An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.
Suddenly a crow perched on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is this?”
The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2nd time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I have just now told you ‘It’s a crow’.”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son the 3rd time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father. “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”
A little after, the father again asked his son the 4th time, “What is this?”
This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated, I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”
小题1: The underlined word “irritation” in the passage means ___________.
A．puzzlement
B．annoyance
C．patience
D．excitement小题2: Why did the old father keep asking his son the same question?
A．Because he developed a kind of disease.
B．Because he was so boring that he wanted to play a joke with his son.
C．Because he wanted to know whether his son was as patient as he used to be.
D．Because his son used to love playing this game with him.小题3: How old was the father when he wrote down this page in the diary?
A．35 years old
B．38 years old
C．45 years old
D．80 years old小题4:The reason why the father did not feel irritated when his son asked him the same question for 23 times is that _______________.
A．he knew his son was still so innocent
B．the father was more patient than the son
C．the father had already got used to this kind of situation
D．the father loved his son so much that he never got tired of doing this again and again小题5:What would the son probably say after reading the words in the diary?
A．“Sorry, dad. It’s all my fault to forget that.”
B．Nothing but felt rather ashamed.
C．“Sorry, dad. I shouldn’t have done that to you when I was such a young child.”
D．“Thank you, dad. I will do the same to my son.”
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
题目分析: 本文是一篇故事类短文，在故事中对比了父子两人面对同一件事的不同态度，反映了父母对孩子无限的耐心和无私的爱，同时也提醒年轻人们要尊重老人，体谅老人，不要嫌他们啰嗦，不要对他们的话感到不耐烦。
小题1:B 词义猜测题。A迷惑；B恼火；C耐心；D兴奋。根据上文内容以及后面儿子说的话“It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”可以推测儿子面对父亲一遍一遍的问题变得有点不耐烦，故答案选B。
小题2:C推理判断题。从故事内容可知父亲问了儿子四遍同样的问题，在儿子恼火之后，他回到房间拿来自己以前的日记让儿子看当年父亲对孩子的态度，由此判断父亲是有意这样做，为了看看儿子如何反应，是否和自己当年一样有耐心，故答案选C。
小题3:B推理判断题。根据文章第一段信息An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.可判断儿子出生时父亲是35岁，再从文章末段的首句 Today my little son aged three可知日记是父亲在儿子三岁的时候写的，由此判断父亲当时是38岁，选B
小题4:D推理判断题。根据情理以及文章末句I rather felt affection for my innocent child.可知因为父亲爱孩子，所以他才对孩子的问题不会感到厌烦，故答案选D。
小题5:B推理判断题。 儿子小时候问了父亲23遍同一个问题时父亲不仅不恼火而且感到孩子的天真可爱，相比之下年迈的父亲仅仅问了儿子4遍同一个问题，儿子就变得不耐烦甚至恼火了，从情理可知当儿子看到这段日记时，他心里会感到惭愧，而无言以对年迈的父亲。答案选B。