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(fēng)), 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.

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