19．As I grew older，Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests：magic tricks，a toy circus，neighborhood shows and science projects．
From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college，I continued to come to him with a design or an idea，and he would figure out how to build it．
In fifth grade，a schoolmate and I wrote a puppet（木偶） show that we wanted to perform for our class．I made the puppet heads myself，and I made the costumes and curtains with Mon---who was as expert designing and sewing with cloth as my father was designing and working with wood and metal．With Dad I made the puppet stage，in our own invented style between kid and adult with me saying something like，"It has to be this high，and it needs to come apart and fold up so it can fit in the backseat of the car，and it needs to set up fast，and it needs to have different colored lights on top with switches you can reach to control them and a curtain you can pull from under it，even if you still have a puppet on your hand．"Dad figured out how to make it all work，making plans as we went along．Then with the tools in his shop he built it，and I helped．
Dad also spent a lot of time out in the garage or in the driveway working on the family car．I don't remember that he ever took it to a professional auto-repair shop．Maybe to save money，but also because he could usually figure out what needed fixing，just by taking it apart and looking．Though not trained as an auto mechanic，he could look under the engine cover and take parts and pieces out，spread them on a tarp （油布） to catch the oil and figure out what was supposed to happen to the machine and then figure out what wasn't happening and then replace the worn-out part or whatever and then put everything back together again．
36．If you are the writer，you are supposed to write aboutBahead of the first paragraph．
A．father's achievement in mechanics
B．father's love and skills in mechanics
C．father's experience at repairing cars
D．father's inventions in mechanics
37．Who helped the writer to make the puppet？D
A．The writer himself． B．His classmate． C．His teacher． D．His parents．
38．Before the writer went to college，he always turned to his father forB．
A．designing a machine B．building his design or idea
C．making a puppet show D．building a show stage
39．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？D
A．The writer's car is always breaking down．
B．Father works in a car repairing shop．
C．Repairing in a shop can save much money．
D．Father was good at mending his car．
40．The purpose of the writer's writing the passage isC．
A．to tell how his father made a puppet for him
B．in memory of his parents
C．to describe to the readers his memories about his father
D．to argue that parents should help children to explore the world and make inventions．
分析 本文属于一篇回忆性记叙文，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了他与他父亲之间的点滴．爸爸为他建立了各种各样的东西，帮助他完成他和同学设计的木偶创意，并且自己也喜欢自己修理汽车，教会了孩子积极动手做事．
解答 36．B．推理判断题．根据Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests爸爸为我建立了各种各样的东西当我在探索自己的兴趣时 可知父亲很爱我并且在机器方面很有技巧，故选B．
37．D．细节理解题．根据第三段 I made the costumes and curtains with Mon和我妈妈做的服装和窗帘 With Dad I made the puppet stage我与爸爸一起做了木偶舞台可知我是与父母一起完成的．故选D．
38．B．细节理解题．根据第二段From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college，I continued to come to him with a design or an idea，and he would figure out how to build it可知从有记忆起到我离开家上大学的时候，我继续以一个设计或一个想法来给他，他会想出如何建立它．故选B．
39．D．细节理解题．根据第四段but also because he could usually figure out what needed fixing，just by taking it apart and looking还因为他通常可以找出需要修理的地方，只是把它拆开看．可知父亲是善于修理他的车的．故选D．
40．C．主旨大议题．通读全文可知作者主要在叙述他与他父亲之间的点滴．父亲为他建立了各种各样的东西，帮助他完成他和同学设计的木偶创意等等，文章是围绕回忆父亲展开的，故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的判断．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主管想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
