2019-2020学年宁夏银川一中高一(上)期末英语试卷.pdf

2019-2020 学年宁夏银川一中高一（上）期末英语试卷 一、阅读理解（本大题共 10 小题，共 20.0 分） A After Mom died ， I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work ． He was weak and moved slowly ， but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me ，along with an unsigned note reading，"Drink your juice ．" Such a note，I knew ， was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love． In fact ， I remember ， as a kid I had questioned Mom ， "Why doesn't Dad love me ？" Mom frowned ， "Who said he doesn't love you ？" "Well ， he never tells me ，" I complained ． "He never tells me either ， " she said ， smiling ． "But look how hard he works to take care of us ， to buy us food and clothes ， and to pay for this house ． That's how your father tells us he loves us ．" I nodded slowly ． I understood in my head， but not in my heart ． I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me Dad owned and operated a small scrap ． （片） metal business， and after school I often hung around while he worked ． Dad handfed scrap steel into a device that chopped it as cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs The （剁碎） ． machine looked like a giant pair of scissors ， with blades thicker than my father's body ． If he didn't feed those terrifying blades just right ， he risked serious injury ． "Why don't you hire someone to do that for you ？" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment ．"Why don't you hire a cook ？" Dad asked， giving her one of his rare smiles ． Many years later ， during my first daily visit ， after drinking the juice my fat