My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I’ll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage. They loved each other, but they didn’t seem to like each other very much. Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot. When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably follow.
It was my dad’s disease that began to change things. The year 1998 was the beginning of a remarkable transformation for my family. My father, Jim Dineen, the always healthy, weightlifting, never-missed-a-day-of-work kind of dad, discovered he had kidney (肾)disease.
The decision to go ahead with a transplant for my father was a long and tough one, mostly because he had liver damage too. One physician’s assistant told him, “According to your file, you’re supposed to be dead.” And for a while, doctors mistakenly thought that he would need not just a kidney transplant, but a liver transplant too. Dad’s future hung in midpoint.
When the donor testing process finally began in the spring of 2003, numerous people, including me, my uncle Tom, and my mom, came back as matches of varying degree. But Mom was the one who insisted on going further. She decided to donate a kidney to my father. She said she was not scared, and it was the right thing to do. We all stepped back in amazement.
At last a date was chosen – November 11, 2003. All of a sudden, the only thing that seemed to matter Dad was telling the world what a wonderful thing Mom was doing for him. A month before the surgery, he sent her birthday flowers with a note that read, “I love you and I love your kidney! Thank you!”
Financially, the disease was upsetting to them. So my sister and I were humbled and surprised when, shortly before his surgery day, Dad handed us a diamond jewelry that we were to give to Mom after the operation. He’d accumulated his spare dollars to buy it.
At the hospital on the day of the transplant, all our relatives and friends gathered in the waiting room and became involved in a mean euchre (尤克牌游戏) tournament. My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense, everybody was taking bets on how long this “change of conduct” would last in my parents.
We would inform Dad that if he chose to act like a real pain on any particular day after the operation, he wasn’t allowed to blame it on PMS just because he’d now have a female kidney.
The surgeries went well, and not long afterward, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit. Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom. Was she okay? How was she feeling? Then the nurses let us do something unconventional. As they were wheeling Mom out of recovery room, they rolled her into a separate position to visit Dad. It was strange to see both my parents hooked up to IVs and machines and trying to talk to each other through tears. The nurses allowed us to present the diamond jewelry to Mom so that Dad could watch her open it. Everyone was crying, even the nurses.
As I stood with digital camera in hand, I tried to keep the presence of mind to document the moment. My dad was having a hard time fighting back emotion, and suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands.
In my nearly 35 years of existence, I’d never seen my parents do that, and I was spellbound. I snapped a picture and later rushed home to make sure I’d captured that enormous, life-defining moment. After so many years of disagreement, it was apparent to me that they finally understood how much each loved the other. 65—70
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can learn that .A．Dad was fond of drinkingB．My parents got along wellC．Dad often beat MomD．Mom never obeyed Dad【小题2】The underlined part “Dad’s future hung in midpoint” in Para.3 suggests that .A．Dad was bound to dieB．Dad came to a serious moment in his lifeC．Dad’s future was decided by doctorsD．Dad faced a tough decision in his life【小题3】Before the surgery, which of the following words can best describe the feeling of the families?A．Worried and negative.B．Anxious and helpless.C．Nervous but optimistic.D．Relaxed and positive.【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?A．Dad bought a diamond jewelry to Mom for their wedding anniversary.B．Dad asked the nurse to visit Mom soon after the operation.C．Despite a lot of pain, Dad was eager to know Mom’s condition soon after the operation.D．On the day of the transplant, the families involved in a euchre tournament to relax themselves.【小题5】What’s in the writer’s photo?A．Everyone was crying, even the nurses.B．His parents were trying to talk to each other.C．Dad watched Mom opening the gift.D．His parents were holding each other’s hands.【小题6】What’s the best title for the passage?A．Dad’s diseaseB．Mom’s decisionC．The Gift of LifeD．The photo of handsA
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试题分析:父亲喜欢喝酒，而且对母亲颐指气使，母亲稍有微词，就会引发争吵。所以身为子女，作者认为父母之间关系并非和睦，但是在父亲患病后，母亲却毅然决定捐献肾脏给父亲，而手术后父亲忍着疼痛，首先问到是母亲的状况，通过这件事作者看到了父母之间彼此多年的理解和爱。
【小题1】A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段Dad was too fond of his beer,可知父亲喜欢喝酒，所以答案选A。
【小题2】B推理判断题。根据第三段“According to your file, you’re supposed to be dead.和下文的叙述可知医生认为父亲存在生命危险，所以答案选B。
【小题3】C细节理解题。根据文章第七段 My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense,可知家人们对待手术既乐观又紧张，故答案选C。
【小题4】C 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom. Was she okay? How was she feeling?可知父亲忍受着疼痛，仍然关心着母亲的情况，所以选C。
【小题5】D推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands.父亲和母亲同时伸出了手，由此可以推断作者拍的照片中他们是彼此握着手的，故答案选D。
【小题6】C主旨大意题。文章讲述了在父亲患病后，母亲毅然作出决定——捐肾脏给父亲，延续了父亲的生命，由此可知C选项内容更能体现文章这一中心，所以答案选C。