mainly shows_________.
A．the son’s foolishnessB．the father’s loneliness
C．the father’s love for his sonD．the son’s curiosity
小題3:After reading the diary, the son most probably felt_________.
A．very disappointedB．even angrier
C．rather happyD．deeply ashamed
小題4:What lesson should we learn from the passage?
A．We should be considerate to our parents.
B．It’s important to be a great father.
C．We should form the habit of keeping a diary.
D．Old diaries have extraordinary values.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本文通過描述父子之間的故事，尤其是通過父親的日記本想告訴我們父母很愛我們，要求我們多愛我們的父母。
小題1:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)A little later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “What is it?”可知父親四次問兒子相同的問題。故選C。
小題2:推理題：根據(jù)I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel angered. I rather felt affection for my innocent(單純的) child.可看出日記中留露出父親對兒子深深的愛，故選C。
小題3:推斷題： 父親只問了四次相同的問題，兒子就不耐煩了，而父親在兒子三歲時，兒子問自己相同的問題23次，自己卻依然耐心回答，所以兒子讀完日記后，應該是深深地慚愧。故選D。
小題4:推斷題：根據(jù)If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but be kind to them. Be considerate to your parents.故選A。
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