A letter to the editor complained about someone stringing toilet paper on their trees. That letter b
英语试题 08-06
A letter to the editor complained about someone stringing toilet paper on their trees. That letter brought a flood of responses defending this act as being harmless to friends: “ It's an honor to get toilet papered", said one writer, “and good fun for teenagers."
Reading these letters brought me chuckles (轻声笑)and then tears as they woke old memories of my mother’s ninety-second year. She was seriously ill that autumn. And I watched, powerless.
A decade before, I helped her break out" of the nursing home. It was a fine place with a caring staff. But Mom didn't want skilled care: she wanted to live on her own and just needed some assistance to do so. Being in a more restrictive environment than necessary was bad for her condition. The risk paid off, and I was rewarded by seeing my mother once again enjoying her life.
Ten years later, Mom's health declined, and my care-giving duties increased. One evening, for some unexplainable reason, I invited my mother to go toilet papering!
This outing would push my mother to her physical limits. Was I making a mistake? Secretly we went to my brother's home. In his backyard, I handed Mom a roll of toilet paper. Without hesitation she shot it skyward...
Mom papered a dozen trees in four family yards that unforgettable evening. The day after our big adventure, Mom and I sent a card to each of our victim, signed “From your decorators". We laughed all the way home from the post office, like two schoolgirls.
My mother's last year was marked by physical decline. However, we shared some simple fun each day. Those light-hearted moments were like a salve (慰藉)，and they are the ones I'll always remember. Toilet papering has taught us that play is powerful medicine!
4. Why did the author cry when reading the letter?
A. She was blamed for toilet papering.
B. It brought her childhood memory.
C. She thought of her sick mother.
D. It was very stressful.
5. The author helped her leave the nursing home in order that ____.
A. Mom could enjoy a free life
B. Mom could get more skilled home care
C. the nursing cost could be cut down
D. they could avoid taking risk
6. What can we learn from the mother's experience of toilet papering?
A. They did some damage to four family yards.
B. They were made to apologize for their mistakes.
C. Toilet papering made her illness worsened.
D. Toilet papering brought them much pleasure.
7. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Letter of Complaint
B. Love Between Daughter and Mother
C. The Curing Power of Toilet Papering.
D. An Unforgettable Evening in Family Yards
【答案】
Reading these letters brought me chuckles (轻声笑)and then tears as they woke old memories of my mother’s ninety-second year. She was seriously ill that autumn. And I watched, powerless.
A decade before, I helped her break out" of the nursing home. It was a fine place with a caring staff. But Mom didn't want skilled care: she wanted to live on her own and just needed some assistance to do so. Being in a more restrictive environment than necessary was bad for her condition. The risk paid off, and I was rewarded by seeing my mother once again enjoying her life.
Ten years later, Mom's health declined, and my care-giving duties increased. One evening, for some unexplainable reason, I invited my mother to go toilet papering!
This outing would push my mother to her physical limits. Was I making a mistake? Secretly we went to my brother's home. In his backyard, I handed Mom a roll of toilet paper. Without hesitation she shot it skyward...
Mom papered a dozen trees in four family yards that unforgettable evening. The day after our big adventure, Mom and I sent a card to each of our victim, signed “From your decorators". We laughed all the way home from the post office, like two schoolgirls.
My mother's last year was marked by physical decline. However, we shared some simple fun each day. Those light-hearted moments were like a salve (慰藉)，and they are the ones I'll always remember. Toilet papering has taught us that play is powerful medicine!
4. Why did the author cry when reading the letter?
A. She was blamed for toilet papering.
B. It brought her childhood memory.
C. She thought of her sick mother.
D. It was very stressful.
5. The author helped her leave the nursing home in order that ____.
A. Mom could enjoy a free life
B. Mom could get more skilled home care
C. the nursing cost could be cut down
D. they could avoid taking risk
6. What can we learn from the mother's experience of toilet papering?
A. They did some damage to four family yards.
B. They were made to apologize for their mistakes.
C. Toilet papering made her illness worsened.
D. Toilet papering brought them much pleasure.
7. What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Letter of Complaint
B. Love Between Daughter and Mother
C. The Curing Power of Toilet Papering.
D. An Unforgettable Evening in Family Yards
【答案】
苏19057182-3号