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【題目】When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (拋接球游戲) 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(適用于) 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 (中風), 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】

試題分析：短文大意：我小的時候父親喜歡和我玩接球游戲。我玩得不好，但是我們還是會一起玩。父親經(jīng)常說：“眼睛要盯著球�！�。我長大了，有麻煩事時，總是找父親求助，父親開玩笑地說：“眼睛要盯著球�！�。我們就會開心起來。父親生病去世后，我依然會時常想起那句話“眼睛要盯著球�！�

【1】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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.可知一開始父親經(jīng)常說：“眼睛要盯著球�！笔歉嬖V作者在接球時要小心，所以選A。

【2】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的描述可知作者向父親請求建議時他總是說笑話讓她笑。所以選C。

【3】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的描述可知但陷入困境時，父親說“眼睛要盯著球�！笔枪膭钜�面對困難，所以選A。

【4】B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中even better than the nurses who were caring for him可推知劃線詞的意思是“非�！�，所以選B。

【5】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的描述可知作者的父親是非常令人愉快的，所以選B。