“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft on a pair of outer ears，if they could be donated，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man．Two years went by．Then, “You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret,” said the father．

　 The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic service．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret, but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

1. When the mother unfolded the cloth and looked upon the tiny face we know that the mother________．

A. suddenly decided to make a sacrifice for the baby

B. kept the baby’s situation unknown to others

C. felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D. complained of her bad luck and regretted having a disabled child

2.Give the closest meaning to the underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2．

A. Slow–acting person.　　　　　　　　　 B. Ugly–looking child.

C. Badly–behaved student. 　　　　　　　 D. Strangely–shaped creature.

3. At last, we may infer from the passage that_________.

A. The agreement was between the donator and the family

B. Finally the boy came to know the donator was a stranger

C. The mother may never let her hair be cut to keep her ears from being seen

D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died

4. What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．

B. It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．

D. It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．

 

阅读理解

　　A family living in an apartment house in the suburbs of a large city had a cat to which they were very much attached(喜爱). One day the cat got sick and finally died. As there was no backyard to their home in which to bury the cat, Father was forced to wrap the cat up in a newspaper and take it with him, being carefully reminded by mother to toss(扔出)the bundle (包)from the train window on his way to work .

　　Father placed his bundle upon the baggage rack(行李架)over his seat, but shuck up a conversation with a fellow and forgot to toss the bundle out of the window. He took the package on to his office, thinking that he would dispose of (处理)it on his way home that evening, but again he got to talking to someone on the train, forgot about the cat, and still had the bundle under his arm when he arrived home. His wife scolded him about it, and Father promised to take care of the matter the next day. But once more his memory failed him. When for the third time he arrived home still carrying the bundle, poor Mother became quite angry .

　　“You've got to dispose of that cat right now.”said she,“Put it in the furnace(炉子). ” But as he lifted the bundle from a table it fell open, and there was a boiled ham!

1．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

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A．Absent-minded Father.

B．Father Got a Boiled Ham.

C．The Cat Died.

D．The Cat and the Ham.

2．From the passage we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．the boiled ham was probably bought by the father

B．the dead cat had changed into a boiled ham

C．the boiled ham was left by someone else who took the bundle by mistake

D．the cat liked eating boiled ham

3．What kind of person would you say the father was?

[　　]

A．He was a parsimony(吝啬鬼).

B．He was unfriendly .

C．He was an absent-minded man.

D．He was greedy.

4．The writer ________ from the story.

[　　]

A．only wanted to tell us a joke

B．wanted to tell us not to leave things on a train

C．wanted to praise the father

D．thought the father very silly

5．The phrase “his memory failed him” here means ________.

[　　]

A．he didn't pass the exam

B．he can't remember anything

C．he forgot about the cat for the third time

D．he remembered that a boiled ham was in bundle