"I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back." Lucien Lawence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was, "I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children.” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑釁者),and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet "Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog." Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomor­row. We live on, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
小題1:according to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.
A．puts forward the subject of the text
B．shows the author’s pity on the kid
C．a(chǎn)cts as an introduction to the discussion
D．makes a clear statement of the author’s views
小題2:In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.
A．how much he misses his parents now
B．why his parents often appear in his dreams
C．when Lucien will get over all his sadness
D．how proud he was when he succeeded in life
小題3: What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?
A．Proud.B．Happy.C．Disappointed.D．Worried.
小題4: In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.
A．to leave behind a precious memory to the people related
B．to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
C．to care what others will remember and treasure
D．to share happiness and sadness with his family
小題5: What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?
A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.
B．Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.
C．Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.
D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:D

本文以幼小的Lucien Lawence在父親被害后寫給圣誕老人的信中的“I’ve changed my mind. 1 wanted to have a telescope，but now l want my dad back. ”為引子,講述了We live on，in the lives of those we loved，and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. ”這一人生價(jià)值觀。
小題1:推斷題。根據(jù)第一段的最后一句與第二段第一句可知，第一段為后面的議論提供了引子，因此選C。
小題2:推斷題。第二段the stars are still there…you’ll see them again是安慰Lucien的；I find that my parents，long dead now，still figure in many of my dreams... 后面都是圍繞這一句展開來說明其原因的。
小題3:推斷題。由第三段可知，母親對(duì)此事并不是失望，而是因?yàn)橹活欁约旱墓ぷ骱褪聵I(yè)而沒有顧及孩子表示一種擔(dān)心或焦慮，因此選D。
小題4:推斷題。由第三段第一句及第四段倒數(shù)第二句可知，作者認(rèn)為：一個(gè)人的價(jià)值觀是給相關(guān)的人留下珍貴下的記憶，故選A。
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