1 . My mother used to say that when your mother was really good at something, you didn’t learn to do it. What she said was ________. My grandmother was skilled in baking and cooking, but my mother was a barely ________ cook for our family of seven. We didn’t ________; we had meat, potatoes and another vegetable at every meal out of a can.
Baking was not Mom’s ________, so on Saturday mornings, she would ________ us to the bakery for fresh cake. Mom did learn to make the ________ Dad loved — bacon and eggs, spare ribs (排骨) and, ________, potato salad. Potato salad was my mom’s major ________ to every summer, ________ eating such a dish on a hot July day wasn’t a good idea. Mayonnaise (蛋黄酱) in it could be difficult to ________ and you might have to go to the bathroom frequently.
Case in point: the time my uncle and aunt and their six kids ________ at the lake with us. The ________ included burgers, burnt or slightly raw, lots of pop, and Mom’s potato salad. We spent hours at the lake. Unfortunately, so did the salad.
________, I realize that polishing off Mom’s potato salad may have been the reason that Dad finally built us a second bathroom, which ________ that everything can have a bright side. My mother didn’t ________ in the kitchen, but I miss her cooking so much.
1. A.crazy | B.true | C.simple | D.strange |
2. A.additional | B.efficient | C.acceptable | D.instant |
3. A.attend | B.refuse | C.starve | D.escape |
4. A.strength | B.course | C.challenge | D.dream |
5. A.expose | B.hire | C.send | D.compare |
6. A.clothes | B.foods | C.drinks | D.tools |
7. A.hardly | B.immediately | C.equally | D.particularly |
8. A.contribution | B.adjustment | C.introduction | D.reference |
9. A.since | B.although | C.if | D.unless |
10. A.discover | B.select | C.understand | D.digest |
11. A.fought | B.swam | C.rested | D.picnicked |
12. A.price | B.bill | C.menu | D.tour |
13. A.Turning around | B.Looking back | C.Going away | D.Moving on |
14. A.guarantees | B.claims | C.proves | D.assumes |
15. A.shine | B.cook | C.sing | D.stand |