题目不是无情物，做题要讲感情。这包含两个方面的意思。

第一， 当你做题的时候要对题目有喜爱之情。

如果对题目有积极的情感，往往就能把题做好。有的同学讨厌做题，一见到题目就头痛，就拍卷子摔笔，那如何能够把题做好呢？你不爱它，它也不会爱你，力的作用是相互的。

第二，做题的时候，要融入到作者的思想感情之中。

武侠小说里描写武林高手，一件生冷的兵器在他们手中舞得滴水不漏，出神入化，最高境界就是“人剑合一”。

学生做题也是如此，要想作者所想，喜作者所喜，忧作者所忧，与题目的作者一起喜怒哀乐，力求达到“人剑合一”的地步，才能够把题做得好。

今天我跟大家举两个例子，在这两篇文章里，作者的写作思路都使用了先抑后扬的方法，理顺作者的思想感情是解决问题的关键。我们来体会一下。

It was ugly. It was the worst Christmas present I had ever received. I quickly pretended joy. After all, Michael, my four-year-old son, had bought it at his school’s Christmas market.

“ I bought it for you,mama,” he said, offering it up to me, face smiling, eyes big, blue and bright. “ We’ll...put it... here...on...on the...kitchen table,” I said.

The rest of the house was filled with beautiful, natural materials from the garden. In the summer, I operated a garden gift shop at the bottom of my yard. I also hosted an open house on the main floor of our home in late November, featuring high-end gifts for gardeners as well as natural items. And each year, I proved unique and attractive ways to bring the outdoors in with wonderful, creative decorating ideas. How uncomfortably my son’s addition looked in the middle of all the natural beauty.

Soon my older children burst through the door, excited to tell the adventures of their day and show their valuable things. Within seconds, the kitchen table was loaded with treats: cheerfully decorated cupcakes, a couple of packages of homemade sweets, candy canes, and a few of the small crafts some of the moms had prepared for the kids to buy with their allowance money.

“ Where are the rest of things you bought?” I asked Michael, hoping he hadn’t eaten them at school or on the way home.”

“I spent all my money on your presents,” he said proudly. “You spent all your money on me?” I asked, unbelieving that a four-year-old boy would avoid candy and cupcakes and crafty(巧妙的） creations designed with kid-appeal in order to buy a present for his mom. Ugliness suddenly turned into beauty. Overjoyed, I hugged both my son and his gift.

28. When Michael gave the gift to the mom, he felt_________.

A.proud B. nervous C. shy D. embarrassed

29. According to paragraph 2, Michael’s gift_______.

A. added beauty to the natural room B. was out of place in the room

C. was a sign of high-end gifts D. decorated the room in a unique way

30. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. The Most Beautiful Ugliest Gift B. The Christmas Gift from My Son

C. The Cheapest Gift for Mom D. The Gift of a Sincere Mind

这三道题目，错得最多的就是最后一道题，同学们往往对选标题的题目不知所措，其实，如果你抓住了作者的思想感情，问题就迎刃而解。

作者四岁的儿子给她买了一件圣诞礼物，这是一件丑陋的礼物，是作者收到的最差的礼物。作者为什么要这样写呢？这是一种先抑后扬的写作手法。

为了凸显礼物糟糕，作者继续在第二段中说明，家中不缺乏好东西，以致儿子丑陋的礼物没地方放，更加反衬儿子礼物的丑且无用。

然后作者话锋一转，抖出包袱：儿子倾其所有给妈妈买了那件礼物，它代表了儿子对妈妈的爱。最丑陋的礼物瞬间变得美丽，妈妈欣喜和激动不已，紧紧地抱住儿子！

所以作者先不停地“贬”这个礼物，为的是后面“扬”，理清这个思路，就很容易选出答案，用一对反义词做标题，形成强烈的对比。而B选项空泛，C的核心词是写“cheapest”，D的重点是写“sincere”都不能抓住主意。

答案：28，A；29，B；30，A。

When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿当护士助手的小姑娘)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 36 I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any 37 , and nobody seemed to care about his 38 .

I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, 39 anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 40 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was 41 . I didn’t have the 42 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 43 me he had died. Several 44 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.

When I 45 who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was 46 ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a(n) 47 look on his face, he replied yes. I 48 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 49 .

He began to tell me how, 50 he lay there asleep, he could hear me talking to him and could 51 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie 52 believed that it was my voice and 53 that had kept him alive.

Although I haven’t 54 him since, he fills my heart with 55 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

36. A. time B. energy C. money D. effort

37. A. patients B. relatives C. visitors D. problems

38. A. condition B. requirement C. interest D. thought

39. A. talking about B. helping with C. pointing out D. looking for

40. A. so B. as if C. yet D.even though

41. A. gone B. mad C. died D. excited

42. A. right B. chance C. courage D. time

43. A. cheat B. warn C. remind D. tell

44. A. days B. years C. months D. weeks

45. A. heard B. wondered C. realized D. asked

46. A. great B. lucky C. successful D. alive

47. A. happy B. proud C. nervous D. uncertain

48. A. explained B. remembered C. apologized D. told

49. A. dreamed B. received C. wanted D. shown

50. A. because B. as C. unless D. if

51. A. notice B. appreciate C. imagine D. feel

52. A. firmly B. rightly C. hardly D. wrongly

53. A. touch B. worry C. humour D. treatment

54. A. forgotten B. seen C. missed D. called

55. A. respect B. regret C. joy D. sympathy

很多同学做错了第55题，主要原因就是没有体会出作者的感情。

这篇文章讲述了作者与一位老人的故事。她在志愿当护士助手的时候，遇到一位无亲无故，无人照料的老人，尽管老人处于昏迷之中，然而作者还是不停地拉着他的手跟他说话。

后来作者随父母离开了医院，再回来时发现老人不见了，他以为老人不在人间。

几年之后，作者竟意外在一个加油站遇到了那位老人，老人对她当初的照料感激不已，热泪盈眶。虽然他们自此在没有见面，然而老人让作者心里充满了什么样的感情呢？

大家就要设身处地想一想，当你帮助了别人，别人意外遇到你时表达了感激之情，你心里会怎样？显然是开心啊！

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总之，人是感情的动物。很多同学题目做不对，不是缺少知识，而是缺少感情体验，体会错了作者的意思。语文里经常讲到思想感情，其实英语也一样，没有感情是难以考出高分的，要想考高分，就要学会跟题目“谈恋爱”。

那些考高分的同学，往往也是“情场老手”，爱学习，爱做题，也获得了分数的喜爱。

☀原创作者：大希教育园地，高中英语教师，黄冈市英语学科带头人，欢迎关注，已签约维权骑士，转载请注明作者。