Have you ever felt the need to grab a pen and start writing your thoughts on a piece of paper? Tom had always been a lover of stories, and of words that come together to create vivid imagery (意象). He would spend hours writing down his thoughts and ideas, crafting worlds and people with his pen and paper.
But when it came to his parents, they didn’t believe how much he enjoyed writing. In fact, they discouraged him, telling him that he should focus on more practical career fields like becoming a lawyer.
The annual writing competition arrived once again, which was a time to show creative writing as well as the vivid imagination of students. Although Tom had a burning passion for writing, he had always hesitated to enter the race. He was worried that his parents would disapprove of him spending so much time writing, leading him to miss the competition in previous years. But this time, he decided to take a chance and see if he could win this race. Perhaps if his parents saw how talented he truly was, they would come to support him.
Days passed as he carefully prepared his writing, pouring his heart and soul into every word. When he finished, he read it over and felt proud of what he had written. He prepared to hand in his writing, but his parents still believed he was wasting time. He still decided to submit his entry anyway.
Weeks went by before the contest’s results were announced. Tom waited anxiously, wondering if his writing was good enough to win a prize. He checked out his mailbox every day after school.
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Finally, the day arrived and the winners were announced.
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| A．A pupil. | B．A teacher. | C．An accountant. |
| A．Sleeping pills. | B．Counting sheep. | C．Lying in bed early. |
| A．Stay up. | B．Play computer games. | C．Go to bed. |
| A．He’s on quite a low salary. |
| B．He smokes a lot. |
| C．He never does the housework. |
1. What is Frank usually responsible for at home?
| A．Doing the washing. | B．Cleaning the house. | C．Preparing the food. |
| A．Relax more. | B．Study harder. | C．Do some chores. |
1. Why does the woman want to plant vegetables?
| A．To save money. | B．To sell fresh food. | C．To try something new. |
| A．The lack of gardening skills. |
| B．The limited room for gardening. |
| C．The time to clean the backyard. |
| A．Purchase some seeds. |
| B．Check out a website. |
| C．Ask neighbors for help. |
6 . Nowadays, family life has become even more challenging than before. Then, how can we create a happier family life? Let’s see some advice.
Enjoy togetherness. When children are babies, parents are advised to spend one-on-one time with their babies.
Plan fun activities as a family. This can be something that you do once or twice a month, or even once a week. This can be something as easy as going to the beach, a park, or going on a trip to visit relatives.
| A．Talk more as a family. |
| B．Let family members talk about activities. |
| C．But, as children get older, the one-on-one time is reduced. |
| D．Parents need to help their children manage their daily stress. |
| E．Make quality conversation with your family members, instead. |
| F．You can also try simpler ones such as camping overnight in your backyard. |
| G．Regular communication like this can help you build stronger family relationships. |
A Different Kind of Perfect
Ellie loved the family gathering at Lola’s house on Fourth of July. She loved Lola’s chicken adobo — chicken in a delicious sauce (酱汁). It was perfect. But this year, Lola asked Ellie to make the adobo by herself because she must visit a sick friend.
“But I don’t know how!” Ellie said.
“That’s why you should be in charge. ” Lola smiled.
Lola pulled out the ingredients (原料): chicken, onion and lemon juice. She explained how to make the dish and then left.
Ellie got started immediately. When the dish was cooked, she tasted it and added a little more of this and a little more of that until it tasted right.
“Now it’s like soup! I need more chicken.” Ellie said to herself, “But I have no time to go to the store. What else can I use?”
The doorbell rang as relatives started to arrive. Ellie wanted to cry.
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Ellie opened the fridge (冰箱).
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8 . In many countries, it is still common to see the whole family cooking together. You will find parents, their children and their children's grandparents in the same kitchen at the same time cooking as a family. They talk with each other, have fun and make a great meal at the same time. However, a lot of families are too busy nowadays to spend this time together.
In fact, it is very important to find some time to cook together. Even if it is just once a month, whenever it is possible, cooking as a family should be done. Family members rarely get a chance to connect with each other as a family, and cooking together can do that. It can also foster an interest in different types of foods, such as healthy food like vegetables and fruits. What's more, a home - cooked meal is often healthier than the one cooked at a restaurant.
Having kids cook with their family in the kitchen also helps develop their self-confidence (自信心). They can feel like they are doing something important by contributing to the needs of their family. It is also more likely that the family will eat dinner together if they prepare it together. This will increase the quality time that the family spend with each other.
Cooking as a family will also help members understand family values. This has many benefits, one of which is that children who spend more time with their parents are less likely to do dangerous things. Cooking together is sure to bring the family closer.
1. According to the passage, family cooking is ________.| A．cooking as a family | B．fun in a restaurant |
| C．cooking with friends | D．eating out |
| A．change | B．lose | C．show | D．develop |
| A．stop them eating out in restaurants |
| B．increase their self-confidence |
| C．prepare them to meet others' needs |
| D．make them do dangerous things |
| A．To talk with parents in their kitchens. | B．To tell us the benefits of family cooking. |
| C．To introduce some cooking skills. | D．To give some advice to young students. |
My dad doesn’t write me letters. And he doesn’t always remember my birthday or wedding anniversary -- or even how old I am sometimes.
But I only need to look around me to be reminded of his love. He restored a 100-year-old rocking chair after I told him how much I wanted one. When I moved into my first apartment, he spent his weekends in a small space replacing pipes. And when I lost a blue stone from a favorite necklace, he worked his magic with common stuff
The four greatest words I know are “Dad will build it”.
I could never forget when I was seven, one day we walked by a toy store window. There in the corner was the most unusual doll house had ever seen. It was shaped like an upturned log. Little oval windows were cut into it decorated with white curtains and framed by tiny balconies.
“Oh, Daddy,” I said, “isn’t it beautiful? Do you think Santa Clause will bring it to me?”
Dad looked at the $100 price tag -- too high a figure in those days. “I think even Santa couldn't afford this house,” he joked, hiking up his belt, as he often does when he’s nervous. “Maybe one day, sweetheart, ”Dad probably hoped I’d forget about the doll house, but I kept talking about it.
On Christmas morning, I awoke early and raced downstairs. In the faint light, I made out some wrapped boxes under the tree-- but none large enough to contain my doll house.
Dad could see my disappointment.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Four months later, a beautiful doll house was in front of me.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . I had not realized how the pandemic(疫情）had influenced my children until I took them recently into a store in the city center several hours from our home. It was a food market that carries specialties(地方特产）from all around the world.
For me, it was a quick and necessary stop to get something for dinner. But for my children, who had hardly left our small Canadian town for 14 months, it was an adventure into a world they'd completely forgotten about. They'd seldom even been to the store because it was a task my husband or I usually did alone.
While I loved seeing their excitement, it also filled me with sadness. Even though our experience of the pandemic has been much easier than that of families living in populated cities, I hadn't known just how small their world had become until that moment.
Because they're so young, they don't have the same memories(记忆）of the busy marketplaces and restaurants that I hold in my heart, thanks to the years I spent living in cities and visiting often after moving away. I remember those ordinary experiences with nostalgia(怀旧）but know for sure that they will come back one day.
Moved by the children's excitement, I realized the best I could do was bring the world to them. I bought the food they wanted in the store. At that moment, I felt a new understanding of food, for its ability to take us to different places, to start discussions with children about where it comes from and how it' s prepared, and to create powerful family memories. We cannot travel right now, but we can cook and eat together, and that is the next best thing.
1. What did the family do recently?| A．They opened a store in a town. |
| B．They shopped in a food market. |
| C．They traveled to a Canadian town. |
| D．They bought specialty foods online. |
| A．Her family's backyard was too small. |
| B．Her children enjoyed fewer activities. |
| C．She failed to buy what her children wanted. |
| D．Her family lived too far from the city center. |
| A．Curious. | B．Tired. |
| C．Worried. | D．Thankful |
| A．She made a quick meal. |
| B．She planned a world tour. |
| C．She chose a traditional way of cooking. |
| D．She opened conversations about foreign food. |
