Everybody wants a healthy relationship with their dad. When your dad is happy with you, you’ll get the best treatment from him and most likely be happy too. It can be difficult to please your dad but it’s important to do so for a healthy family. By focusing on the way you interact with your dad, you can achieve a happy family relationship.
It can be difficult to spend time with your dad, especially during school days as your schedule is busy and your dad is at work. Making that extra effort to spend time with him and share your opinions and thoughts will strengthen the bond between you.
Take time to ask your dad about his youth, his dreams, his career, and his favourite memories. These are stories to cherish as you grow older. They might also help you understand his values.
Consider asking your dad for advice on school work or friendships or matters of finance (经济) if you have or are seeking a job. This will show him his opinion matters. Even if your dad doesn’t have experience with a certain situation, he can still give you advice on how to approach it or where you can best learn how to approach it.
Show affection (关爱).
Show your dad that you love him. Speak to him in caring words, in a warm tone of voice, or show him affection through hugs and kisses. Some dads don’t like being too affectionate and even you might find it strange to be physically affectionate. Know that caring human touch is a basic need.
A. Spend time with him
B. Ask him for advice
C. Show respect for him
D. Learn about his life
1. What is the speaker doing?
| A．Writing a note. | B．Giving a speech. | C．Leaving a message. |
| A．To visit David’s family. | B．To attend a meeting. | C．To spend his holiday. |
| A．The speaker’s daughter. | B．The speaker’s wife. | C．David’s wife. |
| A．By air | B．By train | C．By bus |
| A．When he reaches Italy. |
| B．When he arrives at the airport. |
| C．When he is in the restaurant up in the hills. |
3 . When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring. I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this-working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead, he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We'll go to the toy factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around. ” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home. ”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It's terrible, ”I replied.
“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
1. The writer lived in __________ when she was a teenager.| A．Japan | B．Russia | C．China | D．England |
| A．more terrible | B．more colorful | C．busier | D．more boring |
| A．decided to work there | B．wanted to get married |
| C．changed her romantic idea | D．argued with her father |
| A．The writer studied languages after she went into the college. |
| B．The writer now works at the United Nations. |
| C．The writer's father used a special way to let his daughter go back to school. |
| D．The writer's father is proud because his daughter married a good man. |
Leo had gone nowhere during his two-week vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel alone. He used to take vacations with Max, his younger brother, but they had a big argument at the end of their last vacation. Each of them had spent the last two months waiting for the other to apologize.
Leo did not feel good about being distant with his favorite brother. But he was not going to ask for forgiveness when, in his mind, he just broke Max’s cup by accident, but it was not a big deal at all. So Leo's summer vacation was spent in his own "back yard". As usual, he cleaned up his apartment , put away his books, trying to make his life busy and full.
However, he did do one thing new and different alone. He went to a new coffee shop at the corner. It served delicious coffee at reasonable prices, and the staff were quite friendly.
The vacation seemed endless. He always sat at a coffee table outside by himself and read the free daily paper. Each day he was there, reading most of the newspaper articles and drinking his coffee black with the question crossing his mind again and again: What was Max doing?
Leo was unhappy. Between articles, he took breaks by watching the nearby traffic and pedestrians(行人). The coffee shop was next to a huge park, the favorite place for both Max and him where they even spent a whole summer vacation battling for the same soccer team. They were champion of the town! The coffee shop, with its excellent location and coffee, had helped make his vacation a pleasant one. If his brother should be there to join him just one day, his vacation would be perfect, he imagined.
One morning, accidentally knowing from mom the cup he broke was a gift from their late grandma, Leo was deeply sorry. He tried to break the ice and smiled to Max at the breakfast table but got no response. Leo was still unhappy.
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5 . My husband is more a kid at heart. He insists we find gifts for the grandkids while on a trip to Savannah.
I can be a kid at heart, too, but I also can be a mathematician — and even cheap, ugly gifts add up quickly when you have 11 grandkids.
Children like gifts and they want them. So we are digging through piles of cheap key fobs (钥匙链), plastic sun hats, chocolate treats that will melt in the heat, and funny T-shirts, finding nothing.
We go with two hats for the boys but are still empty-handed for the nine girls. Then I spot small bracelets (手链) in a rainbow of colors. He turns one over a couple of times and says, “Nice.”
The bracelets are made of small balls shaped like starfish and turtles. They all look like rock candy, which can be eaten and was popular when we were kids. We buy nine and make a mental note: tell the girls not to eat them.
As the clerk wraps the bracelets, I remember a gift I had as a girl. Once we could choose one thing in a shop to remember our trip. What I selected was a blue plastic soapbox with the lid (盖子) and topped with a pink flamingo (火烈鸟). It was cheap and tacky (俗气的) and I believed it was the loveliest thing a girl could own. It was too beautiful to put soap inside, so it sat in a dresser drawer year after year, slowly aging, yellowing, as a reminder of a family trip long ago.
The girls are married and have families of their own, and those gifts are still in the dresser drawers in their old bedrooms, but I have came to realize that every gift may have its worth and value, saying we are together even though we were apart. That’s always a good deal.
1. Why did the author say she was a mathematician?| A．Because their family was not rich enough to buy gifts. |
| B．Because she was good at choosing gifts for kids. |
| C．Because she ever studied mathematics in university. |
| D．Because she found it expensive to buy 11 gifts. |
| A．Shiny and costly. | B．Foreign and attractive. |
| C．Beautiful and ordinary. | D．Useful and cheap. |
| A．The great family memories. | B．The experience in giving gifts. |
| C．The best gift she ever had. | D．The trip when she fell in love. |
| A．Good reminders of our life. | B．How to choose gifts for kids. |
| C．The meaning of a gift. | D．What to expect on a family trip. |
6 . When I was a primary school student, I didn’t like doing housework at all. I thought I was a little child and that I just needed to study hard to get good grades. So I didn’t do any
One day, my mother
Doing housework was more difficult than I had expected. I began to understand that life was not
Now I realize that doing housework can not only reduce our parents’ burden (负担)
| A．shopping | B．reading | C．housework | D．sports |
| A．came | B．touched | C．made | D．forgot |
| A．happily | B．bravely | C．easily | D．angrily |
| A．dreams | B．news | C．words | D．jokes |
| A．terrible | B．easy | C．popular | D．difficult |
| A．into | B．over | C．about | D．from |
| A．bought | B．sold | C．washed | D．enjoyed |
| A．parents | B．friends | C．teachers | D．classmates |
| A．you | B．me | C．him | D．her |
| A．or | B．so | C．for | D．but |
One day Mary was busy
8 . How to Bring Family Closer
Strong family bonds (纽带) can encourage better behaviors in children and teach them how to be a good friend.
Set aside time for family.
Eat meals together. Choose a few nights during the week when you expect everyone to gather around the dinner table. Studies have shown that eating meals together has a positive effect on children’s physical and mental well-being.
Encourage support. Feeling supported by your family is one of the most important things in building strong family bonds. Bonds like these will last your kids a lifetime. They will enjoy these strong bonds when they are your age and even after you are gone.
| A．Do housework as a family. |
| B．Try to set aside a regular day every week. |
| C．That’s why you create a sense of support. |
| D．As a result, never feel bad about taking a break. |
| E．Remember that your children learn by example. |
| F．Just eat a meal and have a conversation together. |
| G．Here are some tips to help bring your family closer. |
9 . It is properly said that one can share any secret with a true friend. He may know your deepest
There is a period in life when one starts having a personal field in life and parents are kept from it. It is because there are certain things that they
It is a general belief that only girls share secrets. However, boys have their own secrets that they discuss with only their closest friends. The secret talks can be about relationships,
Sharing secrets with a friend is not just fun, but it also helps to
| A．fears | B．happiness | C．strengths | D．peace |
| A．saying | B．sharing | C．keeping | D．staying |
| A．start | B．end | C．continue | D．pause |
| A．dislike | B．hate | C．misunderstand | D．understand |
| A．dinners | B．films | C．trips | D．fights |
| A．imagined | B．supposed | C．believed | D．required |
| A．introduced | B．devoted | C．limited | D．assessed |
| A．develop | B．make | C．cause | D．damage |
| A．kind-hearted | B．trustworthy | C．humorous | D．helpful |
| A．symbol | B．test | C．exam | D．sign |
10 . Sugar Goldtree was my Grandma. I loved her. Everyone called my grandma “Sugar”. Every time I heard it, I would smile a huge smile.Grandma Sugar had a small house with a large garden. She worked all year long preparing that garden. She would always tidy the garden carefully. She would till the soil until it was like fine sand.
Grandma Sugar would tell me that if we plant the corn in one place this year, then the next year we would need to plant it in another spot. She would always say,“Fill your garden with flowers, The bees will buzz (嗡嗡地飞) around your head when you are picking those nice little cucumbers (黄瓜). After all, they helped to make our plants so beautiful.”
“We are about ready to plant some sunflowers,” Grandma Sugar said, handing me a packet of seeds. I carefully placed the seeds in rows, and covered them with soil, stepping on top of the soil to pack it down. Grandma Sugar sat at the edge of the garden making signs to put at the end of each row, with a date on it. Each year we would keep those signs in a book with photos of me and Grandma Sugar in our garden.
Grandma Sugar had a whole basket of seeds to plant. One by one,we planted rows of corn, beans, cucumbers, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. In the middle of summer, I would run down to the garden with a basket. Grandma Sugar would yell (大赋),“Pick a salad from the bed, little sugar!”
Growing up in the garden was wonderful. I remember Grandma Sugar and her garden. I learned a lot of lessons in that garden.
1. Why did people call Grandma“Sugar”?| A．Because she liked sweet things. |
| B．Because she was kind and helpful. |
| C．Because her garden was attractive. |
| D．Because her name went that way. |
| A．She fed bees around the corn. |
| B．She planted the corn with flowers. |
| C．She planted the corn every two years. |
| D．She changed the corn spot every year. |
| A．Dig up. | B．Look for. | C．Give up. | D．Take away. |
| A．She didn’t like bees buzzing. |
| B．She knew much about gardening. |
| C．She preferred vegetables to flowers. |
| D．She was strict with her grandchildren. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Challenging. | C．Memorable. | D．Encouraging. |
