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The morning after an evening struggle to care for my three-year-old daughter, I couldn’t wait to get her to school. I, as a mother, was tired from the anger and her inability to communicate because of her slowed language development.
As I accompanied her into the car, I felt desperate. Nothing was right with our world. She’d been born around the same time when the nation was witnessing the birth of another Great Recession. My job and my house had been victims. Then this happened. My child’s language delay was identified, but doctors struggled to properly help her, I felt like we both needed to be rescued.
I returned that afternoon as disenchanted with the little girl I loved as when I left. Walking slowly toward the school’s playground gate, I found her preschool teacher racing to greet me.
“You should have seen her today! ” His breathy words were supported by excitement. I didn’t interrupt. “See that climber. ” He pointed to a wooden piece of playground equipment that looked like a rock wall. I nodded. “Well, every day since she started school, she’s tried and failed to make it to the top. ” He took a breath. “And today she did it! ”
He expressed his joy just as he’d witnessed her conquering Mount Everest! “She cheered and celebrated! I wish I’d recorded it! ” His words comforted me. My daughter had conquered her mountain.
As she ran toward me, I recognized something I hadn’t before. I saw her perseverance(毅力). I saw her strength. I saw a hero.
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【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的女儿有语言障碍, 尽管应对女儿使作者精疲力竭, 但是女儿的坚韧终于让她成为作者心中的英雄。
1. Why did the author rush her daughter to school?
A. She was busy with her work as a doctor.
B. She had a fight with her daughter last night.
C. She broke down when dealing with her daughter.
D. She had to sell their house due to Great Recession.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第一段“I, as a mother, was tired from the anger and her inability to communicate because of her slowed language development. ”及第二段“I felt like we both needed to be rescued. ”可知, 作者迫不及待地把女儿送到学校, 因为女儿有语言障碍, 应对女儿使作者感到崩溃了。
2. Which of the following best explains the underlined “disenchanted” in Paragraph 3?
A. Happy. B. Concerned.
C. Careful. D. Disappointed.
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据第二段“As I accompanied her into the car, I felt desperate. ”和第三段的第一句可知, 作者送孩子上学的感受和接孩子时的感受应该是一样的。由此可推断, 画线词与disappointed意思最为接近。
3. Why did the little girl’s preschool teacher feel excited?
A. She succeeded in standing on Mount Everest.
B. She managed to climb up the wooden equipment.
C. She got the first place in the school sports meet.
D. She began to communicate with others normally.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第四段可知, 作者的女儿从开学第一天起就一直在努力攀登这个木制的设备, 但是一直没有成功, 那天她终于成功了, 所以老师很激动。
4. From which is the text most probably taken?
A. The radio. B. A magazine.
C. A newspaper. D. The Internet.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段, 尤其是“We encourage you to click these brief accounts. . . ”可推断, 本文最有可能来自网络。
【知识拓展】词汇积累
表示心理活动的词组:
1. struggle to do sth. 拼尽全力做某事
2. couldn’t wait to do sth. 迫不及待做某事
3. be tired from the anger 因为生气而厌烦
4. feel desperate 感到绝望的
5. break down 精神崩溃; 身体垮掉
