Question

One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包裝).

On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. 1 told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He's all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. " The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"

"Thank God.'" I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I downstairs. My sacks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

1.What happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?

A. He received a doll B. He got a Christmas gift.

C. He became four years old. D. He got a baby brother.

2.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

A. Fearful. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Impossible.

3.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Disappointment. D.Sadness.

4.What is the passage mainly about ?

A. A sad Christmas day. B. A special Christmas gift.

C. Life with a lovely baby. D. Memories of a happy family.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：故事發(fā)生在圣誕節(jié)前后，為了拯救出生不久的患病的孩子（作者的弟弟），全家都承受了巨大的心理壓力。文章用一個小孩簡單的感受，通過對父母的語言描寫和神態(tài)動作觀察和描寫，表達了親情在這個并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康復出院，實在是給這個家庭、給作者最好的圣誕禮物。

1.細節(jié)理解題。從第二段第一句“On September 11th ，1958，Mum gave birth to Richard.”，我們可以看出作者的弟弟誕生了。故D正確。

2.2】A詞義推測題。ominous本意是“不吉利的；兇兆的”。作者當時還是個孩子， “For several days I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying””，在他幼小而懵懂的心里，這些詞是有一定的驚嚇作用的。故A正確。

3.推理判斷題。根據短文，在圣誕節(jié)即將來臨之際，作者的弟弟仍然在住院而且情況不容樂觀，為此，作者的父親感到悲傷。故D正確。

4.主旨大意題。根據文章大意：文章用一個小孩簡單的感受，通過對父母的語言描寫和神態(tài)動作觀察和描寫，表達了親情在這個并不富裕的家庭里的巨大感召力。孩子的康復出院，實在是給這個家庭、給作者最好的圣誕禮物。。故B正確。

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