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sons becomes changed? I"ve been aware of this for some time but I"m not quite sure how to deal with it.
Take the kitchen sink for example.
Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully
cleaning the sink.
"Don"t do that; what are you doing that for?" I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.
"Mum," she said, "you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was
black!"
But it"s just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me
and then asked, "Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?"
A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say
goodbye. For a moment I thought she"d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that
perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.
Now I told her, "My hair used to be brown."
"It looks absurd."
"Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair."
"Yes, but you"re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?" she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.
But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.
She had returned home for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date.
By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2 am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a
white nightgown stopped me.
"Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?" she shouted. "Where have you been? I"ve been
worried sick!"
Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe,
after all, it"s only a stage young people are going through.
B. carelessness
C. unhappiness
D. poor-quality glasses
B. didn"t like brown eyebrow pencils
C. had an accident when she went to her first party
D. shouted at her mum because she came home late
B. Proud.
C. Envious.
D. Confused.
B. their roles changed as time passed
C. her daughter very much cared about her
D. her daughter got upset as she grew up
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She wanted to be a leading ballet dancer, but she won"t to be 1 about this.
When a ballet company came to town, she went backstage after the 2 and spoke to the ballet master,
"I want to be a great ballet dancer but I don"t know if I have the 3 at all." The master said, " 4 for me."
After a minute or two, he shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you don"t have what takes to be a 5
ballerina."
The young woman went home 6 . She threw the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them
again. 7 she got married and had children. When the kids were 8 enough, she took a part-time job 9
a cashier at a corner shop.
10 later, the same ballet company came to town. She 11 the performance and on the way out she 12
the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. She 13 him that they had spoken before. She 14
him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she was doing now. And then she
asked, "There is just one thing that really 15 me for many years. 16 could you tell me that I don"t have what
it takes to be a great ballerina?"
"Oh, I 17 looked at you when you danced. That"s what I told all of them who 18 to me," he said. "But...
but, that"s unforgivable! You have 19 my life; I could have been a great ballet dancer!" she cried. "No, no...
I don"t think so. If you have what it takes, you wouldn"t have paid any 20 to what I said," the old ballet master
said.
Well, whose fault is it anyway?
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| On a cold January morning in a Washington, DC Metro Station, a man with a violin played for about an hour. During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He stopped for a few seconds and then hurried on. Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat without stopping and continued to walk. After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away. After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his mother dragged him along hurriedly. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly. Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $ 32. When he finished playing, no one applauded. The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate(复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each. The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and people"s priorities. In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context? If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing? | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The first paragraph intends to tell us _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. the man chose a bad place for playing B. few people showed interest in music C. how busy people were that morning D. what background the story was set in | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Compared to their parents, the children seemed to _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. have more spare time B. be more easily touched by music C. be better at playing the violin D. have more music knowledge | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. We call infer from the passage that _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. none of the passers-by were fond of music B. beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places C. Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station D. in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. According to the writer, people should _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. listen to as many great musicians as possible B. try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy C. show kindness to anyone whether they"re rich or not D. notice and appreciate what"s going on in their daily life | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two people who were complete stranger to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should 1 . We were traveling down to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family. 2 we sat in the 3 first two seats in the first row of first class waiting for the plane to take off. I 4 heard one of the flight attendants (乘务员) telling 5 that there was a couple sitting in the 6 of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were on their 7 . They had 8 their flight eight months in 9 but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been able to get 10 together, and no one else on the plane was 11 to move and the bride was in 12 . I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We 13 agreed and I called the flight attendant 14 to tell her that we"d be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said "Really? Are you sure?" We said "Absolutely!" So, we 15 to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely 16 and took good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first 17 , and we both made friends with the people sitting around us, who, as it 18 didn"t know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to 19 up a forgotten item at one point during the flight and 20 that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoying champagne. It really made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start! | ||||||||||||||||||
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