2013梅州二模英语试题答案(3)

When I told Mrs. McClure so, she asked me. “What’s your dad’s name?”
“David MUrphy,” I answered.
“I don’t believe it!” she said.
  “What was my Dad like in school?” I asked Mrs. McClure. She explained that dad wasn’t really known for having an active interest in his studies. Unlike my dad, I had more than an active interest in my studies. I was in an eighth grade math class even though I was a seventh grader, and I was on both the math team and the academic games team. I won first place in a national championship and I firmly believed that maybe those flavor of achievements would qualify me for 2.9% financing on a mortgage (按揭), a six-figure job or at least, get me some kind of prize for being a good person.
This was the first time that I had noticed that my dad and I didn’t really have a lot in common except that we both liked to read and we had the same group of relatives.
Dad was on the football team and in the drama club. He was in the Air Force and was the kind of guy that made friends everywhere he went. I remember once when I was little, a bunch of British sailors from the HMS Ark Royal coming over to our very small mobile home one day. They played darts (飞镖), barbequed, and talked funny things. I loved it. I figured since my dad had been in the armed forces, he must have known them from then. But later in life, I realized that my dad was in the Air Force stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War and these guys were in the British Navy during peacetime docked in South Florida. The odds (可能性) that he knew them were slim. I asked my mom how Dad knew all these guys. My mother told me, “We took the public tour of the ship and you know your dad.”
36. How did the author’s father recognize Mrs. McClure was his former schoolmate?
A. Through a picture in the author’s yearbook.
B. Through the author’s description.
C. During an accidental meeting.
D. By attending a school meeting.
37. When the author told his teacher that his father was her schoolmate, she felt_______.
A. happy B. shy C. terrible D. amazed
38. Why did the author study hard to get as many achievements as he can?
A. To get praise from his teacher. B. To win reputation for his school.
C. To get a well-paid job. D. To win his parents’ favor.
39. What kind of person was the author’s father in his schooldays?
A. He was good at sports. B. He was extremely popular among girls.
C. He was not quite fond of studies. D. He was hard and clever.
40. We can infer from the passage that the British sailors from the HMS Ark Royal _____.
A. paid a visit to his father’s office
B. loved playing cards and chess
C. were in the American Navy during peacetime
D. came across his father on a trip

D
I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style. Strong feelings aren’t something you display in public. So, you can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief (悲伤) at a Chinese funeral.
My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness. He was 31. The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset. A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk. Somehow we got through the day's work. The next day was the funeral.
Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy and was soon in tears. She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: "There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven." Next came a long-term colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion. Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute (哀悼), weeping openly as he spoke. Sorrow is spreading. Men and women were now sobbing uncontrollably. Finally, the man's mother, supported between two women, addressed her son in his coffin. At one point, the mother almost collapsed and had to be held up. We were invited to step forward to each lay a white rose on the casket. Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap. At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.
In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral. Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair. It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.
Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained (克制) by Chinese standards. In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens. But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world. Chinese grief is no different. I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.
It was our newspaper's production day. We were bussed back to the office to resume work. No more deadlines for our former colleague, but we had to pull together to put the newspaper to print. The boss invited the team to go out for dinner after work. We relaxed, smiled, joked. There was no mention of the funeral or our poor colleague. Enough sorrow had been shed already. We needed a break.
41．The underlined words “stiff upper lip style”mean “______”.
A．cold-blooded  B．warm-hearted  C．self-controlled  D．light-hearted
42．At the funeral, ________.
A．five individuals made speeches  B．the boss’s speech was best thought of C．everyone was crying out loudly  D．the writer was astonished by the scene
43．According to the writer, people in the West _______.