1 . As we approach Father’s Day, Let’s be real about it.
Everyone needs a father to be born, but not everyone can have a father while growing up.
Some fathers are too busy; others get divorced, disappear or die.
But almost everyone should have a father image—someone who lives up to what a father should be.
A father image is a role model—someone you want to be like. He fills you with the memories that never leaves you when you grow up.
My father image was Harold, who was in his twenties when I was10 years old. I was a foster child (收养的孩子) and lived in his home with his mother.
He had dark, curly hair and always wore a beautiful suit, a shirt and a tie. What made him my role model was that he knew my darkest secrets—even stuff my real father didn't know—and he told me things no other person would tell a little boy.
Harold dressed the store windows at Gertz Department Store in Jamaiva, N. Y., and every time I went to visit him he gave me a quarter.
I wanted to be exactly like him. I even walked like him. He always called me “Kiddo”, a name I call people I like to this day.
My friends had role models like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehring, Joe Lewis and other sports figures. I chose Harold, because he was a real person and he chose to be my mentor (指导者).
Harold, as you may have guessed, is now in Heaven ( Where else would he be?), but I think about him a lot. And whenever I have a problem, I ask myself, “What would Harold do?”
That is the reason a father role model is so important to a boy or a girl, It's a learning experience for everyone.
I guess the reason why I am writing all this is that I think there should be a Father's Day when everyone honors the person who has a lifelong impact(影响) on him. I believe every child needs just one to change his life－Happy Father's Day
1. In the author's opinion, what should the image of a father be except______?| A．a father should be patient | B．a father should tell me what is right and what is wrong |
| C．a father should be like sports figures | D．a father should have a lifelong influence on his kid |
| A．his friend’s father | B．a sports star | C．the author’s father | D．a mentor |
| A．He is working in a department store. | B．He is in Heaven now. |
| C．He is dead now. | D．The author doesn't know where is he now. |
| A．Love. | B．Respect. | C．Miss. | D．Hate. |
1. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?
| A．Go to a play. | B．Visit Kingston. | C．See a car show. |
| A．Attend a party. | B．Meet her aunt. | C．Stay at home. |
| A．To call up Betty. | B．To pick up Daniel. | C．To buy some DVDs. |
| A．Classmates. | B．Fellow workers. | C．Guide and tourist. |
