【题文】Hearing what I said， my dad laughed kindly. I continued， “I owe your thanks， and I hope you realize how much you did for me as my dad.”
I could almost hear him smiling one the other end. I knew he was touched and felt a little shy. His voice sounded shaky.
“Well， we got you educated，” he said， laughing generously.
“You did more than that，” I said， “You did well.”
“You like your house now， and your life?” he asked quietly.
“Yeah， Dad， I’m happy. You don’t have to worry—things are going great for us.”
I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me and I hung up the phone. As I got ready for bed， I thought about what an amazing conversation we had.
Ten hours later， my mother called， waking me up. I could hardly understand what she was trying to say.
“Your father’s dead!” she cried. “I found him lying on the dinning room floor.”
Suddenly I was standing straight up beside my bed， holding the phone and sobbing .
I was a thousand miles away. All I could think about was how many hours， minutes and seconds it would take me to jump on a plane and get there. I thought about my mother sitting there alone with my father， and I couldn’t move fast enough.
The flight was long and painful. I had planned on going home to see my dad and mom in another month， and I cried aloud， thinking I was too late. Then I suddenly realized the incredible miracle of it all: I hadn’t been late at all. Actually， everything had been right on time.
【小题1】When did Dad die?
| A．Soon after he made the telephone call. |
| B．The next morning. |
| C．Before the writer hung up the phone. |
| D．Ten hours later after the telephone call. |
【小题2】From the story， we can infer Dad was_____ when he died.
| A．happy | B．sad | C．angry | D．upset |
【小题3】The writer lives___________.
| A．in a place not far away. | B．in the same city |
| C．a thousand miles away | D．at home |
【小题4】The writer thought__________
| A．his father did well. | B．his father do enough. |
| C．his father did badly | D．his father is too old to do. |
【小题5】From the last part， we can know__________
| A．the writer will be sad. |
| B．the writer will change pain into power. |
| C．the writer will be happy. |
| D．the writer won’t do anything. |
