Question

My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I’ll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage．They loved each other, but they didn’t seem to like each other very much．Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot．When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably follow.

       It was my dad’s disease that began to change things．The year 1998 was the beginning of a remarkable transformation for my family．My father, Jim Dineen, the always healthy, weightlifting, never-missed-a-day-of-work kind of dad, discovered he had kidney (肾) disease.

       The decision to go ahead with a transplant for my father was a long and tough one, mostly because he had liver damage too．One physician’s assistant told him, “According to your file, you’re supposed to be dead.” And for a while, doctors mistakenly thought that he would need not just a kidney transplant, but a liver transplant too．Dad’s future hung in midpoint.

       When the donor testing process finally began in the spring of 2003, numerous people, including me, my uncle Tom, and my mom, came back as matches of varying degree．But Mom was the one who insisted on going further．She decided to donate a kidney to my father．She said she was not scared, and it was the right thing to do．We all stepped back in amazement.

       At last a date was chosen – November 11, 2003．All of a sudden, the only thing that seemed to matter Dad was telling the world what a wonderful thing Mom was doing for him．A month before the surgery, he sent her birthday flowers with a note that read, “I love you and I love your kidney! Thank you!”

       Financially, the disease was upsetting to them．So my sister and I were humbled and surprised when, shortly before his surgery day, Dad handed us a diamond jewelry that we were to give to Mom after the operation．He’d accumulated(积累) his spare dollars to buy it.

       At the hospital on the day of the transplant, all our relatives and friends gathered in the waiting room and became involved in a mean euchre (尤克牌游戏) tournament．My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense, everybody was taking bets on how long this “change of conduct” would last in my parents.

       We would inform Dad that if he chose to act like a real pain on any particular day after the operation, he wasn’t allowed to blame it on PMS just because he’d now have a female kidney.

       The surgeries went well, and not long afterward, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit．Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom．Was she okay? How was she feeling? Then the nurses let us do something unconventional．As they were wheeling Mom out of recovery room, they rolled her into a separate position to visit Dad．It was strange to see both my parents hooked up to IVs and machines and trying to talk to each other through tears．The nurses allowed us to present the diamond jewelry to Mom so that Dad could watch her open it．Everyone was crying, even the nurses.

       As I stood with digital camera in hand, I tried to keep the presence of mind to document the moment．My dad was having a hard time fighting back emotion, and suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands.

In my nearly 35 years of existence, I’d never seen my parents do that, and I was spellbound．I snapped a picture and later rushed home to make sure I’d captured that enormous, life-defining moment．After so many years of disagreement, it was apparent to me that they finally understood how much each loved the other.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that _________.

A． Dad was fond of drinking

B． My parents got along well

C． Dad often beat Mom

D． Mom never obeyed Dad

2.The underlined part “Dad’s future hung in midpoint” in Para.3 suggests that _________.

A． Dad's life journey was on half way

B． Dad came to a critical moment in his life

C． Dad’s future was decided by doctors

D． Dad faced a tough decision in his life

3.Before the surgery, which of the following words can best describe the feeling of the families?

A． Worried and negative.

B． Anxious and helpless.

C． Nervous but optimistic.

D． Relaxed and positive.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?

A． Dad bought a diamond jewelry to Mom for their wedding anniversary.

B． Dad asked the nurse to visit Mom soon after the operation.

C． Despite a lot of pain, Dad was eager to know Mom’s condition soon after the operation.

D． On the day of the transplant, the families involved in a mean euchre tournament to relax themselves.

5.What’s in the writer’s photo?

A． Everyone was crying, even the nurses.

B． His parents were trying to talk to each other.

C． Dad watched Mom opening the gift.

D． His parents were holding each other’s hands.

6.What’s the best title for the passage?

A． Dad’s disease        B． Mom’s decision

C． The Gift of Life    D． The photo of hands

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

【解析】

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“Dad was too fond of his beer,”可知，作者的父亲嗜酒如命，故选A。

2.猜测句意题。根据“he would need not just a kidney transplant, but a liver transplant too”可知，作者的父亲不但肾脏有问题，他的肝脏也有问题，肝脏和肾脏都需要移植，这对于父亲来说，是一个生死关头，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第七段“My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense”可知，作者一家人对待事情比较乐观，即使每个人都很紧张，说明他们虽然紧张，但相信手术会非常成功，故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据第九段“The surgeries went well, and not long afterward, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit．Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom．Was she okay? How was she feeling?”可知，手术很成功，父亲忍着巨大的疼痛询问母亲的情况，说明父亲担心作者的母亲，故选C。

5.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“and suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands”可知，作者想把感人的一刻记录下来，这时，父亲和母亲握住了对方的手，说明照片中显示的是父母握着的手，故选D。

6.选择最佳标题。根据最后一段“life-defining moment...After so many years of disagreement, they finally understood how much each loved the other.”可知，父亲被查处患病后，母亲捐给了父亲一个肾脏，这次事件见证了父亲和母亲对彼此的爱，A、B太片面，D项是由C项引发的结果，C项“生命的礼物”最全面，故选C。