Question

After Mom died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note reading, "Drink your juice." Such a gesturere, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad love me?" Mom frowned, "Who said he doesn't love you?" "Well, he never tells me," I complained. "He never tells me either," she said, smiling. "But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us."

I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad hand fed scrap steel into a device that chopped as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors. with blades thicker than my father's body. If he didn't feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury. "Why don't you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don't you hire a cook?" Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.

Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.

1.The author's father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because ____.

A. that was the author's favorite

B. he was sure the author would be thirsty

C. the author was always complaining

D. that was a gesture of love

2.The author's father didn't hire a helper because ____.

A. his job was too dangerous

B. his job required high skills

C. he wanted to save money

D. he was not good at communicating with others

3. We may infer from the passage that ____.

A. the author's father lacked a sense of humor

B. the author quite understood his father as time went on

C. the author's father didn't love him very much

D. the author's father was too strict with him

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. I just couldn't understand my father

B. My father never loved me

C. Silent fatherly love

D. My hard-working father

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文属于记叙文，讲述作者随着年龄的增长，慢慢理解了他父亲的无声的爱。

1.D 考查细节理解。根据第一段第三句Such a gesturere, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love.这个举动已经是父亲能够表达爱的方式了可知本题选D.

2.C 考察文章细节理解。根据第二段最后一句作者父亲反问母亲的话Why don't you hire a cook?可知，通过类比说明作者父亲是为了节约钱，因此本题选C。

3.A 考察推理判断。根据第二段第二句I understood in my head, but not in my heart.以及第三段第一二句Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did every morning.可推断出作者慢慢真正理解了其父亲的爱，因此本题选B。

4.考察归纳主旨大意。根据第一段最后一句But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us.以及第三段最后一句My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.可以归纳本题答案C。

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