I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back. Lucien Lawence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in ing, but when it did, all mother said was, I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children.” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者),and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog. Yet I know the death es to us all, and sometimes es suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
【小题1】according to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph .A．puts forward the subject of the textB．shows the author’s pity on the kidC．acts as an introduction to the discussionD．makes a clear statement of the author’s views【小题2】In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us .A．how much he misses his parents nowB．why his parents often appear in his dreamsC．when Lucien will get over all his sadnessD．how proud he was when he succeeded in life【小题3】 What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?A．Proud.B．Happy.C．Disappointed.D．Worried.【小题4】 In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is .A．to leave behind a precious memory to the people relatedB．to have a high sense of duty to the whole societyC．to care what others will remember and treasureD．to share happiness and sadness with his family【小题5】 What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?A．Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.B．Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.C．Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.D．Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.C
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(答案→)C
解析：
本文以幼小的Lucien Lawence在父亲被害后写给圣诞老人的信中的“I’ve changed my mind. 1 wanted to have a telescope，but now l want my dad back. ”为引子,讲述了We live on，in the lives of those we loved，and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. ”这一人生价值观。
【小题1】推断题。根据第一段的最后一句与第二段第一句可知，第一段为后面的议论提供了引子，因此选C。
【小题2】推断题。第二段the stars are still there…you’ll see them again是安慰Lucien的；I find that my parents，long dead now，still figure in many of my dreams... 后面都是围绕这一句展开来说明其原因的。
【小题3】推断题。由第三段可知，母亲对此事并不是失望，而是因为只顾自己的工作和事业而没有顾及孩子表示一种担心或焦虑，因此选D。
【小题4】推断题。由第三段第一句及第四段倒数第二句可知，作者认为：一个人的价值观是给相关的人留下珍贵下的记忆，故选A。