文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者的父亲从战场上回来后,祖母病得很重,而且必须立即输血,不然就活不过去,但是家里没有一个人和祖母的血型匹配。父亲当时很绝望地开车离开医院,想要去召集家人来和祖母告别,结果在路上无意让一个士兵搭了便车,结果这个士兵和祖母的血型正好匹配,因此救了祖母的故事。
My father told me a family story about his mother, my grandmother.
In 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking (搭便车) home to their families, as was the custom at that time in America.
Sadly, the excitement of this reunion with his family soon disappeared. My grandmother became very ill and had to be in hospital. The doctors told my father that she needed a blood transfusion immediately or she wouldn’t live through the night. The problem was that Grandmother’s blood types was AB-, a very rare type even today, but even harder to get then because there were no blood banks or air flights to ship blood. All the family members had their blood tested, but not one member was a match. So the doctors gave the family no hope; my grandmother was dying.
My father left the hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would get a chance to tell Grandmother good-bye. As my father was driving down the highway, he passed a soldier in uniform hitchhiking home to his family. Deep in sadness, my father had no inclination at that moment to do a good deed. Yet it was almost as if something outside himself pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car.
My father was too upset to even ask the soldier his name, but the soldier noticed my father’s tears right away and asked why. My father told this total stranger everything.
It got very quiet in the car. Then this soldier reached his hand out to my father, in which rested the dog tags from around his neck. The blood type on the tags was AB-. The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.
My grandmother lived until 1996, and to this day no one in our family knows the soldier’s name. But my father has often wondered, was he a soldier or an angel in uniform?
12. Why did the author’s father leave the hospital?
A.To buy something necessary for Grandmother. |
B.To ask the family members to have their blood tested. |
C.To pickup a soldier whose blood type was the same as Grandmother’s. |
D.To gather the family members to pay their last respects to Grandmother. |
13. According to the passage,which of the following is true?
A.After her serious illness, Grandmother lived 47 years. |
B.Grandmother’s children refused to help her. |
C.My father has forgotten the soldier. |
D.The doctors didn’t try to save Grandmother. |
14. From the sentence “my father had no inclination at that moment to do a good deed” in paragraph 4, what can we can infer?
A.The author’s father intended to offer his help. |
B.The author’s father was willing to help the soldier. |
C.The author’s father was scheduled to do a good deed. |
D.The author’s father was too sad to help others. |
15. What may be the best title for the passage?
A.A Strange Soldier | B.An Unexpected Git |
C.An Angel in Uniform | D.An Unknown Soldier |