Question

【題目】My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.

One of us was always in Ollie's hospital room--either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce's wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.

“I don't want to leave you, dad, ” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen. ” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes, ”he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know. ” A few days later, around 2 p. m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It's a boy, ” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called, ” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o' clock. ”

Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.

【1】Ollie didn't travel to Florida because __________________.

A. he could hardly be able to speak

B. he was too weak to travel

C. he could not afford the trip

D. he was waiting for his grandchild to be born

【2】Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?

A. Ollie didn't want his son to be absent when his baby was born.

B. Ollie wanted Bruce to bring the baby along as soon as it was born.

C. Ollie thought it was too much trouble for Bruce to stay at hospital.

D. Ollie couldn't bear his son seeing him dying with a broken heart.

【3】The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to__________.

A. Disappointedly B. Immediately

C. Excitedly D. Unwillingly

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Ollie and his wife had planned to settle in Florida.

B. Ollie cared for his son more than his daughter.

C. Ollie died happy and in peace.

D. Ollie was sad about not being able to see his first grandchild.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由“Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak.”可知，當時Ollie已經嚴重地生病了，身體非常虛弱，幾乎都不能說話了。故選B。他身體太虛弱而不能去佛羅里達旅行。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由““When the baby comes, ”he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know. ””可知，Ollie說，當這個孩子出生時，你是第一個看見孩子的人。所以Ollie 想讓 Bruce陪伴Gwen是為了不想讓Bruce缺席孩子的降臨。故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據上下文可知，Bruce的父親病重，自己卻不能陪伴左右，必須聽從父親最后的希望，回家陪伴臨盆的老婆，所以離開的時候是不情愿的，unwillingly，副詞，不情愿地。故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據文章最后一段“Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.”可知當聽說Gwen兩點左右生了一個健康的寶寶后，Ollie了卻了心愿，那晚，他在睡夢中死去。所以，Ollie最后離世之時應該是了卻了心愿，安寧平靜地離去的。故選C。