My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea

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My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鹃花）bush. By the time I got outside, he’d broken it. “Can I take this to school today?” he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn’t see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If only my husband had just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband’s shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan’s class let out at 2:15 and I hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door and peered through the glass. She rustled through the door and took me aside. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said.
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. “Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. “Let me tell you about yesterday,” the teacher insisted. “See that little girl?” I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
“Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn’t want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.” “I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan,” I said.
“I do,” she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. “Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.’“
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you,” I said, reaching for Jonathan’s hand, “you’ve made my day.”
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: “...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband’s brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.
5. Why did the woman cry when seeing her son had broken the azalea bush?
A. Because she could not tolerate the harm to it.
B Because it made her bad mood even worse.
C. Because her son did not ask her for permission.
D. Because she wanted to hand it to her husband.
6.The writer wanted to hide in the mountain cave probably for the reason of        .
A. feeling fed up with her endless daily housework
B. her husband’s failing to fix the machine in time
C. boring daily routine with a feeling of lack of love
D. her hoping to seek happiness in a brand new place
7.We can infer from the passage that the writer expressed love to her husband in that        .
A. she was inspired by her son that love was supposed to be felt and practiced
B. she felt guilty that she misunderstood her husband and wanted to apologize
C. she felt it necessary to have a complete family for the happiness of herself
D. she wanted to prove her love and expected the same words from her husband
【答案】5. B    6. C    7. A
【解析】
试题分析： 文章介绍作者因为每天的日常琐事和缺乏爱，对生活失去信心，甚至想躲到山上去，但是儿子的一个做法，让作者受到感染和激发，决心让爱重新出现在她的家。
【5题详解】
细节题：从第一段的句子：My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鹃花）bush. 可知作者这一天开始就很糟，儿子又将她的杜鹃花破坏了，所以她难过的哭了，选B
【6题详解】
推理题：从第四段的句子：Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. 可知作者想躲到山洞里，因为每天的日常琐事和缺乏爱，选C
【7题详解】
推理题：从最后一段的句子：I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.可知作者受到儿子做法的启发，知道爱应该被感受到和实践，选A 。
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