河南省济源一中2015-2016学年高二上学期11月月考 英语试题
第一部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 重要提醒：答题卡上从21题开始涂！
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A man going abroad to work leaves his young lady crying. “Don’t worry, I will write to you every day,” he said. For years he did write to her. But since he was happy with his job, he had no immediate plans of going home. One day, he received a wedding invitation. His girlfriend was scheduled to be married. To whom? To the mailman bringing regularly the letters of her boyfriend! Indeed, distance does make hearts struggle.
While presents are important, love demands what is basic: presence of the beloved.
Martha was busy with her job. She believed she had to work harder because she loved her father who had serious disease. She had to provide for his expensive medicine. Her brothers and sisters meanwhile stayed with their father most of the time. They bathed him, sang for him, spoon-fed him or simply kept him company.
One day Martha was hurt. She overheard her father telling her mother,“ All our children love me except Martha. ”“How can this be?” Martha thought. “Am I not the one killing myself in my work to have money to buy for his medicine? My brothers and sisters do not even provide their share in the expenses as much as I do. ”
One night, as Martha was as usual late in going home, she peeped for the first time in the room where her father was lying. She noticed that her father was still awake. She decided to come close at his bedside. Her father held her hands and said, “I miss you. I don’t have much time. Stay with me. ” And she stayed with her father holding his hand the whole night.
The next morning Martha said to everyone, “I have taken a leave of absence. I would like to be with my father. I will bathe him, and sing for him from now on. ” Her father had a beautiful smile. He knew this time Martha loved him.
As children, we need the assuring presence of our loved ones. Adult people need no less.
21. Why did Martha work so hard?
A. She liked to work more than attending her father.
B. It was her duty to earn money for the family.
C. Her brothers and sisters had no jobs and could gain no money.
D. She had to earn money to pay for her father’s medicine.
22. Her father’s words “All our children love me except Martha” showed that _______.
A. her father thought nothing of money B. her father more valued his daughter’s presence
C. her father understood his daughter D. her father was tired of his daughter
