题文
I can remember the day my father came home from the war. As he walked up the front path of our home, he saw Mum and me and he dropped the suitcase.I was only five years old so Dad made a fuss of me, then began making an even bigger fuss of my mother. This left me free to examine all the stuff lying around the broken suitcase, and I was quick to notice a newspaper advertisement displaying a new piano. When Dad saw me holding up the newspaper cutting, he smiled.
“Yes, that’s right,” he said. “I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.”
A few moments later, a horse pulled a cart with a piano on top. Soon we all stared at it in our small lounger room. Mum had never been close to a piano before, except at the kindergarten I attended, and she used to say how wonderful it would be if the teachers could teach her to play.
After tea that night, Mum began to teach herself to play. She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.”
From that day on, she would plink between doing the cooking and housework. Three months went by and Mum was now a skilled pianist, holding parties with all the neighbors gathering around to sing.
Although we were poor, Mum felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention she was receiving.
At the height of Mum’s happiness, I began to notice that Dad was looking increasingly worried. It turned out that since returning from the war, he’d been unable to find a job. Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away. Mum sobbed in the kitchen. Suddenly, it all became clear to me: no job, no money, no piano.
Dad finally got a job. Mum was happy again as if he’d just win the lottery(彩票). Dad had to study to qualify as an account. Every night after dinner he’d place a stack of books on the kitchen table and study late into the night. Mum didn’t say much but I could tell she was proud of Dad.
Two years later, Dad bought Mum another piano. This time he paid cash for it.
小题1:How did the author’s Dad buy the piano for his mum?A．He paid part of the bill regularly.B．He earned it by winning a bet.C．He paid cash for it.D．He bought it as a big bargain.小题2:By saying “Enough is enough”, the author’s dad meant_______.A．practice makes perfectB．it was time to stop practicingC．he couldn’t bear being troubledD．his wife played the piano well enough小题3:What happened to the author’s mum’s first piano?A．It was lost.B．It was broken by one neighbor.C．It was sold by his dad.D．It was taken away.小题4:What made the author’s mum proud of his dad?A．His dad’s willingness to help cook.B．His dad’s winning the lottery luckily.C．His dad’s loyalty to his motherland.D．His dad’s determination to rebuild his life. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
解析
本文是篇记叙文，作者的父亲从战场上回来，为母亲按揭买了一架钢琴，后来却因为没有工作，无法继续支付钢琴的费用，导致钢琴被搬走，但父亲没有失去生活的信心，通过孜孜不倦的学习，重新获得工作，并用现金为母亲买了一架钢琴。
小题1:根据I bought your mum a piano for ten pounds down and two pounds a week.可知爸爸给妈妈买这架钢琴是按揭买的，故选A。
小题2:She plinked the keys for about two hours and drove everybody in the street mad, until Dad gently said, “Enough is enough.” ，故选B。
小题3:根据Then, a few weeks later, I observed two men taking Mum’s piano away，可知父亲从战场上回来，由于没有工作没有钱继续为钢琴按揭，所以钢琴被人搬走了，故选D。
小题4:从倒数第二自然段，可以看出父亲很有决心来改变生活，他很珍惜来之不易的工作，每天学习到很晚，故选D。
点评：这篇文章非常简单，先看问题，再带着问题读短文，理解了全文内容，很容易选出正确答案。在阅读时，注意体会文章中父亲的对家庭的细腻的情感。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“I can remember the d.....”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。
