3.My dad loved pennies,especially those with the elegant stalk(莖) of wheat curving around each side of the ONE CENT on the back.Those were the pennies he grew up with during the Depression.
As a kid,I would go for walks with Dad,spying coins along the way-a penny here,a dime(一角硬幣) there.Whenever I picked up a penny,he'd ask,"Is it a wheat?"It always thrilled him when we found one of those special coins produced between 1909and 1958,the year of my birth.
One gray Sunday morning in winter,not long after my father's death in 2002,I was walking down Fifth Avenue,feeling bereft.I found myself in front of the church where Dad once worked.I was warmly shown in and led to a seat.Hearing Dad's favorite"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God",I burst into tears.We'd sung that at his funeral.
After the service,I shook the pastor's(牧師) hand and stepped onto the sidewalk-and there was a penny.I bent to pick it up,turned it over,and sure enough,it was a wheat.A 1944,a year my father was serving on a ship in the South Pacific.
That started it.Suddenly wheat pennies began turning up on the sidewalks of New York everywhere.I got most of the important years:his birth year,my mom's birth year,the year he graduated from college,the year he met my mom,the year they got married,the year my sister was born.But alas,no 1958wheat penny-my year,the last year they were made.
The next Sunday,after the service,I was walking up Fifth Avenue and spotted a penny in the middle of a crossing.Oh,no,it was a busy street;cabs were speeding by-should I risk it?I just had to get it.
A wheat!But the penny was worn,and I couldn't read the date.On arriving home,I took out my glasses and took it to the light.There was my birthday!
I found 21wheat pennies on the streets of Manhattan in the year after my father died,and I don't think that's a coincidence.

66.The writer's father loved pennies with wheat becauseB.
A.when he first saw it,he began to love it
B.when he saw the wheat,he thought of his time during the Depression
C.when he was young,he had a lot of pennies with wheat
D.when he was a child,he never got a coin with wheat
67.The underlined word"bereft"(in Para.3)meansC.
A.protested   B.disappointed   C.grieved   D.offended
68.Which of the following statements about the author is NOT true?C
A.He was born in 1958.
B.He went to church because of his father.
C.He once worked in a church.
D.He knew the church well.
69.The best title for the passage would probably beA.
A.Pennies from Heaven  
B.My father's life story
C.My father's hobby  
D.Living in New York.

分析 父親非常熱愛硬幣,特別是對那些帶有麥稈圖案的一分錢硬幣更是情有獨鐘,這究竟是為什么呢?原來這些硬幣都有很重要的意義.

解答 66.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段的"Those were the pennies he grew up with during the Depression."可知,當(dāng)他看到麥子時,他就想起了大蕭條的時光.故選B.
67.C 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)前面的"…not long after my father's death in 2002,"可知父親去世不久,所以作者應(yīng)該感到很難過.故選C.
68.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段的"…and 1958,the year of my birth."可知選項A正確;根據(jù)第三段的"…I found myself in front of the church where Dad once worked."可知選項B正確;文中多次提到去教堂祈禱,可知對教堂很熟悉,所以選項D正確.故選C.
69.A主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章最后一段可知,作者在父親去世的這一年,集齊了想要的所有硬幣,他認(rèn)為這不是巧合,而是冥冥之中父親在指引著他.故選A.

點評 本篇是考查人物故事類閱讀,考查學(xué)生細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)能力以及推理判斷能力.閱讀這類材料時,一定要根據(jù)主要情節(jié)掌握文章主旨大意,同時抓住每一個細(xì)節(jié),根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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