Question

During the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Who are you?”  I would answer, “I'm your son.”  “Where do you live?”  She would ask. “In California”, I would tell her. “Isn't that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in California.”

She seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life crying uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were unattended for a short time.

Hoping to please her and put her mind at ease, I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said “ I want to go home.”

Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.

Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering where I would have gone in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer's is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask y to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.

1.What's the main idea of the first two paragraphs?

A ou. The author’s mother suffered with serious Alzheimer's disease.

B. The author’s mother forgot who’s his son.

C. The author didn’t know how to cure his mother.

D. The author’s mother couldn’t find her home.

2.What is not the symptom of the author’s mother ?

A. cheerful      B. confused

C. forgetful     D. uneasy

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “pictured”?

A. photographed    B. appeared

C. described       D. painted

4. What can you infer from the third paragraph?

A. The author cares much about his mother.

B. The author’s mother was fond of pet lambs.

C. The author saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb.

D. The author’s mother didn’t like her usual home.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Take Mother Home.

B. Everyone will suffer with Alzheimer's disease.

C. A story about a son and a mother.

D. Where Is Home?

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了“我”的母亲得了老年痴呆症，遗忘了任何东西，甚至回家的路，于是“我”陪伴母亲让她心情舒畅。尽管忘记了一切但母亲仍想回家。由此作者想到无论我们忘记什么都不能忘了回家的路，因为只有家才是心灵的栖息。

1. the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease可知我的母亲在十五年前得了老年痴呆症。故选A.

2. seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety.在得病开始她似乎仅仅健忘，糊涂，但是之后的一段时间她变的焦虑不安。可知没有A高兴的。故选A.

3. sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn.可知我坐在车里，赞赏着橡树和一望无际的草坪的风景，可知作者是要跟母亲描述这个景色。故选C.

4. to please her and put her mind at ease,我希望让母亲心情舒畅以及后文作者所做的一切事都是为了达到这个目的，可见作者为照顾母亲做了很多。故选A.

5. want to go home.”母亲要回家，以及I expect I will ask y to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be.我希望带我回家，我知道你会尽力找到我要去的地方。可知文章主题是带母亲回家，故选A.

考点：考查记叙文阅读。