Question

【題目】 I believe that my actions show my beliefs, not my words.

I wrote a letter to my kids a few years ago. It’s three pages long, and it sums up my life experience of four decades. By the time they reach adulthood, they will have heard most of their father’s advice in that letter: live in the moment, do not attach yourself to physical things, treat others the way you would like to be treated, etc. I sealed the letter in a white envelope, and wrote instructions that nobody should open it unless something horrible happened to me.

As a police officer, I have seen life disappear in an instant. I realize that could happen to me at any time. Yet knowing that letter is there in my locker makes me more comfortable with my own death.

Every day, when I open my locker, I see the letter. It makes me aware that I should be careful at work, and show my children and the people I have connection with that I try to practice everything I have written. If that day comes and my children finally read the letter, I hope that because of my actions, they will take my written beliefs to heart and improve upon my example.

But for me, it’s not enough to write down my beliefs. I try to be the best person I can be every day---even in very difficult circumstances. I am more successful some days than others, but sometimes I curse too much. Sometimes I am cynical, unwilling to believe that people have good and honest reasons for doing something. I also get stressed and upset, yelling at my kids sometimes, and sometimes I am not as loving or as sympathetic as I should be. In fact, I am far from perfect, but I hope my children will eventually realize that perfection is an illusion. What really matters is that, instead of just writing down our beliefs, we all take action to be the best humans we can be.

【1】Which of the following can best describe the author?

A.Hardworking and humorous.B.Courageous and sensitive.

C.Selfless.D.Considerate.

【2】Why did the author open the locker to see the letter every day?

A.He wanted to confirm his beliefs.

B.The letter served as a reminder.

C.He kept adding something new to it.

D.His kids asked him to check it.

【3】What can we learn about the letter written by the author?

A.The author was in his forties when writing it.

B.The kids were too young to understand the tips in it.

C.The author was sure of its positive effects on his kids.

D.The author hoped it wouldn’t be opened until bad things occurred.

【4】Which can replace the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A.Doubtful about others’ motivations.

B.Curious about everything around.

C.Particular about himself.

D.Unsatisfied about his profession.

【5】What is the author’s understanding of life?

A.That fathers should take care of their children.

B.To become a perfect man.

C.To be better today than yesterday.

D.That bad guys deserve to be punished.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由自己給孩子寫的一封信入手，給孩子們提供一些寶貴的人生建議并談論了自己對生活的認識——完美是一種幻覺，重要的是我們可以不斷地完善自己。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“treat others the way you would like to be treated”可知，作者給孩子的建議包括要用自己希望被別人對待的方式來對待別人，由此可知，作者很體貼，故D項正確。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“Every day, when I open my locker, I see the letter. It makes me aware that I should be careful at work, and show my children and the people I have connection with that I try to practice everything I have written.”可知，每天當我打開我的儲物柜時，我都會看這封信，它讓我意識到，我應該在工作中小心謹慎，讓我的孩子和與我有聯(lián)系的人知道，我努力踐行我在信中寫的每一條建議，由此可知，作者每天打開儲物柜看這封信是因為它起到了提醒作用，故B項正確。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“I sealed the letter in a white envelope, and wrote instructions that nobody should open it unless something horrible happened to me.”可知，我把信封在一個白色信封里，并寫下指示：除非我出了什么可怕的事，否則任何人都不應該打開它，由此可知，作者希望在壞事情發(fā)生在自己身上之前這封信不要被拆開，故D項正確。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞后的“unwilling to believe that people have good and honest reasons for doing something.”可知，我不愿意相信人們有好的和誠實的理由做某件事情，這說明我懷疑別人的動機，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“懷疑別人的動機”，故A項正確。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“In fact, I am far from perfect, but I hope my children will eventually realize that perfection is an illusion. What really matters is that, instead of just writing down our beliefs, we all take action to be the best humans we can be.”可知，事實上，我遠非完美，但我希望我的孩子們最終會意識到完美是一種幻覺，真正重要的是，我們不只是書寫我們的信仰，而是采取行動成為我們能成為的最好的人，也就是我們可以不斷地完善自己，使自己變得越來越好，由此可知，作者對生活的理解是今天（的自己）比昨天（的自己）更好，故C項正確。

本篇第5題難度較大，抓住作者的感悟是關(guān)鍵，夾敘夾議文的哲理感悟通常會體現(xiàn)在文章最后的議論部分，這是由夾敘夾議文的文體特點決定的，根據(jù)最后一段中的“In fact, I am far from perfect, but I hope my children will eventually realize that perfection is an illusion. What really matters is that, instead of just writing down our beliefs, we all take action to be the best humans we can be.”可知，事實上，我遠非完美，但我希望我的孩子們最終會意識到完美是一種幻覺，真正重要的是，我們不只是書寫我們的信仰，而是采取行動成為我們能成為的最好的人，也就是我們可以不斷地完善自己，使自己變得越來越好，由此可知，作者對生活的理解是今天（的自己）比昨天（的自己）更好。