10．The Christmas of my 16th，when decorating the Christmas tree with Mama，I accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball．It had been on our tree for as long as I could remember．
Regretfully，I knelt to pick up the pieces and was surprised to find a small piece of paper among them．Unfolding the tiny note，I recognized my father's penciled writing．Lifting my eyes，I saw my mother's fond expression．
"Your daddy wrote that and put it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together，just before you were born，"she said with a smile．
I wouldn't have believed it，if there hadn't been the note in my hands．The daddy I knew always regarded getting the tree decorated as an important task．And yet this bit of yellowed paper proved that long ago my daddy had done something romantic at Christmas．
Carefully putting the note aside，I cleaned up the pieces，wishing I could somehow reassemble（重新裝配）them．"It's OK，Mary，"Mama said，comforting me with a hug．"Just pick out another of the old glass ball and put the note back inside．"
Now，as we celebrate the holidays without Mama，who died of cancer years ago，my discovery becomes more poignant（傷感）．Each year as I decorate Papa's tree，I recall the moment I shared with her that winter afternoon and blink away my tears．
As I carefully handle those old glass balls．I love knowing that one of them holds a secret between Papa and Mama-a secret that was obvious to all who knew them．
The note inside one of those old glass balls on Papa's tree holds the heart of my parents'marriage in three little words："I love you．"
56．What happened when the author was decorating the Christmas tree？（no more than 10words）He accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball．
57．When was the paper put in the glass ball？（no more than 10words）Before the author was born．
58．What can we know about the author's father from the yellowed paper？（no more than 5words）He was kind of romantic．
59．How do you understand the underlined part in the second paragraph from bottom？（no more than 15words）All who knew the author's parents were aware of their love for each other．
60．Do you often express your love to your parents？And how？（no more than 20words）Yes，I do．I give them small gifts on their birthdays，rising them often and help them with housework．．
分析 文章講述了我在裝飾圣誕樹的時候，無意打破了一個舊的玻璃球，里面是一張泛黃的紙條，反映了父母之間深深地愛．
解答 56．He accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball．細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段I accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball得知，在裝飾圣誕樹時，意外地打碎了一個舊的玻璃球．
57．Before the author was born．細節(jié)題．根據(jù)Your daddy wrote that and put it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together，just before you were born得知，父親在寫這些的時候，是在我出生之前．
58．He was kind of romantic．細節(jié)題．在文章中And yet this bit of yellowed paper proved that long ago my daddy had done something romantic at Christmas．這句話推出這些泛黃的紙證明了很久之前，父親是一個很爛漫的人．
59．All who knew the author's parents were aware of their love for each other．推理題．在文章最后一段The note inside one of those old glass balls on Papa's tree holds the heart of my parents'marriage in three little words："I love you．"看出，玻璃球里的紙條反映了父母之間的深深的愛，而這種愛也影響著認識他們的每一個．
60．Yes，I do．I give them small gifts on their birthdays，rising them often and help them with housework．開放性問題．答案不確定，但是基調(diào)為正能量的，表達對父母的愛．
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