When I was a kid, I always used to wonder how in the world my father work outside in the winter without a coat. It could be minus 20 degrees centigrade and there’d be Dad, removing snow, or perhaps chopping some wood --- his coat thrown  aside--- wearing a shirt , a cap, and a pair of gloves.
“Aren’t you cold, Dad?” I’d ask. “No,” Dad would reply. “I’m not cold--- working too hard to be cold.”
Many times I wondered whether my father was an extremely tough man, or whether he was foolish.
One time when I was quite young, perhaps five or so, I went ice fishing with Dad. It was a bright, clear day—and bitterly cold.
After we’d been out on the ice for a little while, my feet started getting cold.
“Daddy, my feet are cold.” I said.
“Yeah, it’s cold out here today,” he replied.
“Tell you what,” he said. “Walk around. Make some circles in the snow. See how many different patterns you can make. That will get your feet warm.”
Now, I was just a little girl at the time but I remember thinking, “How in the world will walking around in the snow make my feet warm? Dad must be out of mind.
But he was my father, after all. I made circles in the snow. I made squares. Pretty soon I was having so much fun making patterns in the snow. I forgot about my feet being cold.
Now, all these years later, I know, too, from personal experience how my father was able to take his coat off and work outside in the winter wearing just a shirt, a cap and gloves. Because I do it, too. “Aren’t you cold?” my husband asked one winter day. “No,” I replied. “I’m not cold—working too hard to be cold.”
I hope my husband has decided I’m both tough and smart. But I guess quite a bit of the time he thinks I’m foolish.
Wherever Dad is in that great big farm in the sky—I’m sure he can’t help but smile whenever I take my coat off while I’m working outside in the winter.
小題1:When the author’s feet felt cold, her father advised her to              .
A．go home alone firstB．keep walking in the snow
C．draw pictures in the snowD．light a fire on the ice
小題2:Hearing her father’s advice, the author thought her father              .
A．forgettableB．warm-heartedC．crazyD．cruel
小題3:What might the author’s husband think of her?
A．ToughB．SmartC．BraveD．Foolish
小題4:The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to              .
A．remember her tough and smart father
B．show how her father cared about her
C．describe memories of her childhood
D．explain why her father loved her so much

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本文通過回憶父親教育我在冬天怎么保暖，表示對堅強的父親的懷念之情。
小題1:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)“Tell you what,” he said. “Walk around. Make some circles in the snow. See how many different patterns you can make. That will get your feet warm.”說明父親建議我多活動，故B項內(nèi)容正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)Now, I was just a little girl at the time but I remember thinking, “How in the world will walking around in the snow make my feet warm? Dad must be out of mind.說明我很懷疑父親的說法，認為他的說法不成立，瘋了。故C項正確。
小題3:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段“Aren’t you cold?” my husband asked one winter day. “No,” I replied. “I’m not cold—working too hard to be cold.”
I hope my husband has decided I’m both tough and smart. But I guess quite a bit of the time he thinks I’m foolish.說明丈夫可能會認為我這樣做很愚蠢，故D項正確。
小題4:A 主旨大意題。本文通過回憶父親教育我在冬天怎么保暖，表示對堅強的父親的懷念之情。故A正確。
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