10．Each time I see a balloon，my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl．Itwas a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died．I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven．"Yes，honey．Of course．"she said．"Can we write him a letter？，
She paused，the longest pause of my short life，and answered，"Yes．"My heart jumped．"How？Does the mailman go there？"I asked．
"No，but I have an idea．"Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon．I askedher what it was for．
"Just wait，honey．You'11 see．"Mom told me to write my letter．Eagerly，I got my favorite pen，and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink．I wrote about my day，what I learned at school，how Mom was doing，and even about what happened in a story I had read．For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive．I gave the letter to Mom．She read it over，and a smile crossed her face．
She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped （纏繞）the balloon string．We went outside and she gave me the balloon．It was still raining．"Okay，on the count of three，let go．One，two，three．"
The balloon，carrying my letter，darted （猛沖）upward against the rain．We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds．
Later I realized，like the balloon，that Dad had never let his sickness get him down．He was strong．No matter what he suffered，he'd persevere，dart up，and finally transcend （超越）this cold world and his sick body．He rose into sky and became something beautiful．I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary （遺傳的）． I prayed to be a balloon．
56．When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father，her motherA．
A．felt it hard to answer
B．thought her a creative girl
C．believed it easy to do so
D．found it easy to lie
57．When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father，sheB．
A．jumped with joy
B．became excited
C．started writing immediately
D．was worried that it couldn't be delivered
58．In the eyes of the author，what was the rain like？C
A．An incurable disease．
B．An unforgettable memory．
C．The hard time her father had．
D．The failures her father experienced．
59．What would be the best title for the passage？B
A．An unforgettable experience
B．The strong red balloon
C．Fly to paradise（天堂）
D．A great father．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀．作者主要通過本篇文章講述了女兒想和已故的父親通信，這使母親很為難．但聰明的母親用紅氣球作為郵遞員把女兒寫給父親的信，寄往天堂，使女兒感到父親還活著的故事．
解答 56．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段中的She paused，the longest pause of my short life，and answered，"Yes．"可知，母親停頓了很長的時間，這意味著她思考了較長的時間才回答了女兒的問題．這說明女兒的問題難回答；故選A．．
57．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第6段Eagerly，I got my favorite pen，and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink．I wrote about my day，what I learned at school，how Mom was doing，and even about what happened in a story I had read．可知我得知可以給父親寫信的時候非常高興．立刻就行動了起來；故選B．
58．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段中的No matter what he suffered，he'd persevere，dart up，and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body．He rose into sky and became something beautiful．可知，雨就像父親經(jīng)歷的艱難時光；故選C．
59．B．主旨大意題．通讀全文，可知本文是一篇記敘文，文章以紅氣球為主線貫穿整個文章，紅氣球也象征著父親，因此可知最合適的標(biāo)題為紅氣球；故選B．
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)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(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
