Sarah ran in, shouting, “Look what I found!”  Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my seven-year-old daughter.
I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear（恐懼地）. I didn’t think it was beautiful, but I learned never to appear nonchalant(冷漠的)with children. Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty; they see only excellence in the world.
“Why does it do this?”  Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed(蛻) their skins because they need to renew themselves,”  I explained.
“Why do they need to renew（使更新） themselves?” Sarah asked.
“We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my daughter. “We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too little for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did. ”
As we talked, I knew that she began to understand. Although she couldn’t understand clearly, she would know that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and spirit, and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave.  I was careful to tell that this is a natural way, not one to be forced.
“Snakes don’t peel off their skins when they like them. “I explained. “It happens as a natural thing of their growth. ”
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.
I hoped she would remember this; we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary. Then we can store them as memories in our deep hearts.
【小題1】Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

A．he didn’t want to read any more
B．he was in great fear of it
C．he wanted to praised her daughter
D．he hated snakes
【小題2】Father’s patient explanation shows that ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．his daughter didn’t want to listen to him at all
B．he knew children saw only excellence in the world
C．his daughter couldn’t follow him at all
D．he wanted to teach everything to her
【小題3】We learn from the reading that＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A．the girl seemed to understand what her father said
B．the girl wasn’t interested in the explanation
C．the father was good at raising snakes
D．the father liked the snake skin better


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了作者給她女兒講解蛇蛻皮的故事。當(dāng)作者看到女兒手里拿著蛇皮，害怕的跳了起來。但是他知道孩子只看到世界上優(yōu)秀的一面。于是就耐心的給女兒講解蛇蛻皮是一種自然現(xiàn)象，是一種更新。作者希望女兒能記住人們會扔掉一些沒有價值或沒必要的東西。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear（恐懼地）.可知作者看到女兒手里拿著蛇皮，害怕的跳了起來。故選B。
【小題2】 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)they see only excellence in the world.可知父親之所以耐心的講解是因為孩子只看到世界上優(yōu)秀的一面。故選B。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.可知小女孩似乎明白了他爸爸說的話。故選A。
考點：人生百味類短文閱讀。

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