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My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell... anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment. There was this one day during elementary school.

I remember that it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school... “Your mom only has one eye?!” and they taunted me.

I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to my mom. “Why don’t you just die?” My mom did not respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that I had said what I’d wanted to say all this time. Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.

That night... I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful, because I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty.

Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got accepted in the Seoul University with all the confidence I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I’m living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it’s a place that doesn’t remind me of my mom.

This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when someone unexpected came to see me “What?! Who’s this?!” It was my mother... Still wither one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little girl ran away, scared of my mom’s eye.

And I asked her, “Who are you? I don’t know you!!” as if I tried to make that real. I screamed at her “How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter! Get out of here now!!” And to this, my mother quietly answered, “oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,” and she disappeared. Thank goodness... she doesn’t recognize me. I was quite relieved. I told myself that I wasn’t going to care, or think about this for the rest of my life.

Then a wave of relief came upon me... one day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. I lied to my wife saying that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, that I used to call a house, just out of curiosity there, I found my mother fallen on the cold ground. She had a piece of paper in her hand. It was a letter to me.

She wrote:

My son, I think my life has been long enough now. For you... I’m sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you. You see, when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye… so I gave you mine... I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. I was never upset at you for anything you did. The couple times that you were angry with me I thought to myself, ‘it’s because he loves me.’ I miss you so much. I love you. You mean the world to me. So I gave you mine. With all my love to you! Your mom.

My World Shattered. I hated the person who only lived for me. I cried for My Mother, I didn’t know of any way that will make up for my worst deeds...

1.What did the writer's mother do when he was young?

A. A cook.    B. A worker.

C. A businesswoman    D. A cleaner.

2.The writer wished his mom to die, which made his mom      .

A. sad    B. happy    C. calm    D. quiet

3.The writer studied very hard in order to      .

A. go to a famous university    B. become a successful man

C. live far away from his mother    D. make his mother live happily

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The writer’s mother gave him one of her eyes.

B. The writer got married after he had finished school in another city.

C. The writer’s classmate laughed at him because of his mother.

D. The writer’s mother got a wrong address, and couldn’t find her son.

5.The writer lived in Seoul happily because      .

A. he got a good job here

B. he had a good wife

C. the place was beautiful

D. the place didn't make him think of his mother

Answer

hurt her feelings very badly ☞A选项 sad ☞关键词hurt和crying。

【解析】试题分析：这是一篇夹叙夹议的情感文章。作者因为自己母亲是一只眼而厌恶妈妈，而母亲却依然在离世前还爱着自己的孩子。这是一篇歌颂母爱的文章，让人看后心中无不为母亲而感动。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段二、三两句“My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell... anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment.”可知，作者小时候妈妈是一名女商人。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.”和第四段第二句“My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.”可推断，我希望妈妈从这个世界上消失深深地伤害了妈妈，妈妈很伤心。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“So I told myself that I would grow up and become successful, because I hated my one-eyed mom and our desperate poverty.”以及第五段第一句“Then I studied really hard.”可知，作者努力学习是为了离开妈妈和贫困的家。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据第六段提到的“This happiness was getting bigger and bigger, when someone unexpected came to see me “What?! Who’s this?!” It was my mother...”可知，作者的妈妈找到作者的家，因此可知，妈妈有儿子的地址能够找到她的儿子。故选D。

5.推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句“I like it here because it’s a place that doesn’t remind me of my mom.”可推断作者幸福地生活在Seoul是因为这个地方不会让他想起他的妈妈。故选D。

【名师点睛】

推理判断试题属于高层次阅读理解题。这种题型包括判断题和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存，推理是为了得出正确的判断，正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”。推理判断题常常可以分为如下几类：（1）细节推断。如时间、地点、人物关系等；（2）逻辑推断。根据已知的结果推断导致结果产生的可能原因；（3）目的、意图、态度推断。根据文章的论述，推断作者的写作目的以及作者情感态度；（4）预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。

例如：小题2就属于推理判断题中的（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。答案需要从文章的第三段最后一句Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.和第四段第二句My mom was crying there, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might wake me.进行推断。

【答案定位】根据第三段最后一句和第四段第二句可知，我认为我深深的伤害了妈妈，妈妈无声的哭泣。

【推理关系】题干The writer wished his mom to die, which made his mom .☞文章内容Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.和My mom was crying there