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For 52 years my father got up at 5：30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5：30 pm. I never saw my father stayed home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other_than taking care of his family. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9：00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter.
On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned me: my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm (动脉瘤) in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadn't communicated with him as much as I'd always wanted to. I vowed (发誓) that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1：00 am, only to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9：12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.
语篇解读：本文主要讲述的是父亲对家人的爱和奉献，目的在于纪念并回忆亲爱的父亲。
1．From the first paragraph we can infer (推断) that the author's father ________.
A．was a good driver B．had many hobbies
C．sometimes fell ill D．was in good health
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章第一段1、2句可知52年以来父亲一直工作都很认真努力，从来没有生病请假。可知他的身体一直很好。故D正确。
2．The underlined phrase “other than” in the first paragraph has the same meaning as “________”．
A．without B．including
C．except D．due to
解析：选C 词义猜测题。结合本段最后一句“All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.”可知父亲对我的要求就是当他修理东西的时候，帮助他。本句“He had no hobbies, other than taking care of his family.”可知父亲没有其他爱好，除了照顾家人。所以other than 意为“except”。故C正确。
3．According to the last paragraph, we can know that the author's father was born in ________.
A．1920 B．1918
C．1916 D．1922
解析：选A 时间计算题。根据第三段第一句“On the morning of January 16,1996”以及倒数第二句“my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9：12 pm.”父亲在1996年去世，享年76岁，可知父亲1920年出生的。故A正确。
4．The author wrote the article in order to ________.
A．praise her father
B．remember her father
C．show her father was healthy
D．let her father be known
解析：选B 写作意图题。作者在本文中详细叙述了父亲对家人的爱以及他对家庭和孩子的奉献，同时对自己没有来得及和父亲见最后一面很遗憾。可知本文目的在于回忆父亲。故B正确。
