阅读理解 My father had died when I was young, so if I didn't acknowledge my mother's birthday,
英语试题 09-20
阅读理解
My father had died when I was young, so if I didn't acknowledge my mother's birthday, likely no one would. On her birthday, I decided to bake her some cookies, take them to her house and leave them with a little note for her.
But what to write about? My mother and I had not always been close. Pouring out words of love seemed insincere, but there were plenty of things I did appreciate, so I wrote a letter expressing my appreciation for what she had taught me. She taught me to live within our means, and not to go into debt. She taught me the color of someone's skin was irrelevant. She taught me helping others in need was its own reward. She taught me to value the elderly. She taught me how to see the shapes in the clouds. She taught me to appreciate the way the air smelled after a rain ...
Having finished the letter, I sent the cookies and the handwritten letter to my mother. That evening, she called and thanked me, saying it was a wonderful birthday present.
Two years later, she suffered a fatal heart attack. While cleaning out her house, I came across a photocopy of the birthday letter I had written to her in the drawer of the bedside table in the guest room. And then room after room, drawer after drawer revealed more photocopies of the same letter. There was one in the kitchen drawer and one taped to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. I also found one in a drawer in both bathrooms, another in the living room and two more in her bedroom.
Finally, I opened the drawer beside her bed, where I found an old handkerchief and as I pulled it out, a wrinkled piece of paper fluttered to the floor. It was the original birthday letter. It had been smoothed over and over again. I realized at that moment that the best things I could have given my mother weren't really things at all.
4. What did the author learn from her mother?
A. Live a happy life regardless of how much money one has.
B. We should treat people of different skin colors differently.
C. One can be rewarded a lot of money when helping others.
D. It's of great importance to explore the beauty of nature.
5. How many photocopies of the birthday letter did the author find in her mother's house?
A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.
6. What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. What her mother value was her love not the gift itself.
B. She should never have sent any present to her mother.
C. Of all the gifts she had given her mother, nothing was best.
D. No gift was better than what she had given her mother.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A
【解析】
My father had died when I was young, so if I didn't acknowledge my mother's birthday, likely no one would. On her birthday, I decided to bake her some cookies, take them to her house and leave them with a little note for her.
But what to write about? My mother and I had not always been close. Pouring out words of love seemed insincere, but there were plenty of things I did appreciate, so I wrote a letter expressing my appreciation for what she had taught me. She taught me to live within our means, and not to go into debt. She taught me the color of someone's skin was irrelevant. She taught me helping others in need was its own reward. She taught me to value the elderly. She taught me how to see the shapes in the clouds. She taught me to appreciate the way the air smelled after a rain ...
Having finished the letter, I sent the cookies and the handwritten letter to my mother. That evening, she called and thanked me, saying it was a wonderful birthday present.
Two years later, she suffered a fatal heart attack. While cleaning out her house, I came across a photocopy of the birthday letter I had written to her in the drawer of the bedside table in the guest room. And then room after room, drawer after drawer revealed more photocopies of the same letter. There was one in the kitchen drawer and one taped to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. I also found one in a drawer in both bathrooms, another in the living room and two more in her bedroom.
Finally, I opened the drawer beside her bed, where I found an old handkerchief and as I pulled it out, a wrinkled piece of paper fluttered to the floor. It was the original birthday letter. It had been smoothed over and over again. I realized at that moment that the best things I could have given my mother weren't really things at all.
4. What did the author learn from her mother?
A. Live a happy life regardless of how much money one has.
B. We should treat people of different skin colors differently.
C. One can be rewarded a lot of money when helping others.
D. It's of great importance to explore the beauty of nature.
5. How many photocopies of the birthday letter did the author find in her mother's house?
A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Nine.
6. What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. What her mother value was her love not the gift itself.
B. She should never have sent any present to her mother.
C. Of all the gifts she had given her mother, nothing was best.
D. No gift was better than what she had given her mother.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A
【解析】
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