题文
The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings （刚会飞的鸟）to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children—cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances—that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.
At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either. I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.
I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.
Then one day I saw an ad. for foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance , I rang up the number.
I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.
小题1:How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?A．Lonely.B．Anxious.C．Relieved.D．Annoyed.小题2:The underlined phrase “was tied up with” in the second paragraph means “”.A．was occupied inB．was associated withC．was tired ofD．was addicted to小题3:In the third paragraph, the poor mother did all the things just to .A．live a greener and healthier lifeB．earn more money for her kids’ educationC．shift her attention and ease her anxietyD．start her own decorating business小题4:What did the empty-nested mother think of her husband?A．SkilledB．SupportiveC．StubbornD．Open-minded小题5:Thanks to the foster daughter, the author .A．got rid of her busy workB．forgot her other childrenC．found a suitable jobD．knew what she really wanted 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
解析
小题1:细节题。由第一段第三行I felt so lighthearted 说明‘我”宽慰了，如释重负。
小题2:A词义猜测题。
小题3:推理题。从第二，三段可知‘我”从一直忙碌中闲下来无所适从才找些事情做为转移注意力减轻焦虑。
小题4:从my husband who was always behind everything I及下文中提到我”收养女儿可知丈夫是支持的。
小题5:从I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.可知找“我”找到了自我。.
试题分析
点评：文章讲述了一位空巢母亲因为落寞而去找些事情做来消遣生活以平衡儿女离开自己后的失落，发现行不通后，收养了一个女儿，找到自己想要的生活。要注意把握心理状况进而进行逻辑推理。对于考生在上下文中理解字里行间的能力要求较高。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“The day was warm and.....”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。
