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It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for "Six days shall you labor and do all your work" was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(線). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.

My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window. "Come on, girls! Let's take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute."

On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls.

There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys' kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.

Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. "Perhaps it's like this in the kingdom of heaven," I thought confusedly.

It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the house. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn't mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep "the things that cannot be and yet they are."

The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to "go park, see duck."

"I can't go!" I said. "I have this and this to do, and when I'm through I'll be too tired to walk that far."

My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling（去皮）. "It's a wonderful day," she offered, "really warm, yet there's a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?"

I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. "Come on," I told my little girl. "You're right, it's too good a day to miss."

Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath (余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of — what dark and horrible things?

"Say!" A smile sipped out from his lips. "Do you remember — no, of course you wouldn't. It probably didn't make the impression on you as it did on me."

I hardly dared speak. "Remember what?"

"I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (戰(zhàn)俘營), when things weren't too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?"

1.Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought_________.

A. she was too old to fly kites

B. she should have been doing her housework then

C. her husband would make fun of her

D. her girls weren’t supposed to play the boy’s game

2.By "we were all beside ourselves," the writer means that they all _________.

A. felt confused B. looked on

C. went wild with joy D. forgot their fights

3.What did the writer think after the kite-flying?

A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.

B. All the others must have forgotten that day.

C. Her parents should spend more time with them.

D. They should have finished their work before playing.

4.Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.

B. She thought it was a great day to play outside.

C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.

D. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.

5.The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that _________.

A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories

B. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life

C. childhood friendship means so much to the writer

D. people like him really changed a lot after the war

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】試題分析：文章講述了我在小時候一次放風箏的經歷中體驗到的快樂。雖然是春季大掃除忙碌的時候，但是幾個男生放風箏的動作引起了男人和婦女們的注意，他們紛紛停止手中的活，來享受這片刻的自由和寧靜。當我回到家，卻以為大家都忘記了這次放風箏的美好回憶而感到尷尬。多年之后我發(fā)現，其實這么美好的回憶不止我記住了。這是一篇溫馨的回憶記敘文。

1. was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for ‘Six days shall you labor and do all your work’。 Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning�！毙瞧诹�是像往常一樣忙碌的一天，母親和帕特里克太太在從事春季大掃除。第二段又說母親招呼女孩們一起看男生放風箏，而帕特里克太太也去了。所以她為在最忙的時候沒做大掃除而內疚。故選B。

2. our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies.”我們的父親放下工具加入我們，母親也轉身笑得像少女，父母們忘了他們的責任和尊貴的身份，小孩子們忘記了每天的爭執(zhí)和小嫉妒。而這都是特別開心的表現。故選C。

3.細節(jié)理解題。定位到第六段第四句話The strange thing was, we didn't mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I.很奇怪的是，我們竟然壓根沒有提到那天放風箏的事情，我甚至感到有一些尷尬。當然，那個時候沒有誰比我更激動。由此可看出作者以為在放風箏之后，大家一定都忘記了那天的快樂。故選B。

4.事實判斷題。定位到底九、十段。當我的三歲的小女孩跟我說去公園看鴨子的時候，我說我有很多事情要做而拒絕了。但是母親的一句話Do you remember that day we flew kites?" 讓我打開了記憶的匣子，想起了那個放風箏的時候。"Come on," I told my little girl. "You're right, it's too good a day to miss."然后跟我的女孩說：“你說的對極了，這是一個值得紀念的日子。故最后我答應我的女兒去公園是因為我想起了我放風箏的那個時光。故選D。

5.推理判斷題。"I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (戰(zhàn)俘營), when things weren't too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?"最后一段帕特里克的男孩談到自己在戰(zhàn)俘營的時候，當有不好的事情發(fā)生他總是想到他們一起放風箏那個美好的時光。因此這么美好的回憶不是作者我一個人記住了，其實我的母親，帕特里克的男孩他們都記得。故選A。

考點：記敘文閱讀。