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The ritual began after breakfast when Dad always announced: "Go ahead everyone. I"ll take care of
the dishes!" With that my mother disappeared into the folds of the Sunday paper. Off came the suit
coat he had worn to church that morning. Up went the shirtsleeves. On went that apron. For the next
hour Dad did the dishes, singing ballads like "I Had a Hat When I Came In" and "Who Put the Chow
in Mrs. Murphy"s Chowder?"
I suppose it was strange for a boy"s father to wear an apron - even one with race cars - but I neve
r thought much of it until the day that Dad broke with tradition. It was the last Sunday in August. My
father seemed in an expansive mood as we walked home from church together.
"Tommy," he said letting my name roll off his tongue. My mind raced ahead of his words: The birds
and the bees? A new bike? A part-time job?
"There comes a time in every boy"s life when he must take on responsibilities." This was important.
I might even get to back the car out of the driveway.
"Responsibilities?" I asked.
"Yes. It"s time you took a greater role in the household." Power tools? Boss my baby brother?
"Starting today, I want you to do the dishes on Sunday morning so your mother and I can work
the crossword puzzle together."
"The dishes!?"
"Anything wrong with taking over the dishes, son?"
I started to say something about a man"s job or woman"s work, but I knew immediately that my
protests would fall on deaf ears.
I didn"t taste a bit of breakfast that morning. Dad seemed in a cheerful mood and was describing
a wonderful baseball game he saw last night.
Suddenly, everything grew quiet. My sister began to clear the table. My brother was finishing the
last of the egg from his plate. And then that ancient family ritual (程序、仪式) that had filled so many
Sunday mornings came to an end. My father announced: "Let"s go read the paper, Hon."
"Aren"t you doing the dishes?" my mother asked in puzzlement.
"Your oldest son has generously offered to fill the position."
My brother and sister stopped cold. So this was what my life had come to. A dark angel sat on
my left shoulder and reminded me that I could hit a baseball farther than anyone in my class. I could
bench-press my weight. Ask me to run through a rainstorm. Command me to ride the roller coaster
backward. These things I would do. But I could never do those dishes. There was nothing left but to
refuse.
People often say there is a special chemistry between a father and a son. He came back into the
kitchen just as I was about to storm out. He had loosened his tie and rolled up the sleeves of his
shirt- ready to relax. In his right hand was the old apron.
"I want you to have this, Tommy. It"ll keep your clothes from getting wet." And before I could
mount a protest, he had put the thing on me. "Thanks, Son. Your mother and I appreciate this."
With that he disappeared into the Sunday paper. I looked down at the plastic. It had seen better
days. I could see my dad reaching for the dishes. The dark angel flew off. Soon I was singing about
Mrs. Murphy"s chowder. The words came out of nowhere. And out of nowhere I knew the kind of
man I wanted to be.
B. father was not really willing to wash dishes for the family
C. mother would wash dishes together with father
D. mother used to do the dishes alone
B. Children need to help parents wash dishes.
C. Parents should wash dishes more.
D. Washing dishes was women"s work.
B. The writer was asked to run through a rainstorm.
C. The writer"s sister offered to wash dishes for him.
D. The writer"s mother was happy that he offered to wash dishes.
B. Humorous.
C. Responsible.
D. Generous.
B. tell readers there is always a special chemistry between a father and a son
C. show readers the generation gap is actually something easy to deal with
D. show readers what an ideal relationship between a father and a son is like
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when green leaves were half__1__by mist(薄雾),the tree looked very charming dotted with
red blossom. This__2__neighbor of mine often set my mind working.I__3__regarded it as
my best friend.
However, when I opened the window one morning,__4__, the tree was almost bare as
a result of the storm the night before.__5__by the situation, I was seized with sadness at
the thought" all the blossom is doomed to(注定 )fall". I couldnot help__6__with emotion :
thecourse of life never runs__7__, for there are so many ups and downs. The__8__of my
life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn"t it__9__to the tree shedding
(脱落) its flowers in the wind?
This event faded from my__10__as time went by. One day after I came home from
the countryside,l found the room hot and casually opened the window. Something outside
__11__my eye and dazzled me. It was a plum tree all red with blossom__12__beautifully
by the sunset. The suprise discovery overwhelmed me with pleasure.I__13__why I had
no idea of some unyielding(顽强的) lifesprouting (发芽) over the fallen petals (花瓣)
when I was__14__for the hibiscus.
When the last petal dropped , all the joyful admiration for the hibiscus sank into
oblivion(忘却) asif nothing was__15__,until the landscape was again bright with the red
plum blossom to__16__people of life"s changing and continuance. Can"t it be said that
life is actually a symphony,a harmonious composition of loss and__17__.
Standing by the window lost in__18__for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the
world__19__unchanged. As long as you keep your heart bathing in the sun, every dawn
will__20__a fine prospect for you to unfold and the world will always be about new
hopes.
( )2.A. interesting
( )3.A. immediately
( )4.A. to my joy
( )5.A. Struck
( )6.A. complaining
( )7.A. pleasant
( )8.A. changes
( )9.A. same
( )10.A. brain
( )11.A. grasped
( )12.A. set off
( )13.A. asked
( )14.A. nervous
( )15.A. kept
( )16.A. remind
( )17.A. harvest
( )18.A.attention
( )19.A.lasts
( )20.A.present
B. amusing
B. gradually
B. to my relief
B. Hit
B. working
B. polite
B. performance
B. popular
B. memory
B. fixed
B. set up
B. doubted
B. sorry
B. saved
B. remember
B. earning
B.thought
B.continues
B.form
C. exciting
C. gently
C. to my surprise
C. Awakened
C. crying
C. smooth
C. struggles
C. familiar
C. body
C. caught
C. set down
C. stared
C. missing
C. left
C. recall
C. benefit
C.considemtion
C.remains
C.award
D. inspiring
D. softly
D. to my satisfaction
D. Beaten
D. sighing
D. calm
D. revolution
D. similar
D. store
D. pulled
D. set out
D. wondered
D. happy
D. preserved
D. recognize
D. gain
D.expectation
D.holds
D.design
He moved there a few years ago,and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his
work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him, he seemed
unhappy with me unless I got straight A"s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers
were not as "successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to
struggle to think up things to say , feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father"s friends for lunch at an
outdoor cafe. We talked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table,
and laughed over my son"s funny facial expressions. Cone was my father"s critical air and
strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and
interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories
about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years , I
never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I"m at last seeing another
side of my father. And in so doing, l"m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new
home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
B. He was too proud of himself.
C. He did not love his children.
D. He expected too much of her.
B. sorry
C. tired
D. safe
B. More talkative.
C. Gentle and friendly
D. Strict and hard-working.
B. the author"s father
C. the friend of the author"s father
D. the cafe owner
Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something
to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home.
When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a
man standing outside in front of the building. He was a homeless man with worn clothes
and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some coffee or something warm to
drink since it was cold this time of the year. He must have not had enough money to get
something to eat.
Then a dog walked up to the front of the building. I could tell she was a female,
because you could see that she had been feeding puppies ( baby dogs) . She was terribly
in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn"t eat soon, she
and her puppies would not make it.
I and my wife sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people walked by and
didn"t even pet her, like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store.
We still did not do anything. But the homeless man, who I thought did not buy himself
anything to eat, went back into the store. And what he did brought tears to me and my wife.
He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had,bought a can of dog
food and fed that dog.
This story plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother"s Day weekend.
And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too.
It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He made me a better
man that day.
B. he was thirsty only
C. the store only provided drinks
D. he felt cold that day
B. were greatly moved
C. regretted they hadn"t done anything
D. were indifferent
B. have to attack people
C. not have to die
D. lose their homes
B. A Lucky Mother Dog
C. Mother Day"s Weekend
D. Animals Are Parents Too
I came out of the kitchen,complaining,"Mom,I can"t peel potatoes.I have only one
hand."
Mom never looked up from sewing."You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those
potatoes," she told me."And don"t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!"
In the second grade,our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race
across the monkey bars,swinging from one high steel rod to the next.When it was my turn,
I shook my head.Some kids behind me laughed,and I went home crying.
That night I told Mom about it.She hugged me,and I saw her "we"ll see about that"
look.The next afternoon,she took me back to school.At the deserted playground,Mom
looked carefully at the bars.
"Now,pull up with your right arm," she advised.She stood by as I struggled to lift myself
with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow.Day after day we
practiced,and she praised me for every rung I reached.I"ll never forget the next time,
crossing the rungs,I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.
One night,after a dance at my new junior high,I lay in bed sobbing.I could hear Mom come
into my room."Mom," I said,weeping,"none of the boys would dance with me."
For a long time,I didn"t hear anything.Then she said,"Oh,honey,someday you"ll be
beating those boys off with a bat." Her voice was faint and cracking.I peeked out from my
covers to see tears running down her cheeks.Then I knew how much she suffered on my
behalf.She had never let me see her tears.
when she made the child peel potatoes?
B. Serious.
C. Strict.
D. Cold.
B. the speed of one"s hand movement
C. the strength and skill to hang and sway
D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar
B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.
C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.
D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.
because_____
B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt
C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars
D. they were astonished to find the author"s progress
B. the child"s experience reminded Mom of that of her own
C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph
D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child"s growth
词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空.
horsemen pass by but he didn"t ask for any help.The wait seemed __1__(end).Then came
another rider,the old man __2__(catch)his eye and said,"Sir,would you mind doing me a
favor?"
Stopping his horse,he replied,"Of course."Almost __3__(freeze),the old man could not
get __4__ the ground.The horseman helped him onto his horse.He took the old man not just
across the river,__5__ to his home.
"Sir,you didn"t even ask the other riders for help,why?What __6__ I had said "no"
and left you there?" the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eye and said,"I looked into their eyes,and I
found they didn"t care,__7__ told me it would be useless,but when I looked into __8__,
I saw kindness."
These words touched the rider deeply."Thank you for __9__ you"ve said.I hope I will
never be too busy to help others."With that,Thomas Jefferson,the __10__(three)president
of the US,turned his horse around and went away.
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