2012年同等学力英语真题（六）

　　· Passage Two
 

　　My five-year- old daughter knew exactly what she wanted for Christmas of 1 977, and told me so.Yes, she still would like the pin-and-green plastic umbrella, books, long nightgown, slippers---fine. But really，there was only one thing that mattered: a Barbie Townhouse，with all the accessories.
 

　　This was a surprise.Rebecca was not a Barbie girl, preferred stuffed animals to dolls, and wasn’t drawn to play in a structured environment.Always a make-up-the-rules, design-my-own-world，do-it-my-way kid.Maybe, I thought, the point wasn’t Barbie but the house，which she could claim for herself ,since we’d already moved five times during her brief 1ife.
 

　　Next day，I stopped at the mall.The huge Barbie Townhouse box was there：“3 Floors of High-Styled fun! Elevator Can Stop on All Floors!”Some Assembly Required.Uh-oh.My track record for assembling things was miserable.Brooklyn-born，I was raised in apartment buildings in a family that didn’t build things.A few years earlier, I’d spent one week assembling a six-foot-tall jungle gym from a kit containing so many parts.I spent the first four hours sorting and the last two hours trying to figure out why there were so many pieces.The day after I finished building it, as if to remind me of my limitations，a tornado (龙卷风) touched down close enough to scatter the jungle gym across an acre of field.
 

　　I assembled the Barbie Townhouse on Christmas Eve.Making it level，keeping the columns from looking like they’d melted and been refrozen，and getting that elevator to work were almost more than I could manage.And building it in curse-free silence so my daughter would continue sleeping- if, in fact，she was sleeping—added a layer of challenge.By dawn I was done.
 

　　Shortly thereafter, my daughter walked into the living room.Her surprise may not be real，but her delight was utterly genuine and moves me to this day，34 years later.Rebecca had spurred me to do something. I didn't think I could do.It was for her，and—like so much of the privilege of being her father一it brought me further outside myself and let me overcome doubts about my capacities.
 

　　37、In the author’s eyes，his little daughter was .

　　A.obedient B.unstable

　　C.original D.stubborn
 

　　38、The author thought that his daughter’s choice of the Barbie Townhouse .

　　A.was natural for a five-year-old girl

　　B.was influenced by her life experience

　　C.reflected the change in her taste

　　D.brought her back to normal
 

　　39. For the author， assembling things_______?

　　A. was largely in his blood B. was a challenge he enjoyed

　　C. was always his weak point D. was part of his family education
 

　　40. Assembling the Barbie Townhouse________.

　　A. brought out the author's potentials

　　B. turned out to be easier than expected

　　C. actually drove the author crazy.

　　D. was a bad memory for the author
 

　　41. In the last paragraph the author mainly expressed______

　　A. his pride in being a father. B. his gratitude to his daughter

　　C. his concern about his capability D. his delight in helping his daughter
 

　　42. What can be learned about the relationship between the author and his daughter?

　　A. They are on good terms with each other.

　　B. They barely speak to each other.

　　C. They are polite but cold to each other.

　　D. They keep secrets from each other.