Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. “Yes, honey. Of course.” she said.
“Can we write him a letter?”
 She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, “Yes.”
My heart jumped. “How? Does the mailman go there?” I asked.
“No, but I have an idea.” Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.
“Just wait, honey. You’ll see.” Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.
She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (纏繞) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.
“Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three.”
The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.
Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he’d persevere, dart up, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary. I prayed to be a balloon.
小題1:What does the underlined sentence imply?
A．When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother felt it hard to answer.
B．When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother thought her a creative girl.
C．When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother believed it easy to do so.
D．When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother found it easy to lie.
小題2:When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she _________.
A．jumped with surpriseB．became excited
C．didn’t know how to writeD．was worried that it couldn’t be delivered
小題3:In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?
A．An incurable disease.B．An unforgettable memory.
C．The hard time her father had.D．The failures her father experienced.
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．An unforgettable experience.B．The strong red balloon.
C．Fly to paradise.D．A great father.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：本文講述了作者小時候把給病逝的父親的寫信用氣球放飛的故事，表達了對父親的懷念和對父親堅強精神的敬佩。
小題1:推斷題：根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知作者的父親已經(jīng)去世了，她不知道如何完成女兒的心愿，多她來說很難。故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)“ Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read”我急切地拿出我最喜愛的筆，用藍色的墨水傾訴者我六歲是的心里話。我寫我一天中的事情，有我在學校學到了什么，媽媽是如何做的，甚至我讀的故事里發(fā)生的事，由此可知小女孩很激動。故選B。
小題3:推斷題：根據(jù)文章最后兩段內(nèi)容可知在父親病重時，父親依然很堅強，并沒有被疾病打到，雖然最后他去世了，但他的精神還在，紅色的氣球就是父親，而雨就是父親度過的那段時光。故選C。
小題4:推斷題：通讀全文可知作者用帶著信件在雨中不斷上升的紅氣球隱射這對父親病痛中依然保持樂觀精神的敬佩和對已逝父親的懷念。故選B。
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小題20:
A．decoratedB．headed C．didD．a(chǎn)llowed

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Michel is a young girl who works for the police     a handwriting expert (專家). She has helped      many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already     interested in the differences in her friends'      that she would spend hours     them. After      college she went to France for a       two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
　　Michel says that it is     for people to hide their handwriting. She can        of what she needs to know simply      looking at the writing with her own eyes,    she also has machines     help her make     different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often        great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good    of what kind of person the      is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow        I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she    she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman        she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be       , however.
小題1:
A．withB．byC．likeD．a(chǎn)s
小題2:
A．searchB．followC．catchD．judge
小題3:
A．soB．tooC．quiteD．extra
小題4:
A．booksB．letterC．tonguesD．handwriting
小題5:
A．writingB．studyingC．settlingD．uncovering
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)ttendingB．finishingC．startingD．stepping into
小題7:
A．powerfulB．naturalC．specialD．common
小題8:
A．mainB．safeC．easyD．impossible
小題9:
A．mostB．nothingC．littleD．sight
小題10:
A．with 　　　B．byC．ofD．a(chǎn)bout
小題11:
A．so 　　　　B．forC．thusD．but
小題12:
A．they 　　　B．in whichC．thatD．those
小題13:
A．up 　　　　B．outC．forD．into
小題14:
A．of 　　　　B．toC．withD．for
小題15:
A．test 　　　B．signC．meansD．habit
小題16:
A．thiefB．criminalC．writerD．policeman
小題17:
A．whetherB．unlessC．ifD．a(chǎn)fter
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)dds 　　　B．tellsC．repeatsD．cries
小題19:
A．before 　　B．a(chǎn)fterC．soD．a(chǎn)nd
小題20:
A．necessaryB．a(chǎn)ll rightC．importantD．quite easy

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