Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, 1 would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.
Today. at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow — as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.
One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad. analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies. He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”
Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct (解構(gòu)) the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.
And so, there it was — it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while 1 placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.
It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.
I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past clearly.
【小題1】What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?

A．Friendly but irresponsible.
B．Intelligent but severe.
C．Cold and aggressive.
D．Caring and communicative.
【小題2】Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?
A．She did not have a phone to a1l home.
B．Her father did not care about her human journey.
C．Her father was too busy to answer her phone.
D．Her father couldn’t give her appropriate advice.
【小題3】After the author overheard her father on the telephone.
A．he blamed her for impoliteness
B．he rediscovered human nature
C．he consulted with her about his problem
D．he changed his attitude towards the author
【小題4】The author realized that ______.
A．her father had too many faults and weaknesses
B．her father was not as intelligent as she had thought
C．her father was not good at interpersonal relationships
D．her father placed too much importance in social activities[來(lái)源:Z+xx+k.Com]
【小題5】Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．My Parents as Friends
B．My Parents as Advisors
C．My Father — a Serious Man
D．My Father — an Intelligent Scientist


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要講述了自己的父親,其中重點(diǎn)介紹了父親與自己的相處方式.
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man not the sort of person around whom one could laugh.及下文Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct (解構(gòu)) the building blocks of nature.描述,可知作者認(rèn)為他的父親是個(gè)聰明而嚴(yán)肅的人.故選B.
【小題2】根據(jù)短文第一段when friends called home for advice, Iwould sink into deep depression for what I did not have 描述,可知作者感到沮喪的原因是,他的父親不能給他提供適當(dāng)?shù)慕ㄗh.故選D.
【小題3】根據(jù)第三段描述,可知他想父親請(qǐng)教并討論了他的問(wèn)題.故選C.
【小題4】根據(jù)第四段Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people,描述,可知作者的父親不擅長(zhǎng)處理人際關(guān)系.故選C.
【小題5】根據(jù)短文最后一段I now know my parents as friends 及上文描述,可知作者主要講述了父親和自己的相處方式,那就是像一個(gè)朋友一樣與自己的孩子相處.故選,.A
考點(diǎn)：故事類(lèi)短文閱讀。

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