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【题目】When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasn’t very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.

As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply to(适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.

My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not speak. There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were caring for him.

During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips： “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.

That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away.

Since then, when I get into a stressful situation I tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”.

【1】At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writer’s father _____.

A. tells her to be careful while playing catch

B. wants to teach her a life lesson

C. wants her to work harder in every way

D. laughs at her when she misses the ball

【2】When the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _____.

A. tried to solve the problem for her

B. didn’t care about her problem

C. joked with her and made her smile

D. told her to solve the problem alone

【3】When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to _____.

A. encourage herself to face the difficulty

B. remember the old days with her father

C. help herself forget her troubles

D. remember how to play catch

【4】The underlined word “pretty” means _________.

A. beautiful B. quite C. carefully D. always

【5】Which of the following can describe the writer’s father?

A. Serious. B. Cheerful(令人愉快的). C. Honest. D. Careless.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：我小的时候父亲喜欢和我玩接球游戏。我玩得不好，但是我们还是会一起玩。父亲经常说：“眼睛要盯着球。”。我长大了，有麻烦事时，总是找父亲求助，父亲开玩笑地说：“眼睛要盯着球。”。我们就会开心起来。父亲生病去世后，我依然会时常想起那句话“眼睛要盯着球。”

【1】A细节理解题。根据第一段中He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.可知一开始父亲经常说：“眼睛要盯着球。”是告诉作者在接球时要小心，所以选A。

【2】C细节理解题。根据第二段的描述可知作者向父亲请求建议时他总是说笑话让她笑。所以选C。

【3】A细节理解题。根据第二段的描述可知但陷入困境时，父亲说“眼睛要盯着球。”是鼓励要面对困难，所以选A。

【4】B词义猜测题。根据文中even better than the nurses who were caring for him可推知划线词的意思是“非常”，所以选B。

【5】B细节理解题。根据短文的描述可知作者的父亲是非常令人愉快的，所以选B。