Question

Dear Dad,

Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.

You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Days together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.

You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.

The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear（档位）when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the 54 Chevy(雪佛兰) whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home after you reported the Chevy stolen didn’t have much tolerance（容忍） for a stubborn 16 -year- old girl, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.

Our relationship picked up when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.

But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn’t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and weak behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap(打) in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.

I guess what I’m trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father’s Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and it’s my wish that it never had to end.

I love you, Dad.

Love,

Jenny

1.What caused Jenny to write the letter?

A. Getting along well with her father.

B. Failing to find a satisfactory card.

C. Visiting a card exhibition at a mall.

D. Being away on previous Father’s Day.

2.What does the underlined phrase “ turned around ” in Para. 5 mean?

A. Became better.B. Changed unexpectedly.

C. Went worse. D. Progressed unsteadily.

3.What can we learn from Para. 6?

A. Jenny seldom saw her father drive that huge car.

B. Jenny knew her father’s real age from that day on.

C. Jenny’s father slapped her on the face somewhere.

D. Jenny had never realized her father’s being weak.

4.Jenny wrote her father this letter to __________ .

A. inform him of their conflicts

B. apologize for her being stubborn

C. express her deep love to him

D. remind him of the early incident

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一封女儿写给父亲的信。信中表达了女儿对父亲深深的感激与敬重， 并希望父女之间的深厚感情能够一直延续下去。

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考点：考查人生百味类短文