14．The first memory I have of him---of anything，really---is his strength．It was in the late afternoon in a house under construction near ours．The unfinished wood floor had large，terrifying holes whose big and opening darkness I knew led to nowhere good．His powerful hands，then age 33，wrapped all the way around my tiny arms，then age 4，and easily swung me up to his shoulders to command all I surveyed．
The relationship between a son and his father changes over time．It may grow and flourish in mutual maturity．It may sour in hated dependence or independence．With many children living in single-parent homes today，it may not even exist．
But to a little boy right after World War II，a father seemed a god with strange strengths and strange powers enabling him to do and know things that no mortal could do or know．Amazing things，like putting a bicycle chain back on，just like that，or building a hamster cage，or guiding a jigsaw（拼版玩具）so it forms the letter F； I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days．
There were，of course，rules to learn．First came the handshake，a good firm squeeze accompanied by an equally strong gaze into the other's eyes．"The first thing anyone knows about you is your handshake，"he would say．And we'd practice it each night on his return from work，the serious toddler（学步儿童）in the old Cleveland Indian's cap running up to the giant father to shake hands again and again until it was firm enough．
One day，I realize now，there was a change．I wasn't trying to please him so much as I was trying to impress him．I never asked him to come to my football games．He had a high-pressure career，and it meant driving through most of Friday night．But for all the big games，when I looked over at the sideline，there was that familiar fedora（软呢帽）．And by God，did the opposing team captain ever get a firm handshake and a gaze he would remember
Then，a school fact contradicted something he said．Impossible that he could be wrong，but there it was in the book．These accumulated over time，along with personal experiences，to strengthen my own developing sense of values．And I could tell we had each taken our own，perfectly normal paths．I began to see，too，his blind spots，his prejudices and his weaknesses．I never threw these up at him．He hadn't to me，and，anyway，he seemed to need protection．I stopped asking his advice； the experiences he drew from no longer seemed relevant to the decisions I had to make．
He volunteered advice for a while．But then，in more recent years，politics and issues gave way to talk of empty errands and，always，to illness．
After much thought and practice"You can do whatever you have to do．"，one night last winter，I sat down by his bed and remembered for an instant those terrifying dark holes in another house 35years before．I told my father how much I loved him．I described all the things people were doing for him．But，I said，he kept eating poorly，hiding in his room and violating the doctor's orders．No amount of love could make someone else care about life，I said； it was a two-way street．He wasn't doing his best．The decision was his．
He said he knew how hard my words had been to say and how proud he was of me．"I had the best teacher，"I said．"You can do whatever you have to do．"He smiled a little．And we shook hands，firmly，for the last time．
Several days later，at about 4A．M．，my mother heard Dad shuffling about their dark room．"I have some things I have to do，"he said．He paid a bundle of bills．He composed for my mother a long list of legal and financial what-to-do's"in case of emergency．"And he wrote me a note．
Then he walked back to his bed and laid himself down．He went to sleep，naturally．And he did not wake up．
21．The underlined word"it"in Para 2may refer toB．
A．a single-parent home
B．the relationship between a son and his father
C．the mutual maturity
D．the dependence or independence
22．From the passage we can infer thatA．
A．there was no television when the writer was learning the alphabet
B．the writer's father was a god who could do many things with strength
C．the writer's father lived a poor life and couldn't support his family
D．they practiced shaking hands until the writer grew up
23．What does the underlined sentence"…and it meant driving through most of Friday night．"probably imply？D
A．The writer's father had to drive a long way on Friday night to watch his son play football．
B．Because of a high-pressure career，the writer's father had to drive from Monday to Friday night．
C．The writer's father was deeply impressed by his son in spite of a high-pressure career．
D．The writer's father was forced to work to an excessive （过量的） extent．
24．The sixth paragraph is mainly aboutD．
A．the writer's change of attitude to his father
B．the writer's distrust of his father
C．the contradiction （矛盾） between the writer and his father
D．the change of relationship between the writer and his father．
分析 文章主要讲述了作者对自己记忆中父亲的回忆，围绕着父子关系的变化展开，表达了对父亲的爱．
解答 21．B 词意猜测题．根据第二段第一句"he relationship between a son and his father changes over time"可知儿子和父亲的关系随着时间而改变．故选B．
22．A 细节理解题．根据第三段最后一句"I learned the alphabet that way in those pre-television days．"我学习字母在那个电视机还未诞生的年代．故选A．
23．D 句意猜测题．他工作压力大，这意味着每个礼拜五要拼命干大半夜．故选D．
24．D 段落大意题．在学校学到的每一个事实否定了老爸的某些东西．我不在向他征求意见，他的那些经验也似乎同我要做的决定不在相干．父子之间的关系开始产生变化．故选D．
点评 本文是一个人生感悟类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
