But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.

　　At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.

　　“It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.

　　“It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual.

　　“Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.

　　And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.

　　45．What do you know happened to Dad in the story?

　　A．He was badly ill.

　　B．He had a long journey.

　　C．He drank too much.

　　D．He lost one of his arms.

　　46．The family

　　when they saw Dad’s empty sleeve.

　　A．was too surprised to do anything

　　B．felt sad and cried a lot

　　C．tried not to show their feelings

　　D．showed no worry at all

　　47．From the story, we know

　　.

　　A．the two sisters often quarreled about who should wash the dishes

【2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精选训练（16）外研版】相关文章：

★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练（5）及答案

★ 重庆市铜梁中学2013届高三下学期二轮复习定时练习（二）英语试题

★ 【北京专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习方案课时作业：选修8 Unit 2 Cloning

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（15）及答案

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（10）附答案

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习阅读理解解题技法示范课件：4

★ 河南省三门峡市2014高考英语一轮（暑假）基础训练（11）附答案

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(九)必修2Module 3《Music》（外研版）

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习阅读理解解题技法示范课件：5

★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练（23）及答案