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[2019·安徽省皖江名校联盟联考]On a recent night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the weekend and who to do it with, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upset — not the usual stuff that he and Mom and, I guess, a lot of parents worry about like which college I'm going to, how far away it is from home. Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine, a world he fears has a dark and difficult future — if it has a future at all.
“There will be a disease that kills millions, a disastrous energy crisis, a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger.”
As I lay on the living room couch, listening to their conversation, starting to worry about the future my father was describing, I found myself looking at some old family photos. There was a picture of my grandfather who was a member of the class of 1942, the war class. Next to his picture were photos of my greatgrandparents. Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better. I believe tomorrow will be better than today — that the world my generation grows into is going to get better, not worse. Those pictures helped me understand why.
I considered some of the awful things my grandparents and greatgrandparents had seen in their lifetimes: two world wars, killer flu, segregation (隔离), a nuclear bomb. But they saw other things, too, better things: the end of two world wars, passage of the civil rights laws.
I believe that my generation will see better things, too — that we will witness the time when AIDS is cured and cancer is defeated. I will see things as incredible to me today as the Internet to my father when he was 16.
体裁：记叙文 题材：个人经历 主题：明天会更好
【语篇解读】 文章通过描述作者的父亲对未来的担心，引发了作者对未来的深思。后来作者从一些旧的家庭照片中得到启发：尽管世界充满了糟糕的事情，但是明天一定会越来越好。
1．Why was the author's dad upset on a recent night?
A．He was upset about which college for the author to go to.
B．He was upset that the college is too far from the author's home.
C．He was worried about his dark and difficult future coming soon.
D．What upset him is whether there is a future for the author's generation.
答案与解析：D 考查细节理解。根据文章第一段可知，作者的父亲担心的不是作者要上哪所大学、大学离家有多远，而是作者这一代人正在接替他们成为世界的主力，但世界的未来并不明朗，或许还充满艰难与黑暗，故选D项。
2．What was the author's first reaction to his father's worry?
A．Indifferent. B．Optimistic.
C．Worried. D．Sensitive.
答案与解析：C 考查细节理解。根据文章第三段第一句中的“As I lay on the living room couch, listening to their conversation, starting to worry about the future my father was describing”可知，作者的第一反应是担心，故选C项。
3．What did those photos make the author understand?
A．The world was full of terrible things that could not be solved.
B．Though the world was full of terrible things, it would get better.
C．All those terrible things that worried the author actually didn't exist.
D．Those pictures showed that people never worried about their future.
答案与解析：B 考查细节理解。根据文章第三段中的“Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better. I believe tomorrow will be better than today — that the world my generation grows into is going to get better, not worse”可知，作者认为世界会越来越好，故选B项。
4．What is the best title of the article?
A．Never Worry About Your Future
B．Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today
C．The World Will Never Be Peaceful
D．All That Exists Will Come to an End
答案与解析：B 考查主旨大意。根据文章后三段可知，作者从家里的一些老照片中得到启发：尽管世界充满了糟糕的事情，但是明天一定会越来越好，故选B项。
