Question

“I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his schoolteacher father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.

But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.

It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者), and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.

I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.

1.According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph_____.

A. puts forward the subject of the text

B. shows the author’s pity on the kid

C. acts as an introduction to the discussion

D. makes a clear statement of the author’s views

2.In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us____.

A. how much he misses his parents now

B. why his parents often appear in his dreams

C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness

D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life

3.What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

A. Proud B. Happy

C. Disappointed D. Worried

4.In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is________.

A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related

B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

C. to care what others will remember and treasure

D. to share happiness and sadness with his family

5.What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem________?

A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.

B. Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.

C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.

D. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章以Lucien Lawrence写给圣诞老人的信为引子，引出要讨论的话题。如果有更多的父母能够意识到应该给在乎的人留下美好而珍贵的回忆，那么，我们的社会就会少很多由暴力和谋杀引发的悲剧。

1.When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.”可知，当我们爱的人从我们身边离开时，我们会看不到天上的星星，根据第二段第一句“But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again.”可知，那些星星其实一直都在那里，说明作者通过第一段引出要讲的话题，故选C。

2.you will see them again...you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart”和第二段最后一句“The values of my parents still live on.”可知，作者以自己为例，来向Lucien说明他的父亲一直都在他的身边，作者的父母经常出现在他的梦里，他相信他们一直都在他的身边，故选B。

3.all mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!””可知，作者的母亲希望作者能多花点时间在孩子身上，说明作者母亲担心作者冷落了孩子，故选D。

4.It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.”和最后一段第四行“and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure”可知，作者认为，人固有一死，但人的价值在于给他爱的人和爱他的人留下美好而珍贵的回忆，故选A。

5.If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.”可知，我们每个人都应该为我们在乎的人考虑，给他们留下珍贵的回忆，如果有更多的父母能够认识到这一点，那么，暴力和谋杀就可能会减少很多，故选D。

考点：社会类短文阅读