My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. Dad worked in Plant C. Lying beside Lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall. Sometimes my mother would take my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. She’d gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.
“Wave to daddy!” she’d shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air. I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery (手术) on his shoulder and hand. At 48, he had his first heart attack. He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college. But the damage was done. A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.
I saw my dad in plant C only once, when I took dinner to him. That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.
Recently my father’s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there. I knew my father never wanted me to see it. At every station, he described the job and the danger. It was like listening to a foreign language. I walked past many DANGER signs. Toby put his hand on my shoulder. “Look”, he said, “you need to understand something. Your dad was a maintenance mechanic. He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it. ”
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college. I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this note: “Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.”
小题1:What is the purpose of the passage?
A．In memory of the author’s mother
B．to know about what the father did.
C．In memory of the author’s father.
D．to remind the family to live well.小题2:Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author’s father?
A．He didn’t suffer a heart attack until he retired.
B．He always faced danger while working.
C．He was satisfied with his job.
D．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all.小题3:When the author saw her father in Plant C, ___.
A．her father was fixing a broken machine.
B．she didn’t recognize her father.
C．she understood him about his bad temper.
D．her father was angry about her coming.小题4:When Toby Workman described the author’s father’s job, the author ____ .
A．felt familiar with the job
B．decided to do the same work.
C．wanted to learn a foreign language
D．felt much puzzled小题5:The author gave her daughter the hat to hope that her daughter could _______ .
A．get encouraged by her grandfather
B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it
C．remember her grandfather
D．follow her grandfather’s work
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A
题目分析:本文是一篇记叙文，记叙了作者的父亲不想让他的孩子们知道他是干什么的，他的工作很危险，某一天他父亲因德拉心脏病而去世了，作者为了纪念自己的父亲，给自己女儿一个帽子
小题1:推理题，由本文的主要意思“作者的父亲由于心脏病去世了，在生前他工作很危险”，可以推出答案，故选C。
小题2:细节题。由倒数第二段最后一句He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it.可以知道答案，所以选B。
小题3:细节题，由第三段最后一句and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.可以知道答案，所以选C
小题4:细节题，由第一段第一句My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. 可以知道答案，所以选D
小题5:推理题，由最后一段最后一句Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots.可以推出答案，所以选A
点评：本文记叙了作者的父亲由于心脏病去世了，在生前他工作很危险的故事。做细节题的关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。