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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 （剛會飛的鳥）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.
【小題1】How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?

A．Lonely.

B．Anxious.

C．Relieved.

D．Annoyed.

【小題2】The underlined phrase “was tied up with” in the second paragraph means “        ”.

A．was occupied in	B．was associated with
C．was tired of	D．was addicted to

【小題3】In the third paragraph, the poor mother did all the things just to         .

A．live a greener and healthier life

B．earn more money for her kids’ education

C．shift her attention and ease her anxiety

D．start her own decorating business

【小題4】What did the empty-nested mother think of her husband?

A．Skilled

B．Supportive

C．Stubborn

D．Open-minded

【小題5】Thanks to the foster daughter, the author         .

A．got rid of her busy work

B．forgot her other children

C．found a suitable job

D．knew what she really wanted

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析【小題1】細節題。由第一段第三行I felt so lighthearted 說明‘我”寬慰了，如釋重負。
【小題2】A詞義猜測題。
【小題3】推理題。從第二，三段可知‘我”從一直忙碌中閑下來無所適從才找些事情做為轉移注意力減輕焦慮。
【小題4】從my husband who was always behind everything I及下文中提到我”收養女兒可知丈夫是支持的。
【小題5】從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。.
試題分析                               
考點：考查情感類閱讀
點評：文章講述了一位空巢母親因為落寞而去找些事情做來消遣生活以平衡兒女離開自己后的失落，發現行不通后，收養了一個女兒，找到自己想要的生活。要注意把握心理狀況進而進行邏輯推理。對于考生在上下文中理解字里行間的能力要求較高。