I shook hands with my father in the truck,and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell you anything," he finally said. "I never went to college,and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this or do that,because everything is different and I don1! know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money,either,but I think things will work out.”

  He gave me a new chequebook. "If things get pushing,write a small check. But when you write one,send me a letter and let me know how much it is. There are some things we can always sell. ” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than one thousand dollars. My parttime jobs such as reading to the blind students and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

  "You know what you want to be,and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job,be sure it's honest,and work hard. ” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town,and I would miss the cool wind and the life where your thinking was done for you.

  Then my dad reached down beside his seat and took out the old,broken Bible that he had read many times,the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors. I knew he would miss it. I knew,though,that T must take it.

  He didn't say "Read this every morning. ” He just said, "This can help you if you read it."

 Did it help? I went to college without being a burden on the family. I had been able to make money since then.

(   ) 1. What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

   A. To tell readers his life story. f

   B. To tell people what kind of person his father is. 、

   C. To let people know how poor he is.

   D. To tell readers what present he got from his father.

(   ) 2. Why didn't the father ask his son not to do this or do that?

   A. Because he had never been to college and he didn't know what was going to come up.

   B. Because he was born in a poor family.

   C. Because he was a man of few words.

   D. Because he didn't want to be much too strict with his son.

(   ) 3. What can we learn from this passage?

   A. How to live happily. B. How to stand on one's own feet.

   C. What a good father should do. D. What selfconfidence is.

(   ) 4. The underlined phrase "financial gaps" means        in Chinese.

   A. 閑暇時光   B. 學費   C. 經(jīng)濟不足   D. 精神空虛

(   ) 5. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer's father?

   A. It was a book which told you how to get on well with others.

   B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

   C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

   D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

1. D主旨大意題。文章主要描寫了作者從父親那兒得到的禮物。

2. A細節(jié)理解題。由題目中的關鍵詞not to do this or do that ,可回原文定位于第一段，父親沒有告訴兒子不要做這個或那個，因為他沒有上過大學也不知道會發(fā)生什么。

3. B總結歸納題。通過全文可知，我們應該學會自立。

4. C詞義猜測題。由題目中的關鍵詞financial gaps ,可回原文定位于第二段。根據(jù)"My parttime jobs such as reading to the blind students and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps." 可知，financial gaps的意思是"經(jīng)濟不足"。

5. D 推理判斷題。由題目中的關鍵詞Bible,可回原文定位于第四段。根據(jù)第四段和西方文化背景知識可知，在西方人眼中，《圣經(jīng)》是人們在遭受苦難時的心靈撫慰劑

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