Question

【題目】You may never know how valuable something is when it can not be fixed. And it could be a lovely moment you lose forever.

I grew up with very practical parents. My mother washed aluminum foil (鋁箔紙) after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the recycle queen, before they had a name for it.

My father was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones. Their marriage was good. Their dreams focused. Their best friends lived so near. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, T-shirt and a hat and Mum in a house dress, lawn mower (割草機(jī)) in one hand, dishtowel in the other.

It was the time for fixing things — a curtain rod (桿), the kitchen radio, the oven door, the hem (褶邊) in a dress — things we kept.

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste somewhat meant affluence (富裕). Throwing things away meant you knew there would always be more.

But then my mother died, and on that clear summer’s night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn’t any more.

Sometimes what we care about most gets all used up and goes away… never to return. So, while we have it, it’s best we love it, care for it, fix it when it’s broken, and heal it when it’s sick.

This is true for marriage, old cars and children with bad report cards, dogs with bad hips, aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.

【1】The writer really wanted to tell us .

A. her mum was the recycle queen.

B. her dad liked fixing old shoes.

C. throwing things meant there would be more

D. we should cherish (珍惜) what we care about while we have it

【2】What does the underlined word “struck” mean?

A. knockedB. touchedC. stuckD. caught

【3】Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the passage?

A. Fixing things is a way of life.

B. Waste somewhat meant affluence.

C. The writer’s family was very poor.

D. The writer’s parents were practical.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

這篇短文主要介紹了作者的父母是實(shí)用的的父母，經(jīng)常修理，回收利用舊東西，一開始作者不是很了解，她認(rèn)為富有的人是有浪費(fèi)的資本的。但是在母親去世后，作者認(rèn)識(shí)到要珍惜自己所擁有的人和物，愛自己所擁有的一切。

【1】本文前半部分在講述我的父母是如何的實(shí)用，如何節(jié)儉，但是在母親去世后，尤其是作者最后一段的反思總結(jié)可知，作者的真正目的是告訴我們要珍惜我們目前所擁有的一切，故選D。

【2】句意：我意識(shí)到有些東西失去之后就再也不會(huì)有了，我被這種痛苦深深地打動(dòng)。所以根據(jù)句意可知，這里的stuck表示“被打動(dòng)”，故和touched相似，故選B。

【3】根據(jù)文中It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.中it指的是修補(bǔ)東西，這幾是一種生活方式，故A選項(xiàng)正確；文中作者提到Waste somewhat meant affluence (富裕). 這是作者最初的認(rèn)識(shí)，故此選項(xiàng)也提到，B正確；根據(jù)I grew up with very practical parents.可知作者父母是很實(shí)際的，故D正確。但是雖然作者父母很實(shí)際，很節(jié)儉，但這只是他們的一種生活方式，并不能說明他們家庭很窮，且文中也沒有直接提到，故C選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，故選C。