When my father was celebrating a milestone (里程碑) birthday, I pulled together a surprise gift that he would never forget.
As he was approaching 60,1 had a firm idea: What if I could get the memories people had of him, put each one into an envelope - 60 in total - and have him open them, one by one, on his birthday? So I wrote an e-mail to family and friends, explaining my idea.
I sent the e-mail and waited. And then the replies started coming in and I was very, very surprised. There were so many memories, and they were all so lovely. They came from the '50s, '60s, '70s, from every decade（十年） between now and the day my dad was born. They came from my mother, my siblings, my grandma, my dad's friends from high school, his sister, my dad's first boss, a colleague at his first job, from people who hadn't seen my dad in 40 years, from people I myself hadn't even informed. They typed them and handwrote them. They mailed them and e-mailed them.
The night before Dad's birthday, my sister and 1 stayed up late, putting everything together with some
The next morning, after breakfast and presents and cake, we gave the pile of envelopes to him. "Just one more thing for you," we said.
It took him a long time to open them and read. Each one was a brief ticket to another time, a leap (跳跃) backward over years and decades. There was a lot of laughter and a few tears, too.
I was kind of sad when the project was over because it was great fun to collect these memories. It gave me a different picture of my dad.
小题1:When did the author give her father a surprise gift? (no more than 4 words)
小题2:Who sent the mails? (no more than 6 words)
小题3:Why did the author and her sister stay up late the night before their father's birthday? (no more than 9 words)
小题4:How did the author's father most probably feel when he read (he mails? (no more than 3 words)
小题5:What was the surprise gift? (no more than 6 words)
小题1:On his 60th birthday.
小题2:The people who know/knew her father.
小题3:Because they needed to put the mails into envelopes.
小题4:He felt/was moved/excited/happy.
小题5:The memories about/of the author’s father.
题目分析: 本文是一篇记叙文。在文中作者讲述了她在父亲60岁生日时是如何给父亲送上一份特别的生日礼物的故事。在父亲生日前她突然有了一个主意，就是给父亲收集60个熟悉他的人对过去事情的美好回忆，然后放到信封里，去给父亲一个惊喜。然后她真地实践了自己的想法，成功地收集到了那些美好的回忆，给父亲了一个难忘的生日礼物。
小题1:On his 60th birthday. 考查细节理解。根据文章首段和第二段内容可知作者送给父亲特别的礼物是在他60岁生日那天，答案填 On his 60th birthday
小题2:The people who know/knew her father. 考查细节理解。从文章第三段内容They came from my mother, …… a colleague at his first job, from people who hadn't seen my dad in 40 years, from people I myself hadn't even informed.可知父亲的亲戚，朋友，家人和一切认识他的人寄来了信或者发来email，故答案为The people who know /knew her father。
小题3:Because they needed to put the mails into envelopes. 考查细节理解。由文章第四段my sister and 1 stayed up late, putting everything together with some可知他们晚上熬夜要把信装进信封，答案为Because they needed to put the mails into envelopes。
小题4:He felt/was moved/excited/happy. 考查推理判断。从文章倒数第二段there was a lot of laughter and a few tears ,too判断父亲非常激动。答案填He felt / was moved / excited /happy。
小题5:The memories about/of the author’s father. 考查细节理解。从文章内容可知作者给父亲的礼物是别人有关父亲的回忆，答案为The memories about / of the author’s father 。
