Question

Some time ago, a friend of mine punished his three-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight（困窘的）, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” He was embarrassed by his earlier over-reaction, but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty.

He shouted at her loudly, “Don’t you know that when you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside of it?”

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my love. All for you, Daddy.”

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her for forgiveness（原諒）. My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years. Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary（假想的）kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children. There is no more precious possession（財產）anyone could hold.

1.Why did the father punish his daughter?

A. Because the girl had torn his favourite paper.

B. Because the girl was wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.

C. Because the girl took the box under the Christmas tree away.

D. Because the father was in bad temper（脾氣）.

2.Why did the father become angry again when he opened his present?

A. Because the present is not suitable for him.

B. Because his daughter didn’t know that when she gives someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside of it.

C. Because he hated receiving present.

D. Because he found that the present box was empty.

3.What kind of present did the little girl give her father?

A. The little girl had put her kisses in the box as a present.

B. The little girl had kissed the box as a present.

C. The little girl had filled the box with gold wrapping paper.

D. The little girl had filled the box with air.

4.How did the father feel after he listened to his daughter’s explanation?

A. Happy. B. Sorry.

C. Crazy. D. Impatient.

5.What’s the meaning of the last sentence—“There is no more precious possession（財產）anyone could hold.”?

A. The possession is too heavy to hold.

B. There’s no more precious thing for us to hold.

C. It’s not necessary to hold the possession.

D. The present contained with children’s love and kisses is the most precious thing.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章通過一個親情故事，向讀者傳達了“孩子對父母的愛是無私的”這樣的觀點。在經濟困難的大背景下，女兒用金色包裝紙來包裝禮物被父親看作是一種浪費。而當得知里面裝有女兒滿滿的愛時，父親意識到自己做錯了。

1.punished his three-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper”可知，父親懲罰三歲女兒，是因為她浪費了一卷金色包裝紙，故選B。

2.but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty”可知，父親又一次發(fā)脾氣，是因為他發(fā)現禮物盒是空的，故選D。

3.it’s not empty. I blew kisses in the box. I filled it with my love.”可知，女兒送給父親的禮物不是空的，里面裝滿了女兒對父親的愛，故選A。

4.The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her for forgiveness（原諒）. ”可知，聽女兒的解釋之后，父親感到特別后悔，并請求女兒的原諒。A開心的；B抱歉的；C瘋狂的；D沒有耐心的，故選B。

5.each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children.”可知，作者認為，作為父母，我們的孩子為我們送上了一個裝滿無條件的愛的金盒子，而這是世界上最珍貴的禮物了。故選D。

考點：親情類短文閱讀