【解析】　细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句"We were planning to drive down together to North Carolina to be with my father who was badly ill."可知，作者父亲病重时住在North Carolina。

　　【答案】　A

　　2．The author mentions the wine store to tell us ．

　　A．the same taste as his father

　　B．the life in his childhood

　　C．the experience with his father

　　D．the birthplace of his father

　　【解析】　推理判断题。根据第二段的第二句"It was the same place where I had experienced many things-floods of memories went through my mind as the light seemed a blessing."可推知，附近的售酒商店唤起了作者对与父亲在一起的时光的回忆。

　　【答案】　C

　　3．The author was afraid of giving away food to the poor probably because ．

　　A．his father didn't stay with him then

　　B．his father didn't take good care of him

　　C．he was unfamiliar with the surroundings

　　D．he had never met so many poor people

　　【解析】　推理判断题。根据第三段的最后一句"I had never been into this part of town this deeply before."可推知，作者之所以害怕是因为从来没有去过，对这个地方不熟悉。

　　【答案】　C

　　4．The underlined word"arrogant"in the last paragraph probably means" "．

　　A．angry　 B．proud

　　C．careless D．wild

【解析】　词义猜测题。根据最后一段的第三句"My father seemed able to give