Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 檔位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn't have much tolerance for a stub­born 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and it's wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
【小題1】How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police?

A．Disappointed. B．Nervous. C．Guilty. D．Frightened.
【小題2】We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.
A．kept in touch by writing each other
B．a(chǎn)re separated due to the generation gap
C．have been getting along very well
D．had a hard time understanding each other
【小題3】Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.
A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car.
B．She had never realized his being old and weak.
C．She didn't expect to meet with him there.
D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before.
【小題4】Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________
A．tell him about their conflicts B．say sorry for her being stubborn
C．express her gratitude to him D．remind him of the early incident


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文是一封女兒寫(xiě)給父親的信。信中表達(dá)了女兒對(duì)父親深深的感激與敬重， 并希望父女之間的深厚感情能夠一直延續(xù)下去。
【小題1】推理題：根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句話(huà)“...you were so tolerant about it... I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.”可推知， 詹妮在那天晚上感到非常慚愧和自責(zé)，故選C 項(xiàng)。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第二段最后兩句話(huà)“... there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap.You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.”并結(jié)合全文可推知， 詹 妮和父親曾有一段時(shí)間缺乏相互理解。故選 D 項(xiàng)。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第五段第三句話(huà)“It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man behind the wheel looked so elderly and fragile.”可知，詹妮從來(lái)沒(méi)意識(shí)到父親是如此的年邁和虛弱。故選B項(xiàng)。
【小題4】通讀全文可知，本文是一封女兒寫(xiě)給父親的信，女兒詹妮在信中表達(dá)了對(duì)父親深 深的感激和敬愛(ài)。故選C
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