AsoldiercamehomeafterhavingfoughtinVietnam(越南).HecalledhisparentsfromSanFrancisco.
“MomandDadI’mcominghomebutIhaveafriendwithme.”
“Sure”theyreplied“We’dlovetomeethim.”
“There’ssomethingyoushouldknow”thesoncontinued“hewashurtbadlyinthefighting.Helostanarmandaleg.HehasnowhereelsetogoandIwanthimtolivewithus.”
“I’msorrytohearthatson.Maybewecanhelphimfindsomewheretolive.”
“NoMomandDadIwanthimtolivewithus.”
“Son”saidthefather.“Youdon’tknowwhatyou’reasking.Theyoungman’shandicap(残疾)willcreatesuchaterribleburdenthatwecan’tafford.Wehaveourownlivestoliveandwecan’tletsomethinglikethisbecomeapartofourlives.Ithinkyoushouldjustcomehomeandforgetaboutthisguy.He’llfindawaytoliveonhisown.”
Atthatpointthesonhungupthephone.AfewdayslatertheparentsreceivedacallfromtheSanFranciscopolice.Theirsonhaddiedafterfallingfromabuilding.Thepolicebelieveditwassuicide(自杀).
ThesadparentsflewtoSanFranciscotoseethebodyoftheirson.
Theyrecognized(认出)himbuttotheirsurprisetheyalsodiscoveredsomethingtheydidn’tknowbefore:theirsonhadonlyonearmandoneleg.
1.Thesoldiercalledhisparents_____.
A.beforegoingonatriptoVietnam B.afterhavingfoughtinVietnam
C.whileservinginthearmy D.onhiswayhomefromVietnam
2.Thesoldiercalledhisparentsto_____.
A.tellthemhowhebecamebadlyhurt
B.seeiftheywouldlookdownuponhis“friend”
C.tellthemhowhemissedthem
D.askifeverythingwasgoingwellinhisfamily
3.Thesonkilledhimselfbecause________.
A.hewassufferingfromgreatpainfromhiswound
B.hedidn'twanttobeaburdentohisfamily
C.hewasfiredfromthearmy
D.hisparentsdidn'tlikehisfriend
4.Theexpression“liveonhisown”inthepassagemeans____.
A.takingcareofhimself B.livingaloneandbeinglonely
C.livingafreeandhappylife D.livinginahouseheowns
5.WhichisNotTrueaccordingtothepas