19.As a young man,Al was a skilled artist,a potter with a wife and two fine sons.One night,his older son developed a severe stomachache.Thinking it was only some common intestinal(腸的) disorder,neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously.But the boy died suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation,he always felt he was guilty.To make matters worse,his wife left him a short time later,leaving him alone with his sixyearold younger son.The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could stand,and he turned to alcohol for help.In time,Al became an alcoholic.
As the alcoholism progressed,Al began to lose everything he possessed-his land,house,etc.Finally Al died alone in a small bar.Hearing of Al's death,I thought,"What a totally wasted life!What a complete failure!"
As time went by,I began to revalue my earlier rough judgment.I knew Al's now adult son,Ernie.He is one of the kindest,most caring,and most loving men I have ever known.I saw the love between Ernie and his children,thinking that kindness and love had to come from somewhere.
I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father.One day,I worked up my courage to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person.Ernie said quietly,"As a child until I left home at 18,Al came into my room every night,gave me a kiss and said,‘Love you,son.'."
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure.He had not left any material possessions behind.But he had been a kind and loving father,and left behind his best love.
28.What directly made the author think of Al as a failure?A
A.His losing everything and his life.
B.His older son's death.
C.His strong addiction to alcohol.
D.His wife's divorcing him.
29.What can we infer from Al's son Ernie?B
A.His father's life was indeed wasted.
B.The love from his father made him what he was.
C.A great fortune must have been left to him.
D.He was not very kind but very loving.
30.What might be the best title of the article?A
A.Love you,son!
B.A failure father!
C.Parents'love!
D.A skilled artist!
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了Al失去了一切和他的生命,讓人覺得失敗,卻會每晚對兒子表達愛意,給了兒子圓滿的人生.
解答 28.A.推理判斷題.根據第三段:Hearing of Al's death,I thought,"What a totally wasted life!What a complete failure可知他失去了一切和他的生命直接讓作者認為Al是一個失敗者;故選A.
29.B.推理判斷題,根據倒數第二段:As a child until I left home at 18,Al came into my room every night,gave me a kiss and said,‘Love you,son可知他父親的愛使他知道他是什么樣的人;故選B.
30.A.推理判斷題.文章主要講了Al失去了一切和他的生命,讓人覺得失敗,卻會每晚對兒子表達愛意,給了兒子圓滿的人生;因此最佳標題是愛你,兒子;故選A.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.