Question

I can remember the day my father came home from the war. As he walked up the front path of our home, he saw Mum and me and he dropped the suitcase.
I was only five years old so Dad made a fuss of me, then began making an even bigger fuss of my mother. This left me free to examine all the stuff lying around the broken suitcase, and I was quick to notice a newspaper advertisement displaying a new piano. When Dad saw me holding up the newspaper cutting, he smiled.
“Yes, that’s right,” he said. “I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.”
A few moments later, a horse pulled a cart with a piano on top. Soon we all stared at it in our small lounger room. Mum had never been close to a piano before, except at the kindergarten I attended, and she used to say how wonderful it would be if the teachers could teach her to play.
After tea that night, Mum began to teach herself to play. She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.”
From that day on, she would plink between doing the cooking and housework. Three months went by and Mum was now a skilled pianist, holding parties with all the neighbors gathering around to sing.
Although we were poor, Mum felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention she was receiving.
At the height of Mum’s happiness, I began to notice that Dad was looking increasingly worried. It turned out that since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away. Mum sobbed in the kitchen. Suddenly, it all became clear to me: no job, no money, no piano.
Dad finally got a job. Mum was happy again as if he’d just win the lottery(彩票). Dad had to study to qualify as an account. Every night after dinner he’d place a stack of books on the kitchen table and study late into the night. Mum didn’t say much but I could tell she was proud of Dad.
Two years later, Dad bought Mum another piano. This time he paid cash for it.
【小題1】How did the author’s Dad buy the piano for his mum?

A．He paid part of the bill regularly.

B．He earned it by winning a bet.

C．He paid cash for it.

D．He bought it as a big bargain.

【小題2】By saying “Enough is enough”, the author’s dad meant_______.

A．practice makes perfect

B．it was time to stop practicing

C．he couldn’t bear being troubled

D．his wife played the piano well enough

【小題3】What happened to the author’s mum’s first piano?

A．It was lost.

B．It was broken by one neighbor.

C．It was sold by his dad.

D．It was taken away.

【小題4】What made the author’s mum proud of his dad?

A．His dad’s willingness to help cook.

B．His dad’s winning the lottery luckily.

C．His dad’s loyalty to his motherland.

D．His dad’s determination to rebuild his life.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文是篇記敘文，作者的父親從戰(zhàn)場上回來，為母親按揭買了一架鋼琴，后來卻因為沒有工作，無法繼續(xù)支付鋼琴的費用，導致鋼琴被搬走，但父親沒有失去生活的信心，通過孜孜不倦的學習，重新獲得工作，并用現(xiàn)金為母親買了一架鋼琴。
【小題1】根據(jù)I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.可知爸爸給媽媽買這架鋼琴是按揭買的，故選A。
【小題2】She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.” ，故選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away，可知父親從戰(zhàn)場上回來，由于沒有工作沒有錢繼續(xù)為鋼琴按揭，所以鋼琴被人搬走了，故選D。
【小題4】從倒數(shù)第二自然段，可以看出父親很有決心來改變生活，他很珍惜來之不易的工作，每天學習到很晚，故選D。
考點：記敘文閱讀理解。
點評：這篇文章非常簡單，先看問題，再帶著問題讀短文，理解了全文內(nèi)容，很容易選出正確答案。在閱讀時，注意體會文章中父親的對家庭的細膩的情感。