高三英语 阅读第一期（个人情感与人际关系）复习素材15.doc

高三英语复习阅读第一期（个人情感与人际关系）15【导读】坚持不懈，继续努力，光明就会来临。粉色番红花只开了一天。但却为我的一生树立了信念。it was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and i moved into our first house. our children were upstairs unpacking, and i was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. my parents lived nearby, and dad had visited us several times already. “what are you doing out there?” i called to him. he looked up, smiling. “im making you a surprise.” knowing my father, i thought it could be just about anything. a self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. when we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. today, however, dad would say no more, and caught up in the business of our new life, i eventually forgot about his surprise. until one gloomy day the following march when i glanced out of the window. any yet i saw a dot of blue across the yard. i headed outside for a closer look. they were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink - little faces moved up and down in the cold wind. dad! i smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. he knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. what could have been more perfectly timely to my needs? my fathers crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. the next spring there were none. i missed the crocuses. i would ask dad to come over and plant new bulbs. but i never did. he died suddenly one october day. my family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. i missed him terribly. four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon i was driving back when i found myself feeling depressed. “youve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” i told myself. it was dads birthday, and i found myself thinking about him. this was not unusual - my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. once i saw him give his coat to a homeless man. suddenly i slowed as i turned into our driveway. i stopped and stared at the lawn. and there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus. how could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? but there was the crocus. tears filled my eyes as i realized its significance.hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. the pink crocus bloomed for only a day. but it built my faith for a lifetime.【文章大意】作者描述了父亲在秋天为她种下了番红花，以帮助她驱赶冬天的压抑。通过文章的描述，我们可知父亲是一个善良的，有自己的信念的人。【篇章结构】段落关键词（句）大意推测p1-3my father moving around mysteriously; making you a surprise; forgot about his surprise父亲种下惊喜p4-7crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn; only half the usual blooms; none; missed the crocuses发现惊喜，回忆儿时和父亲在一起的时光p8-13n deep sorrow; missed him terribly; give his coat to a homeless man; one pink crocus; built my faith for a lifetime父亲去世，悼念父亲【信息提取】1. according to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _.a. the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surpriseb. the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her fatherc. it was not the first time that the writers father had made a surprised. it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was2. which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?a. spring.b. summer.c. autumn.d. winter.3. the writers father should be best described as_.a. a full-time gardener with skillful handsb. a part-time jobber who loved flowersc. a kind-hearted man who lived with faithd. an ordinary man with doubts in his life4. at the end of the passage, crocus was viewed as the symbol of _ by the writer.a. faithb. familyc. loved. friendship【解析】1. 【答案】c 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段后2行a self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. when we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.可知作者的父亲是一个手很巧的人，进行用一些杂物给我们做一些小东西，给我们带来惊喜。故c正确。2. 【答案】d 【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第五段2,3行he knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. what could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?中的dullness of winter always got me down可知乏味的冬天总是让我很难过，也就是作者认为冬天是最不好的。故d正确。3. 【答案】c 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章倒数第四段this was not unusual - my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith.可知我的父亲是一个很有个人信仰的人。再根据文章前三段可知他为了种了番红花，驱赶我在冬天的悲伤心情。说明他是一个很善良的人。故c正确。4. 【答案】a 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后一段hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. the pink crocus bloomed for only a day. but it built my faith for a lifetime课在作者严厉，粉红色的番红花给我的一生都注入了信念。故a正确。【词汇扩充】1. unpack v. 卸下, 解除, 打开; 打开包裹she ed the wedding presents.她从包裹中取出结婚礼物2. gloomy adj. 黑暗的; 令人沮丧的; 阴沉的he looked .他看来忧郁3. bloom v. 开花; 青春焕发; 生长茂盛many flowers are in full in spring.春天百花盛开4. significance n. 重要; 重要性a person matter of little no 不太不重要的人事money holds no for him.金钱对他不重要5.assurance n. 确信, 保证, 保险she gave repeated s of your goodwill.关于你的善意,她一而再地作出保证【难句分析】1.my fathers crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: :hard times was almost over.【翻译】父亲种植的番红花在接下来的每年春天都开放，每当它开放的时候都带来同样的保证：困难马上就要过去了！【分析】本句中含有一个现在分词短语在句中做状语，因为bring与句子主语.my fathers crocuses构成主动关系，故使用现在分词的形式。同时本句中含有一个名词短语every time引导的时间状语从句。1. he knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down.【翻译】他知道，在万物凋零的冬天我总是情绪低落。【分析】本句是主从复合句。how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down.是宾语从句。get sb. down“使。情绪低落”。3. my fathers crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over.【翻译】以后的四五年中，父亲种的番红花