Question

【題目】“Let’s have a journey. Why not fly out and meet me, Dad?” I say one day.

My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.

My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.

He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.

“What's our first stop？” asks my father.

“What time is it？”

“Still don't have a watch？”

Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花崗巖), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.

“Unbelievable,” he says. “How was this done？”

A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.

We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything？”

No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.

The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

“Did you ever travel with your dad？” I ask.

“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other — but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”

That last sentence — it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.

In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep traveling, I realize — and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.

Weeks after our trip, I call my father.

“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We've got to take another trip like that sometime.”

I tell him I've decided to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.

【1】We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _____.

A. was a very fashionable manager

B. was unhappy with the author's lifestyle

C. got bored with his job so he retired

D. liked the author's collection of stamps

【2】What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?

A. He should pursue a specific aim in life.

B. He should learn sculpture in the future.

C. His father is as innocent as a little boy.

D. His father is interested in sculpture.

【3】From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _____．

A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather

B. hopes to give whatever he can to his father

C. learns how to communicate with his father

D. comes to understand what parental love means

【4】What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?

A. They decide to learn photography together.

B. They begin to change their attitudes to life.

C. The call solves their disagreements.

D. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一直工作穩(wěn)定的父親在退休之后跟著四處旅游的我一起出去游玩，在這次旅游里，我對(duì)自己之前的生活方式產(chǎn)生了懷疑，決定定居下來，為一個(gè)目標(biāo)而努力。而父親在這次旅游里認(rèn)識(shí)到外面的世界很精彩，也改變了他自己的態(tài)度。

【1】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps.可知父親認(rèn)為我的生活是沒有目標(biāo)的額，除了一個(gè)貼滿很多郵票的護(hù)照以外沒有說明可以展示的。說明父親對(duì)我的生活方式很不滿意。故B正確。

【2】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章中部We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?和No directions, no goals I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.可知之前父親說我的生活里沒有指導(dǎo)沒有目標(biāo)，之前的我經(jīng)常聽父親這樣對(duì)我說，而現(xiàn)在我聽見了自己的聲音。說明我對(duì)之前以前的生活方式產(chǎn)生了懷疑。認(rèn)為自己的漂泊并沒有個(gè)自己留下像Mount Rushmore上的塑像的有價(jià)值的東西。說明作者從此要為自己設(shè)立一個(gè)生活的目標(biāo)了。這在文章最后一句也有了呼應(yīng)。故A正確。

【3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)We loved each other---but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.可知我的爺爺很愛父親，但是他不善于表達(dá)。The last sentence----it’s probably the same thing I’s say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.我在想我也想讓自己的孩子這樣認(rèn)為自己：Whatever he could give me, he gave。也就是說我從父親的話里慢慢理解了父母之愛的意義。故D正確。

【4】B 推理判斷題。本文講述了一直工作穩(wěn)定的父親在退休之后跟著四處旅游的我一起出去游玩，在這次旅游里，我對(duì)自己之前的生活方式產(chǎn)生了懷疑，決定定居下來，為一個(gè)目標(biāo)而努力。而父親在這次旅游里認(rèn)識(shí)到外面的世界很精彩，也改變了他自己的態(tài)度。所以B項(xiàng)正確。