My parents always raised me to have strong values and hold firm to my confidence in life, and this was never more proved than when a situation arose when it would be easy for most people to ignore it.
A gentleman at my father’s work smelled awful and neglected his behavior, and as the months went by, he showed signs of confusion. After being told to pick up papers at another building, he would be found sitting at his desk staring at his shoes; after being reminded (to which he would completely believe he hadn’t been told the first time), he would be found once again sitting at his desk in the same position. This happened to worsening degrees over a few months and his coworkers either ignored it or were ignorant to this due to a lack of social association with the man.
My father began to mentally record all of this and finally sat down with him one day when he was found two hours after work was out, sitting in his car, looking like he didn’t know where to go. Apparently the gentleman was in the beginning/middle stages of Alzheimer’s and there was someone who used his forgetfulness as a reason to ask him for money every few days. My father took this man to a hospital (for the first time in years) to be properly treated, and then got a caretaker to watch over his condition. He then went to the man’s house and helped him sort out all of his financial matters and get his retirement set up; they went to the bank and had a government worker ensure that his bills would be paid for and his children would no longer get to treat him like a personal ATM.
That my father took his much personal time to help another man that so many had forgotten or would choose to neglect, or even make fun of, truly shows his character.
小題1:The author presents this passage by ______.
A．telling an instructive storyB．describing his father
C．reasoning with some factsD．giving causes and effects
小題2:What can we infer from the passage?
A．The gentleman was ignored by his co-workers.
B．The gentleman was so serious that no one liked him.
C．The gentleman was good at communication with his co-workers.
D．The gentleman was in great need of help because of his illness.
小題3: In the eyes of the author, his father is ______.
A．hopefulB．strictC．stubbornD．helpful
小題4:Which proverb is suitable for the story?
A．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B．A friend to all is a friend to none.
C．Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
D．False friends are worse than open enemies.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：文章講的爸爸在朋友得了老年癡呆癥的時候，別的人都忽視了他，但是爸爸卻伸出了援助之手，所以是患難朋友才是真正的朋友。
小題1:寫作手法題：文章第一段的句子：My parents always raised me to have strong values and hold firm to my confidence in life,說明父母讓我要有堅定的人生觀并對自己要自信，下文是講了爸爸幫助一個患老年癡呆癥的人的故事，來證明這句話，選A
小題2:推理題：從第二段的描述可知這個人得了老人癡呆癥，總是健忘，這時他是需要幫助的，選D
小題3:細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：My father took this man to a hospital (for the first time in years) to be properly treated, and then got a caretaker to watch over his condition.可知作者認為他的爸爸是樂于助人的，選D
小題4:主旨題：文章講的爸爸在朋友得了老年癡呆癥的時候，別的人都忽視了他，但是爸爸卻伸出了援助之手，所以是患難朋友才是真正的朋友。選A
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