Question

“Dad,” I say one day, “Let’s take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me?”

My father had just retire after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.

My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.

He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.

“What is our first stop?” asks my father.

“What time is it?”

“Still don’t have a watch?”

Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy.

“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done?”

A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.

We stare up and I ask myself, would I ever devote my life to anything?

No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.

The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

“Did you ever travel with your dad? I ask.

“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other—but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”>

The kast sebtebce—it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.

In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I’ve never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world, I can keep traveling, I realize—and maybe a regular job won’t be as dull as I feared.

Weeks after our trip, I call my father.

“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We have got to take another trip like that sometime.”

I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.

1.We can learn from Paragraph 2 and 3 that the father _________.

A. followed the fashion

B. got bored with his job

C. was unhappy with the author’s lifestyle

D. liked the author’s collection of stamps

2.What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?

A. His father is interested in sculpture.

B. His father is as innocent as a little boy.

C. He should learn sculpture in the future.

D. He should pursue a specific aim in life.

3.From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author ________.

A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather

B. comes to understand what parental love means

C. learns how to communicate with his father

D. hopes to give whatever he can to his father

4.What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?

A. The call solves their disagreements.

B. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.

C. They decide to learn photography together.

D. They begin to change their attitudes to life

5.What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Love Nature, Love Life

B. A Son Lost in Adventure

C. A Journey with Dad

D. The Art of Travel

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一直工作稳定的父亲在退休之后跟着四处旅游的我一起出去游玩，在这次旅游里，我对自己之前的生活方式产生了怀疑，决定定居下来，为一个目标而努力。而父亲在这次旅游里认识到外面的世界很精彩，也改变了他自己的态度。

1. 推理题。根据文章第三段第一句My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps.可知，父亲认为我的生活没有目标，除了一个贴满很多邮票的护照以外没有可以展示的；这说明父亲对我的生活方式很不满意。故C正确。

2. 推理题。根据文章第十、十一段中We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?和No directions, no goasl I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.可知，之前父亲说我的生活里没有方向、没有目标，之前的我经常听父亲这样对我说，而现在我听见了自己的声音。说明我对自己以前的生活方式产生了怀疑。故推知作者从此要为自己设立一个生活的目标。故D正确。

3. 推理题。根据We loved each other—but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.可知，我的爷爷很爱父亲，但是他不善于表达。The kast sebtebce----it’s probably the same thing I’s say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.（我在想我也想让自己的孩子这样认为自己：Whatever he could give me, he gave。）可知，我从父亲的话里慢慢理解了父母的爱的意义。故B正确。

4. 推理题。根据文章最后两段he says.“We have got to take another trip like that sometime.”和I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.可知，父亲询问我什么时候开始另外一次旅行，说明父亲的生活方式发生了改变；而我说我想定居下来，说明我不想再和以前一样没有目标地生活了。这说明我的想法也发生了变化。故D正确。

5. 主旨大意题。本文讲述了一直工作稳定的父亲在退休之后跟着四处旅游的我一起出去游玩，在这次旅游里，我对自己之前的生活方式产生了怀疑，决定定居下来，为一个目标而努力。而父亲在这次旅游里认识到外面的世界很精彩，也改变了他自己的态度。所以C项A Journey with Dad符合文章的中心思想。

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要注意不是所有的段落都有主题句，有时主题句暗含在句中。阅读这样的文章，就需要自己根据文章的细节来分析，概括出段落的主题，从而推导出文章的主旨。分析的方法是：先弄清该段落主要讲了哪几方面的内容，这些内容在逻辑上有什么联系，然后加以归纳形成主题。30小题C主旨大意题。本文讲述了一直工作稳定的父亲在退休之后跟着四处旅游的我一起出去游玩，在这次旅游里，我对自己之前的生活方式产生了怀疑，决定定居下来，为一个目标而努力。而父亲在这次旅游里认识到外面的世界很精彩，也改变了他自己的态度。所以C项A Journey with Dad符合文章的中心思想。

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