Question

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.
Suddenly a crow perched on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2^nd time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I have just now told you ‘It’s a crow’.”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son the 3^rd time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father. “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”
A little after, the father again asked his son the 4^th time, “What is this?”
This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated, I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”
小題1: The underlined word “irritation” in the passage means ___________.

A．puzzlement	B．a(chǎn)nnoyance
C．patience	D．excitement

小題2: Why did the old father keep asking his son the same question?

A．Because he developed a kind of disease.

B．Because he was so boring that he wanted to play a joke with his son.

C．Because he wanted to know whether his son was as patient as he used to be.

D．Because his son used to love playing this game with him.

小題3: How old was the father when he wrote down this page in the diary?

A．35 years old	B．38 years old
C．45 years old	D．80 years old

小題4:The reason why the father did not feel irritated when his son asked him the same question for 23 times is that _______________.

A．he knew his son was still so innocent

B．the father was more patient than the son

C．the father had already got used to this kind of situation

D．the father loved his son so much that he never got tired of doing this again and again

小題5:What would the son probably say after reading the words in the diary?

A．“Sorry, dad. It’s all my fault to forget that.”

B．Nothing but felt rather ashamed.

C．“Sorry, dad. I shouldn’t have done that to you when I was such a young child.”

D．“Thank you, dad. I will do the same to my son.”

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析: 本文是一篇故事類短文，在故事中對比了父子兩人面對同一件事的不同態(tài)度，反映了父母對孩子無限的耐心和無私的愛，同時也提醒年輕人們要尊重老人，體諒老人，不要嫌他們啰嗦，不要對他們的話感到不耐煩。
小題1:B  詞義猜測題。A迷惑；B惱火；C耐心；D興奮。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容以及后面兒子說的話“It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”可以推測兒子面對父親一遍一遍的問題變得有點不耐煩，故答案選B。
小題2:C推理判斷題。從故事內(nèi)容可知父親問了兒子四遍同樣的問題，在兒子惱火之后，他回到房間拿來自己以前的日記讓兒子看當(dāng)年父親對孩子的態(tài)度，由此判斷父親是有意這樣做，為了看看兒子如何反應(yīng)，是否和自己當(dāng)年一樣有耐心，故答案選C。
小題3:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段信息An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.可判斷兒子出生時父親是35歲，再從文章末段的首句 Today my little son aged three可知日記是父親在兒子三歲的時候?qū)懙�，由此判斷父親當(dāng)時是38歲，選B
小題4:D推理判斷題。根據(jù)情理以及文章末句I rather felt affection for my innocent child.可知因為父親愛孩子，所以他才對孩子的問題不會感到厭煩，故答案選D。
小題5:B推理判斷題。 兒子小時候問了父親23遍同一個問題時父親不僅不惱火而且感到孩子的天真可愛，相比之下年邁的父親僅僅問了兒子4遍同一個問題，兒子就變得不耐煩甚至惱火了，從情理可知當(dāng)兒子看到這段日記時，他心里會感到慚愧，而無言以對年邁的父親。答案選B。