We were very poor. To help support the family, Grandma would go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, and then sell them. In this way, Grandma had to spend the whole day in the mountains. After she came back from collecting a lot of wild vegetables, she had to pick them until late night. Early in the morning, my grandma would take the vegetables, walk through the mountain road, and go to the market to sell them.
I hated Grandma digging wild vegetables all day long, because as soon as I finished my homework, I had to help her pick vegetables. And this dirty work often made my fingers black. In that case, no matter how hard I washed my hands, the dirty black color couldn’t be washed away, which made me very upset. My grandma noticed I hated the black color so much; she once suggested using bleach and iron filings (漂白剂和铁屑). It worked. However, it really hurt so I refused to try them again.
One day, something unexpected happened.
“Everyone, you need to invite your parents to school. OK?” the teacher said to us, “the school requires students to bring your parents to school, mainly to discuss your school work.”
Of course it didn’t matter to other classmates, but I… Grandma was the only one who could come to school with me, Hearing what the teacher said, I sighed (叹气) helplessly, “Oh…” The worn-out clothes, the slightly hunched (弓背的) back, and the most terrible thing was the dirty black color on Grandma’s fingers!
I couldn’t tell how worried and frightened I was and I didn’t know what to do. Anyway, I didn’t want the teacher to see the color of my grandma’s fingers. I came home with an unhappy face and said hesitantly (犹豫地): “Well, Grandma, the teacher asked parents to go to school tomorrow.”
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I couldn’t help stealing a look at her hands.
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The next afternoon, a classmate told me my grandma was in the teacher’s office.
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1. Why was Mike’s brother crying?
| A．Mike didn’t let his brother play with his toys. |
| B．Mike didn’t play with his brother. |
| C．Mike didn’t give his brother’s things back. |
| A．Unselfish. | B．Unfriendly. | C．Unusual. |
| A．To make an apology. | B．To share things. | C．To be more careful. |
| A．Mother and son. | B．Father and daughter. | C．Brother and sister. |
3 . “You need to sign this,” my son Joe informed me. “What is it?” I asked. Rolling his eyes with a sense of impatience, Joe replied, “Your permission. And it’s due tomorrow!”
I learned that Joe’s sixth-grade class would be taking a field trip to the state capital. “That sounds like fun,” I said. “I’ve always wanted to go there.” “You can’t come!” Joe answered. Puzzled, I asked. “Why not?” “Because you always come on field trips!”
Of course, I always joined his class on field trips. Being a chaperone (监护人)on a field trip is one of the advantages that comes with being a mom, a vacation day in a career that offers few opportunities for a change of scenery. “You don’t want me to be a chaperone?” “Give someone else’s mom a chance,” he suggested. What was surprising was how much I minded being so impolitely removed from the short list of willing chaperones by my own son.
When Joe was in kindergarten, his class planned a pretend trip to Norway. The day before the trip, Joe woke up not feeling well.
After learning that he didn’t have a fever, I asked, “You don’t want to miss getting ready for the trip to Norway, do you?” “I guess not,” he said.
But when I picked him up at the end of the day, the teacher whispered, “Joe got a little upset today.” “What happened?” “He doesn’t want to go to Norway without you.” So that was what had been bothering my 5-year-old. He thought his class was really flying to Norway on their wooden chairs in their paper airplane. He believed those passports and tickets he and his classmates had been making were the real deal.
Preadolescence fell upon my family as my husband and I found ourselves preparing for our son’s upcoming teen years with the same trepidation as someone about to climb an ice-covered mountain wearing high heeled-shoes.
Joe needed to take a field trip without me accompanying him. And I needed to let him. I’m glad he doesn’t need me all the time.
1. What did the author really mind?| A．Taking additional responsibility as a mom. |
| B．Being asked by her son to sign a permission. |
| C．Getting refused rudely by her son as a chaperone. |
| D．Having missed the chance to visit the state capital. |
| A．The loss of his passport and ticket. | B．His going to Norway without his mom. |
| C．His realization of the fake trip to Norway. | D．The attack of a fever before the journey. |
| A．Excitement. | B．Nervousness. | C．Expectation. | D．Impatience. |
| A．Bravery never goes out of fashion. | B．No legacy is so rich as honesty. |
| C．Independence is the foundation of life. | D．Children have more need of models than critics. |
4 . When my son joined the high-school wrestling team last fall during COVID-19, my 83-year-old dad asked me to inquire if they needed an assistant coach. “He wrestled in university, ” I told the coach. I left out his
A few days before the first practice, I e-mailed the coach to tell him my son’s
At the first practice, Dad met the coach and told him he would do anything he was needed, even
In his free time, Dad borrowed Wrestling for Dummies from the library. He read up on different
COVID-19 has not allowed me to watch any of the
| A．age | B．name | C．competence | D．hobby |
| A．cousin | B．uncle | C．grandpa | D．nephew |
| A．delighted | B．confident | C．overwhelmed | D．nervous |
| A．create | B．make | C．appreciate | D．fit |
| A．unexpected | B．unfolded | C．unused | D．undoubted |
| A．reserve | B．wipe | C．produce | D．apply |
| A．wish | B．realize | C．assume | D．ensure |
| A．out | B．back | C．in | D．off |
| A．set down | B．broke up | C．turned back | D．called in |
| A．moves | B．majors | C．uniforms | D．proverbs |
| A．childhood | B．work | C．glory | D．university |
| A．courageous | B．polite | C．fun | D．optimistic |
| A．wrestlers | B．coaches | C．parents | D．witnesses |
| A．campaigns | B．matches | C．practices | D．performances |
| A．happening | B．rising | C．working | D．fading |
I feared going into my room after school. Every day it was something different. The hours away at school were long enough to cause a terrible change to my private room. Today can be no different.
As I entered the house, Mom greeted me with a smile. It seemed like nothing was wrong. Still, I wouldn’t believe. Yesterday, I discovered a chocolate cookie spread around the mouth of my angel statue. Its pink lips were covered in chocolate. Obviously, Callie had shared her cookie with my angel.
I looked around for my little sister, Callie, who had just turned three. I didn’t see her. As I checked the sitting room, I noticed it was pretty messy. There were toys all around. There were a few headless dolls, some blocks, the remains of a grape stuck into the carpet. I searched around and there she was, sitting on the sofa with the TV remote in her sticky hands. She looked up and saw me. A huge smile broke out on her face, and she laughed, clapping her hands. I was surprised that they didn’t stick together.
“Sissy (sister)!” She jumped off the sofa and ran to me, hugging my knees and almost tipping me over. “Hi, Callie,” I said, with the slightest smile. I ruffled (抚弄) her long thick hair, and some white crumbs (残渣) fell to the carpet. “Cheese, sissy”, Callie said, pointing at the crumbs that had settled onto the carpet. I found a strong smell of cheese from them. Had Callie focused on destroying only the sitting room? A voice raced across my mind. No way. Not my sister, the destroyer. Not my sister, the three-year-old terror. I turned around and started the scared climb to my room.
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I pushed the door open and saw a complete mess again!
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Seeing the tears in her eyes, I bent down and lifted her up gently.
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6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the relationship between the speakers?| A．Friends. | B．Neighbors. | C．Relatives. |
| A．Borrow something from the man. |
| B．Lend a brush to the man. |
| C．Help the man paint his kitchen. |
| A．Blue. | B．Green. | C．Yellow. |
| A．She is an engineer. | B．She is a musician. | C．She is a university student. |
8 . James Rilling of Emory University in Atlanta published the study in The Royal Society in November,2021. His team surveyed 50 grandmothers each with one biological grandchild be-tween 3 and 12 years old and one of their own child. They also measured the brain function as the participants viewed pictures of their grandchild and the same-sex parent of the grandchild. Researchers found that grandmothers viewing their grandchild’s pictures activated parts of the brain that involved emotional empathy(共鸣)and movement.
In contrast, the study also found that when grandmothers viewed images of their adult child, they showed stronger activation in an area of the brain associated with cognitive(认知的)empathy. That indicates they may be trying to cognitively understand what their adult child is thinking or feeling and why, but not as much from the emotional side. Compared with results from an earlier study by the Rilling lab of fathers viewing photos of their children, results showed that grandmothers activated more parts of the brain that involved emotional empathy and motivation.
“That suggests that grandmothers tend to feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them,” Rilling said. “If their grandchild is smiling, they’re feeling the child’s joy. And if their grandchild is crying, they’re feeling the child’s pain and sorrow.” In many societies, grandmothers are important caregivers, and their investment is often associated with improving their grandchildren’s well-being.
It’s part of the reason why the US celebrates Grandparents’ Day each year on the first Sunday after Labor Day in September. The announcement was signed in 1978. “Because grandparents are usually free to love, guide and befriend the young without having to take the daily responsibility for them. They can reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations,” the announcement read.
1. How many generations were there at least in the participants’ families?| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．Their cognitive abilities. | B．Their emotional interaction. |
| C．Their respective preferences. | D．Their important characteristics. |
| A．The fear of grandparents. | B．Grandparents’ Day activities. |
| C．Grandparents’ responsibilities. | D．The origin of Grandparents’ Day. |
| A．Grandmothers Are More Likely to Be Emotional |
| B．Grandmothers Empathize with Their Own Children |
| C．Grandmothers Hold Deep Bond with Grandchildren |
| D．Grandmothers Have Generation Gaps with Grandchildren |
When my husband Randy died in late fall, deciding what to do with his garden was way down on the list of necessary tasks. During the first few months, I cried with our daughters, planned a memorial, cried with my family, celebrated a quiet Thanksgiving, and panicked over not having bought Christmas presents.
As the calendar turned to a new year, the often rainy days and long nights deepened my sorrow. I found myself exhausted at the end of February, both physically and mentally.
Then the daffodils bloomed (开花) in the garden.
Years before, Randy had planted dozens of these lemon-yellow flowers. To him, they served as a reminder of hope, a promise that light and warmth would soon replace cold and dark. Looking at those dauffodils, I thought about how Randy had considered our garden a living work of art, carefully choosing plants so we’d see new blooms every month.
Then I noticed all the weeds that had taken root and spread everywhere. The neglect (疏于打理) showed, for Randy’s illness had lasted a couple of years, a time when he didn’t have energy for yard work the way he had before.
Faced with the neglected garden, I felt overwhelmed in the beginning. My daughters suggested I hire a service to clean everything up. I didn’t respond.
Every time I sat in the garden alone, the memories of the lively garden came flooding, like the numerous scenes in an unforgettable film. Many days Randy came home from work, changed into old clothes, and headed out the door to mow or prune (修剪). Orange dragonflies followed him around the yard as he worked. Honeybees buzzed among the flowers, birds sang beautiful songs, and gentle breezes carried the sweet smell of dirt. No matter how cold or wet it was, the fresh air and physical activity made him energized and refreshed. For Randy, the work was quiet and comforting, which was a relief, as well as a pleasure.
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The days grew warmer and lighter, and I started the work myself.
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Weeks later, my daughters returned to visit me.
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