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19．Prayer for My Mother
Dear God，
Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them．
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive．I appreciate her more each day． My mother does not change，but I do．As I grow older and wiser，I realize what an extraordinary person she is．How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence，but they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself？For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child？For running after a toddler （學(xué)步兒童），for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who knows everything？For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes what her mother really is？
How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice when asked or remaining silent when it is most appreciated？For not saying："!told you so"，when she could have voiced these words dozens of times？For being essentially herself-loving，thoughtful，patient，and forgiving？
I don't know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she deserves（應(yīng)得） and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine
A daughter

56．We can infer from the passage that the author isB．
    A．talkative and realistic              B．reserved and appreciative
    C．open-minded and responsible          D．sensitive and independent
57．Compared with her friends，the author feels lucky becauseD．
    A．she has her own lovely sons and daughters
    B．she is excellent in bringing up her own children
    C．it was too late to say thanks to her mother in her presence
    D．she still has the chance to express her appreciation to her mother
58．What information can you get from Paragraph 4？A
    A．Mothers should offer advice rather than blame．
    B．The sentence"I told you so"can be repeated if necessary．
    C．The author is very thankful to her mother for her education．
    D．Mothers can instruct their children whenever they want to．
59．The author's mother has all the following fine qualities exceptD．
    A．devotion                        B．forgiveness
    C．consideration'D．self-protectiveness．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一位女兒向上帝的祈禱，感謝她的母親所給予的生命，還有她在撫養(yǎng)孩子時所付出的愛、耐心以及辛勤勞動．

解答 56．答案是B．推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章第二段中的句子"I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive"幸運(yùn)的是，我親愛的母親依然健在；"How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her presence"這些話在她面前我難以啟齒，可以推斷出女兒不是一個open-mind 或者是talkative．
57．答案是D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子"I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive"幸運(yùn)的是，我親愛的母親依然健在，所以答案選D．
58．答案是A．推理判斷題，"For being ready with advice"感謝在被問到時她會及時提供良言，"For not saying："!told you so"，"感謝她沒有說："我告訴過你"可見媽媽給孩子提供建議而不是責(zé)備，所以答案選A．
59．答案選D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中句子"For being essentially herself-loving，thoughtful，patient，and forgiving"為了她本人所具有的愛心、周詳、耐心與諒解，self-protectiveness自我防衛(wèi)的與媽媽的品格不符，所以答案選D．

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