My teenage son Karl became withdraw after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent(缺席) 95 times from classes and has six falling grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate(畢業(yè)), I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged(乞求) him. Nothing worked.
One night o felt so powerless that I got down on my knees(膝蓋) and pleaded(懇求) for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope(繩子). I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. “For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll .In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
小題1: Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “withdrawn”?
A．Quiet and lonely.B．Relaxed and excited.
C．Active and lively.D．Happy and easy-going.
小題2:When the mother said “It’s out of my hands” to the headmaster, she meant that she ______.
A．didn’t know what to do about her son
B．would drive her son away from the house
C．had no money to support the family
D．would have to hang up
小題3:Who was it that telephoned Karl’s mother that day?
A．The headmasterB．The school adviser
C．Karl himselfD．The passage doesn’t tell us
小題4:From the passage we can learn that ______.
A．children in single-parent families always have mental problems
B．mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life
C．parents should give their children everything that they need
D．school education still works well without the support from parents

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B

試題分析：短文大意：卡爾在他父親去世后變得孤僻。他的母親竭盡所能幫助他但都無效。有一天卡爾冒充校長給他母親打電話，就是這一次談話才改變了卡爾。告訴人們母親的愛在孩子的生活中起著多么重要的作用。
小題1:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章首句My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died。（我兒子卡爾在他爸去世后變得很孤僻）可推知withdrawn的意思為安靜的、孤獨的，所以選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked.（我愛我的兒子，但我只是不知道該怎么做。我想盡辦法想讓卡爾回到學(xué)校，但都不湊效）可知“It’s out of my hands”意為不知道該對她兒子做什么，所以選A.
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me”可知那天給卡爾母親打電話的就是卡爾本人，所以選C.
小題4:推理判斷題。通過本文我們可以想象母親的愛在孩子的生活中起著多么重要的作用，所以選B.
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