Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.
The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬乱). His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.
The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings (版画) by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.
In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr. Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the boy back to Philadelphia for a visit.
In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape (风景) painting. William Williams, a well-known painter, came to see him work. Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student. But he later said, “Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.” While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．Benjamin’s visit to Philadelphia. |
| B．Williams’ influence on Benjamin. |
| C．The beginning of Benjamin’s life as an artist. |
| D．The friendship between Benjamin and Pennington. |
| A．The cat would be closely watched. | B．The cat would get some medical care. |
| C．Benjamin would leave his home shortly. | D．Benjamin would have real brushes soon. |
| A．He took him to see painting exhibitions. | B．He provided him with painting materials. |
| C．He sent him to a school in Philadelphia. | D．He taught him how to make engravings. |
| A．Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to master the use of paints. |
| B．Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to appreciate landscape paintings. |
| C．Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to get to know other painters. |
| D．Williams’ two books helped Benjamin to make up his mind to be a painter. |
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【推荐1】On a cold morning, my husband Prem and I drove off Pangong Lake with four other tourists, all much younger than the two of us. The wet road slowed us down. Halfway through our journey, we had to stop behind a long line of cars.
“The road ahead is blocked with snow,” said Norbu, our driver. “Even if we get to the lake, we can’t drive back in the dark—it gets too misty(模糊的). We may have to spend the night there.” We were unprepared for this—no extra warm clothes, and the risk of altitude(高地) sickness made me worry. I suggested we turn back, but the others didn’t agree. So Prem stepped out hoping to get a free ride in one of the cars turning back. They were all full, but while he was out, Prem stepped deep into fresh snow, which filled his sports shoes and made his socks all wet. Back in our tourist car, his feet hurt and we were afraid of frostbite(冻疮) setting in. Determined to get a ride, I stepped out this time. One car with enough room passed by, but didn't stop. Then a car with just the driver and a passenger took us in after I told them that my husband needed help.
As we drove along, the man named Ali in the passenger seat ordered Prem to remove his shoes and socks. Covering his cold, wet feet with a spare jacket, he bent down and started moving his hands over the surface of my husband’s feet. “Please, I’ll do it,” I insisted, but he continued and kept on doing that for about 20 minutes until he was sure Prem’s feet were warm again.
As we neared his home, Ali invited us to “whatever simple lunch was cooked.” When we refused, he asked the driver to drop us wherever we needed to go. Long before that, Prem’s feet were back to normal, thanks to a man’s loving heart and caring hands.
1. We can learn from the passage that the author___________.| A．prepared extra warm clothes | B．travelled to a lake as a guide |
| C．went camping at Pangong Lake | D．planned to have a one-day tour to a lake |
| A．They couldn’t get a free ride. | B．Frostbite might hurt Prem’s feet. |
| C．Snow might get Prem’s socks wet. | D．They were suffering altitude sickness. |
| A．Because he prepared to help Prem. | B．Because Prem might get his car dirty. |
| C．Because Prem could relax without them. | D．Because he wanted to clean them for Prem. |
| A．The Unusual Ride | B．The Mean Stranger |
| C．The Caring Hands | D．The Failed Touring |
【推荐2】One night,after dinner,an argument broke out between my parents again. I felt greatly depressed about it. However,I had no idea who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend’s house. Though I knew I wouldn’t tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to getting out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.
I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I’d stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, “Great opportunity.”
“What is?” I asked.
“To talk, you and I,” he said. “To hold a private little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we’re going to do with ourselves now that we’re in the situation we are in.”
“But we can’t do anything about it, Grandpa,” I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same“boat”as I was.
And that’s how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting there in the dark, we talked about our feeling and fears of life---from how fast things change, to how they sometimes don’t change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be.
Suddenly, the lights all came back on.“Well,” he said, “I guess that means you’ll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!”
1. From the first paragraph,we can know that________.| A．The author’s parents always lived in harmony. |
| B．The author didn’t care about the quarrel between his father and mother. |
| C．In the author’s neighborhood,the power constantly went out. |
| D．The author’s parents’ argument impacted greatly on his feelings. |
| A．I was angry about my parents’ quarrel |
| B．I found nobody to share my feelings with |
| C．I wanted to escape from the dark house |
| D．I planned to tell my friend about my trouble |
| A．he could discuss the problem with me | B．he had not seen me for a long time |
| C．he was afraid of darkness | D．he felt quite lonely |
| A．The grandchild was eager to leave. | B．They would have more chats. |
| C．The lights would go out again. | D．It would no longer be dark. |
【推荐3】Nikki Santiago paused on the steps of the San Francisco Unified School District’s headquarters in early June, fumbling for her notes, before taking the microphone. In front of her, a small crowd of parents and young children held colorful handmade signs that read “ Save Filipino Language Program at Longfellow”.
“This program has really helped my child blossom into the person that she is,” Santiago told the crowd, referring to her older daughter, who had just graduated from the program. “She used to be very, very reserved and now she’s a proud Filipino,” Santiago added. “And that is really important for an immigrant like me — to be able to represent my Filipinoness outside my country and be proud and stand tall in a city that eats us up in the United States.”
A few weeks earlier, the families here had learned the district was planning to scale down the Filipino language program at Longfellow Elementary School by combining its kindergarten and first-grade classes, reducing the number of spots available by roughly half. Located in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood, the school hosts a large Filipino student body. Its full-day language program is one of just a handful of programs throughout the country offering an elementary school-level ethnic studies curriculum.
Santiago emigrated here from the Philippines when she was 18. She says growing up as a first-generation immigrant without the validation (认可) of her culture affected her self-confidence and made it harder for her to succeed. The language program, she says, offers that validation, while also helping to strengthen the bond between children and their Filipino-born parents.
And it’s not just Filipino students who benefit from the program, says Laurie Hughes, whose two grandsons attend the same program. “What my grandsons have learned totally makes sense for ethnic studies and high school. None of their background is Filipino. It doesn’t make any difference. They’re learning this amazing language and culture and history that is part of San Francisco in the district.”
1. What did Santiago’s words in paragraph 2 suggest?| A．Her daughter has become very successful. |
| B．She lost cultural confidence in a new country. |
| C．Immigrants lead a poor life in other countries. |
| D．She wants her daughter to be more ambitious. |
| A．Continue. | B．Launch. | C．End. | D．Shrink. |
| A．No diploma. | B．No green card. |
| C．Lack of cultural identity. | D．Going to the U.S. too early. |
| A．It is significant for spreading ethnic culture. |
| B．She likes to learn a new language. |
| C．She wants her grandsons to be Filipinos one day. |
| D．Her grandsons want to get good marks. |
【推荐1】Phillis Wheatley was born in Gambia (in Africa) on May 8, 1753 and died in Boston on December 5,1784. When she was seven or eight, she was sold as a slave to John and Susanna Wheatley of Boston. She was named after the ship that brought her to America, The Phillis. The family supposed the girl—who was “suffering from a change of climate”, with “no other covering than a dirty carpet”—to be “about seven years old...from the circumstances of shedding (使脱落) her front teeth”.
Phillis was very intelligent. The Wheatley family taught her to read and write, and encouraged her to write poetry. Her first poem On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin was published when she was only twelve. In 1770, An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of That Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned George Whitefield made her famous. It was published in Boston, Newport, and Philadelphia.
When she was eighteen, Phillis and Mrs Wheatley tried to sell a collection containing twenty-eight of Phillis’ poems. Colonists (殖民者) did not want to buy poetry written by an African. Mrs Wheatley wrote to England to ask Countess(女伯爵) of Huntingdon for help. The countess was a wealthy supporter of the abolition (废除) of slavery. Phillis had Poems on various subjects, religious and moral published in England in 1773. This book made Phillis famous in England and the thirteen colonies. She wrote a poem for George Washington in 1775, and he praised her work. They met in 1776. Phillis supported independence for the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
After her master died, Phillis was freed. She married John Peters, a free black man, in 1778. She and her husband lost two children. John was put into prison for debt in 1784. Phillis and her remaining child died in December of 1784 and were buried in an unmarked grave.
Phillis was the first African American and the first slave in the United States to publish a book. She was the first African American woman to earn a living from her writing. Phillis’ poetry proved the abolitionists’ idea that blacks could be artistic and intellectual. Her achievements were used to support a growing antislavery movement.
1. The Wheatley family guessed the age of Phillis by ______.| A．her weight | B．her clothes |
| C．her skin color | D．the condition of her teeth |
| A．lived on writing poems |
| B．helped Phillis get her writings published |
| C．supported independence for the colonies |
| D．felt surprised that Phillis could read and write |
| A．Phillis was only 18 years old when her first poem was published. |
| B．Phillis ’ first attempt at selling her poetry in America was illegal. |
| C．Phillis ’ husband was put into prison for debt in 1778. |
| D．Phillis finally became free after her master died. |
| A．marriage | B．achievements |
| C．sufferings as a slave | D．fight against slavery |
As I pulled to a stop, I noticed four leatherjacketed bikers. They were standing in the middle of the road with two on either side of the light. They looked rough and dangerous, but as I got closer I noticed each one was holding their helmet(头盔) in their hands. I rolled down my window as one came up to my car. “We are the Brother of the Wheel，” he said. “We are collecting money for Christmas Toy Drive for needy children.” As I pulled a dollar out of my wallet I looked past his beard and into his eyes. They shined with goodness and kindness that came right from his soul. I dropped the money in his helmet and waved to the other bikers as I drove off. My good mood had returned. My faith in mankind had been bolstered. And I remembered once again never to judge people by their appearance.
Our society often judges books by their covers but God reads what is written in our hearts and souls. Perhaps one day we will all learn to see the world through the same eyes. Perhaps one day we will realize that looks matter little and actions matter much.
1. What were the four bikers doing at the traffic lights?
| A．Having a bicycle race in the street. |
| B．Selling helmets to the passersby. |
| C．Preparing for Christmas holidays. |
| D．Raising money to help kids in need. |
| A．Destroyed | B．Exploded |
| C．Improved | D．Reduced |
| A．judge others by their actions |
| B．have faith in young people |
| C．change our attitude to society |
| D．manage to help others in need |
【推荐3】The marathon runner, born in 1984 in Kenya, has succeeded in running a 42 - kilometer marathon in under two hours, which was considered physically impossible. He made the breakthrough in 2019. Now he has won the most male World Marathon Major races, nine in total.
Kipchoge loved running during his childhood. He ran to school, covering 3.2 km every day. Kipchoge also cycled to the local market, taking several gallons of milk that his family would sell. When he was a teenager, thanks to his neighbor and former Olympic athlete, Sang, Kipchoge took on professional(专业的)running. Sang became his coach and lifelong friend. With the help of Sang, Kipchoge’s training became more and more effective.
Kipchoge has talent. But he is also a “true believer” fighting against himself, always ready to push his own limits. In 2016, at the Rio Olympics, Kipchoge won the gold medal for the marathon with a time of 2:08:44. Only two years later, in 2018, he finished the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:39. The result was not just the fastest Berlin marathon run in history, but also the fastest marathon ever run at the time.
Still, Kipchoge didn’t stop. He believed he could go on challenging where no other human had succeeded. At the age of 35, with good preparations, he finished the race in 1:59:40.20, breaking the two -hour limit. He set the new record and proved to the world that no human is limited.
Though Kipchoge has won so much, he didn’t stop running. In 2021, he won the gold medal for Tokyo Olympics male marathon with a time of 2:08:38 and in 2022, the Berlin Marathon 2:01:09.
Apart from his talent as well as working hard, his shoes are also helpful during his running.It is a pair of special ones with a special kind of foam(海绵式橡胶). They can take in runners’ energy when their feet touch the ground and then return part of the energy to the runners, which helps Kipchoge run faster.
Nothing is impossible. Kipchoge proves that the saying is true.
1. What helped Kipchoge start professional training?| A．He got support from his family. |
| B．He ran 3.2 km to school every day. |
| C．He became the student of an Olympic athlete. |
| D．He went cycling to the local market to sell milk. |
| A．To show science technology helps sports. |
| B．To prove success is based on hard work only. |
| C．To explain energy can stay in the shoes for a long time. |
| D．To recommend more marathon runners buy this kind of shoes. |
| A．Shy and energetic. | B．Friendly and creative. |
| C．Outgoing and humorous. | D．Talented and hardworking. |
| A．A sports magazine. | B．A science lecture. |
| C．A health website. | D．A travel diary. |
【推荐1】If you think about World Heritage Sites(世界遗产),you probably think of places connected with ancient art and culture, historical buildings. And of course, many of these are on the World Heritage List (WHL). But the WHL contains a lot of sites that are not so obvious. Let’s look at a few of them.
Robben Island in South Africa
This island was used through the centuries as a prison, a hospital and a military base. But it’s probably most famous as a maximum security prison for political prisoners in the twentieth century. Nelson Mandela was one of its most famous residents. The WHL says it represents “the victory of democracy (民主)and freedom over oppression and racism (种族主义).”
Borders of France and Spain
This is an area of great natural beauty and the mountains have many interesting geological formations（地质构造）. But it is also an area of small farms. People there still use a type of agriculture that used to be common in mountainous areas of Europe but has almost completely disappeared in modern times.
The city of Brasilia, Brazil
Brasilia is a capital city that was created from nothing in 1956. The WHL calls it “a landmark in the history of town planning”. The different areas of the city and the buildings themselves were all designed at the same time carefully. Every part of the city shows the ideas of the planner and architect.
Simien National Park, Ethiopia
Simien National Park was one of the first sites to be listed in 1978. It is one of the highest mountain areas in Africa, and the WHL calls it “one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world”. It is also important for its wildlife. The population of some rare animals is getting smaller and smaller.
1. Why does the writer write this passage?| A．To describe the remains of ancient cultures on the WHL. |
| B．To introduce the famous heritage sites on the WHL. |
| C．To talk about places of artistic or cultural importance. |
| D．To introduce some of the not so obvious sites on the WHL. |
| A．For the type of agriculture. |
| B．For its political symbol. |
| C．For the interesting geological formations. |
| D．For the great natural beauty. |
| A．Simien National Park, Ethiopia | B．The city of Brasilia, Brazil |
| C．Borders of France and Spain | D．Robben Island in South Africa |
【推荐2】Every time you use a tea bag, you could be absorbing billions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles (纳米塑料颗粒). That's the conclusion of researchers at McGill University in Montreal.
The research centred on four different types of tea bags, of the kind recently preferred by some premium (优质的) brands. Having been emptied of the tea itself, the bags were placed in water heated to 95℃.
Researchers were surprised to find each bag released around 11.6 billion microplastics and a further 3.1 billion even smaller nanoplastics. These levels were, says the report, “thousands of times higher than plastic amounts previously reported in other foods.”
The researchers believe that the tea bags send so many microplastics because they are heated close to boiling point. And the researchers exposed water fleas (水蚤) to water containing varying concentrations of microplatics. While the animals did not die, they did display some abnormalities (畸形) that could suggest the microplastics were having a toxic (毒的) effect on them.
“To date, the health effects of consuming microplastics to humans are still unknown, while the effects observed in the present study and in other animals gave an early warning,” the researchers conclude in their study. “One of the main potential human exposure pathways of microplastics is likely via ingestion, and particle uptake may occur in the digestive tract. Once inside the digestive tract, cellular uptake (细胞吞噬) and subcellular translocation (亚细胞移位) or localization of the ingested particles may occur.”
1. What can we learn from paragraph 1?| A．Drinking tea is unhealthy for you. |
| B．Using tea bags probably takes in plastic grains. |
| C．People should often change the tea bags. |
| D．A tea bag is made up of microplastics and nanoplastic particles. |
| A．The hot water can reduce more plastic particles. |
| B．The tea bags contain higher amount of plastics than everything. |
| C．The plastic particles exist in many other foods too. |
| D．The food industry has been greatly polluted now. |
| A．They were poisoned by plastics. |
| B．They were not used to being exposed to hot water. |
| C．The water was heated close to boiling point. |
| D．They were put into different teas. |
| A．To introduce the study of microplastic and nanoplastic. |
| B．To tell us the contents of tea bags. |
| C．To explain the latest findings in plastic. |
| D．To inform us of the potential danger of using tea bags. |
【推荐3】Which of the following books should you read? It is based on your next travel destination.
As you're traveling around Amsterdam , read “The Fault in Our Stars
Previously adapted into a film in 2014 , John Green's story of star-crossed teenagers famously includes a trip to Amsterdam. The Anne Frank House and The Rijksmuseum are two of many major destinations mentioned in the book. Plus, the bench from the film adaptation of this novel has even become its own tourist spot.
“The Elegance of the Hedgehog” is excellent reading for a trip to Paris.
Before wandering down the Champs-lysees, open Muriel Barbery's novel for a delightful look into the lives of wealthy Parisians. Set in a French apartment building, the story follows two totally different people who discover they are kindred souls.
Bring “One Hundred Years of Solitude" to read in South America.
A significant work of literature, Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez’s classic follows generations of the Buendia family as they live in their South-American town. Garcia Marquez's descriptions make the book a perfect read for visiting some of the breathtaking sights of South America.
“Call Me by Your Name” should perhaps be read in the summertime , in Italy .
This novel is said to take place in the Northern-Italian seaside region of Liguria. And if you've seen the 2017 coming -of-age film adaptation of the book, you'll already know the story describes beautiful summers in Northern Italy, complete with seaside encounters and lush greenery.
If you're visiting New York City, enter the mind of Holden Caulfield.
“The Catcher in the Rye” is a classic tale of a lost teenager's unplanned trip to New York City. In the JD-Salinger novel, Holden visits a nightclub in the East Village, goes ice skating in Rockefeller Center , and takes his sister to the Central Park Zoo.
1. What will you learn if you read “The Elegance of the Hedgehog"?| A．Amsterdam Bench. | B．Parisians' life. |
| C．Italian Summer Sights. | D．Night clubs in New York. |
| A．The Fault in Our Stars & Call Me by Your Name. |
| B．The Elegance of the Hedgehog & One hundred Years of Solitude. |
| C．One hundred Years of Solitude & The Catcher in the Rye. |
| D．The Catcher in the Rye & Call Me by Your Name. |
| A．The Elegance of the Hedgehog. | B．One Hundred Years of Solitude. |
| C．The Catcher in the Rye. | D．Call Me by Your Name. |
【推荐1】The following sad but true tale concerns my great-uncle, a wonderful, jolly, beloved man who was over six feet four and probably weighed close to three hundred pounds. He was also well-educated and in the early 1900s became a full-time Baptist minister. A kindly, gentle man despite his size, Uncle Alden Bentley’s only real fault seemed to be that he was terribly clumsy. As a young minister, he was paying a pastoral call one day on a woman in Dillon, South Carolina, when he accidentally sat on her Chihuahua, Twinkle, and killed it. As the lady searched for and called for her dog throughout the house, Uncle Alden felt underneath his hip and, realizing what he had done, panicked and slipped the dead dog into his coat pocket. Although he was devastated, he could not bring himself to tell the woman what had happened.
Five years later, he returned to the same home for an overnight visit and resolved to unburden himself by finally telling the woman exactly what had happened to Twinkie. She had just had the guest room prepared and had hung brand-new curtains. To make Uncle feel welcome, she had placed on the bedside table a large pitcher of ice water and a glass, as well as a pen and a bottle of ink, so he could work on his sermon before retiring.
Uncle liked to sleep with the window open and got up in the night to open it. As he did, he knocked over what he assumed to be a full glass of water. Then, groping along the walls in an unsuccessful search for the light switch, he retraced his steps several times before raising the window and settling back on the bed for the night. When he opened his eyes the next morning, he was horrified. The fresh wallpaper on two walls was covered with great black stains. The crisp white curtains were thoroughly spoiled with the prints of Uncle's huge paws. It had not been the water glass he'd overturned during the night-it had been the ink bottle.
In a shaken state of mind and knowing he must face the hostess, Uncle dressed hurriedly and started down the stairs outside the guest room. As he approached the landing, his foot slipped.
"Are you hurt?" His hostess cried as she rushed to Uncle's side.
"No," said Uncle as he rose to his feet, "but I have devastated your home." With that he quickly walked out the front door and, at the end of the walk, turned and said to his hostess with deep respect, "Twinkie had a Christian burial."
He then retired from the ministry and became a teacher of philosophy for many years at a private preparatory school in Massachusetts.
1. What was the job of Uncle Alden when he was visiting the lady’s home?| A．A government official. | B．A teacher. |
| C．A house agent. | D．A churchman. |
| A．giving up work | B．pulling back |
| C．going away | D．going to bed |
| A．He suffered from a guilty conscience after the first visit to the lady’s home. |
| B．His rudeness led to a mess of the guest room during the second visit to the lady’s home. |
| C．He kept the death of Twinkie as a secret from the hostess all through the two visits. |
| D．His visits to the lady’s home always ended with rage and fury. |
| A．Sympathetic | B．Critical |
| C．Humorous | D．Indifferent |
【推荐2】How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, and refuse to make eye contact with others. We just read, chat with others online 05; play: games online. Or maybe we're using the time between stops to do our makeup, catch up on email, on read a few chapters of a book. However, Dina Alfasi takes a very different approach.
Each day she has to travel hours on buses and trains to get to her engineering job ata hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have connection: with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public transport every day that she is taking. The photographs catch those quiet and personal moments of people readying themselves for the day ahead. Some people lean (倚靠) their head against the window and go to sleep, some stare into space and have a daydream, and others sit quietly to read their documents or books. Each picture catches one tiny moment in people's lives, ripe with potential for your imagination. It is wonderful for her to look at someone's commute (上下班) and make up an entire story about the rest of their daily existence, from the father travelling with a baby to the woman Welcoming a change.
“What inspires me very much are the little moments that happen every day,” Dina told My Modern Met. “My work is to tell stories through a single portrait, and it proves that all you need is just to look around and find those magic moments.”
1. What will most people do when going to work?| A．Enjoy reading a book loudly. | B．Make eye contact with others. |
| C．Have face-to-face talks with others. | D．Concentrate on their mobile phones. |
| A．Staring into the space and having a daydream. |
| B．Leaning against the window and relaxing herself. |
| C．Using her mobile phone to appreciate pictures she draws. |
| D．Drawing people while travelling on buses and trains to work. |
| A．Cool. | B．Careful. |
| C．Generous. | D．sympathetic. |
| A．Little moments make Dina special. |
| B．Cell phone is used to take special portraits. |
| C．Dina takes portraits of others when commuting. |
| D．People go to work with different ways to kill time. |
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards．They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you．Yet as I selected and read，it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you．
You'll soon be 84 years old，Dad，and you and I will have had 55 Father's Days together．I haven't always been with you on Father's Day but I've always been with you in my heart．
You know，Dad，there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap．You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other．
The Father Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not．The police officer who sent me home，after you reported the Chevy stolen，didn't have much tolerance for a stub¬born 16 year old，while you were so tolerant about it，Dad，and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life．
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked，and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left．Somewhere along the line，the generation gap disappeared． I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together，rather like a fine wine．
But the strangest thing happened last week．I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car．It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car．It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere．Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day．
I guess what I'm trying to say，Dad，is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today．Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking．It's about loving someone more than words can say，and it's wishing that never had to end．
I love you，Dad．
Love,
Jenny
1. How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police？
| A．Disappointed |
| B．Nervous |
| C．Guilty |
| D．Frightened |
| A．kept in touch by writing each other |
| B．are separated due to the generation gap |
| C．have been getting along very well |
| D．had a hard time understanding each other |
| A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car． |
| B．She had never realized his being old and weak． |
| C．She didn't expect to meet with him there． |
| D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before． |
| A．tell him about their conflicts |
| B．say sorry for her being stubborn |
| C．express her gratitude to him |
| D．remind him of the early incident |
