题文
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink --- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.
It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.
Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.
小题1:According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _________.A．the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surpriseB．the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her fatherC．it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surpriseD．it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was小题2:Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?A．Spring.B．Summer.C．Autumn.D．Winter.小题3:The writer’s father should be best described as_________.A．a full-time gardener with skillful handsB．a part-time jobber who loved flowersC．a kind-hearted man who lived with faithD．an ordinary man with doubts in his life小题4:At the end of the passage, crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.A．faithB．familyC．loveD．friendship 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
试题解析：本文从自己搬进新家父亲再次给自己带来惊喜写起，到父亲过世后对父亲的思念和父亲一生坚持自己的信念而给作者带来的影响。
小题1:细节理解题。A项错在是孩子们在unpacking打开包裹而不是作者。B错是因为作者了解他的父亲会给他惊喜，但具体是什么还不知道。D错是这三段根本没有提及这句话，C正确是根据第二段最后一句话：When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.，所以C正确。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第五段第二句话：He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down.他知道黑暗和沉闷的冬天总是让我失望，所以D正确
小题3:细节理解题。根据倒数第四段第一句话：It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith.这是爸爸的生日，我又想起了他，这是不寻常的，我的家人经常谈起他，回忆起他在生活中实践自己的信念，所以C正确。
小题4:细节理解题。根据最后一段：Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.为，继续前进，光明即将来临。粉红的番红花只开了一天。但却为我的一生树立了信念，所以A正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It was an autumn mor.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
