同等学力英语3月6日每日一练

　　It’s a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Though I’ve received fancier, more expensive card over the years, this is the only one I’ve saved. One summer, it spoke volumes to me.

　　I received it during the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single parenthood, I was overwhelmed with, of all things, the simplest housework: leaky taps, oil changes, even barbeques（烧烤）. Those had always been my husband’s jobs. I was embarrassed every time I hit my thumb with a hammer or couldn’t get the lawnmower （割草机）started.

　　My uncertain attempts only fueled the fear inside me: How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly, I lacked the tools and skills.

　　On this particular morning, my girls pushed me into the living room to see something. (I prayed it wasn’t another repair job.) The “something” turned out to be an envelope and several wrapped bundles on the carpet. My puzzlement must have been plain as I gazed from the colorful packages to my daughters’ bright faces.

　　“Go ahead! Open them！”They urged. As I unwrapped the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill（烧烤架）and all the necessary objects including a green kitchen glove with a frog pattern on it.

　　“But why?” I asked.

　　“Happy Father’s Day!” they shouted together.

　　“Moms don’t get presents on Father’s Day.” I protested.

　　“You forgot to open the card.” Jane reminded. I pulled it from the envelope. There sat Snoopy, on top of his dog house, merrily wishing me a Happy Father’s Day. “Because,” the girls said, “you’ve been a father and mother to us. Why shouldn’t you be remembered on Father’s Day?”

　　As I fought back tears, I realized they were right, I wanted to be a “professional” dad, who had the latest tools and knew all the tricks of the trade. The girls only wanted a parent they could count on to be there, day after day, performing repeatedly the maintenance tasks of basic care and love.

　　The girls are grown now, and they still send me Father’s Day cards, but none of those cards means as much to me as that first one. Its simple message told me being a great parent didn’t require any special tools at all—just a willing worker.

　　1．By “it spoke volumes to me”, (Para.1) the mother in the story means the card .

　　A．conveyed significant meanings to her

　　B．aroused great sorrow in her

　　C．brought her pleasant feelings

　　D．made her feel important.

　　2．After her husband’s death, the mother found it was the hardest to .

　　A．handle the emotional shock

　　B．face the terrible loneliness

　　C．keep harmony of the family

　　D．fulfill a male role in the house.

　　3．What puzzled the mother when her daughter asked her to see something one morning?

　　A．It was not another repair job this time.

　　B．Both of her daughters looked excited.

　　C．She got gifts at that time of the year.

　　D．The bundles on the floor were wrapped .

　　4．The girls gave their mother a barbecue set probably because .

　　A．it was what their mother wanted

　　B．it was a proper Father’s Day gift

　　C．barbecue was their favorite food

　　D．they wanted their mother to barbecue

　　5．Which of the following statements is true about the first Father’s Day card?

　　A．It made the mother eager to get the latest tools.

　　B．It praised the mother as a professional dad.

　　C．Its fancy design impressed the mother most.

　　D．It showed the girls’ appreciation for their mother’s love.

　　1．A。推理题。出现在文章的第一段。解答这种问题，需要结合其前后的句义来理解。从第二句看起：“尽管过去几年，我都会收到一些既精美又昂贵的卡片，但是这张卡片却是我保存下来的唯一的一张。”通过对这个句子的分析，得知这张卡片对文中的女主人公有着不寻常的意义。所以A选项符合题意。

　　2．D。细节题。本题的内容出现在文中的第二段。该段讲到，由于这个女主人公丈夫的去世，使得她不得不去做一些本该由男人去干的事情。请注意本段最后一句：How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly , I lacked the tools and skills.“对我的孩子们来说，我怎么可能承担起既当父亲又当母亲的责任呢？很明显，我缺乏必要的工具和技能。”综上分析，得知D选项为正确答案。其他选项都只是谈到了该段中的一部分，不够全面。

　　3．C。考查考生把握细节的能力，本题出现在文中第三段。本题的题目要求是：当女儿让母亲在那天早晨看些东西的时候，是什么让这个母亲感到不解？通读第三段发现最后一句my puzzlement must have been plain as I gazed from the colorful packages to my daughters’ bright faces.“母亲盯着女儿们红润的脸颊，一脸的茫然。”我们可以得知C选项为正确答案。其他选项均是将文中部分词语拿来作为干扰项，大家需要仔细辨别。

　　4．B。细节题。本题出现在文中第四段。该段中讲到，母亲在女儿们的催促下，打开了盒子，看到了一个烧烤的架子和其他一些必需品，母亲对此不解。纵观全段，可以排除A，C，D三个选项，文中并没有提及。故B选项为正确答案。

　　5．D。细节题。通读全文，可知A选项错误，这位母亲并不是急于要得到干活的工具，文中只是表达了她作为单身母亲在这种情况下的无奈，故不选。B选项有一定的迷惑性，但是阅读文中倒数第二段，得知母亲只是wanted to be a‘professional’dad，事实上，只是有这种想法，但还不是一个职业的父亲，注意这里引号的用法，所以不选。C选项也不正确，文中是提到了孩子们的礼物设计得很有想象力，但是这并不是让母亲难以忘怀的理由，其根本原因是孩子们为什么会送给母亲礼物，故不选。C选项正确，孩子们正是通过在父亲节这一天送给母亲礼物表达了她们对母亲的感激之情。