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Education from My Father

My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are 32  that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of 33 .

When I was small I was somewhat 34  of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in 35  that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better 36  later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.

What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 37  it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled 38  the air it made the air so hot that it 39 . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 40  the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, 41  to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that 42 .

He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 43 . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could 44  and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were 45  to the universe. Our warmth was going to 46  the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I 47  feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.

I am sure there were many other lessons that I 48  but no longer remember. What I did 49 , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more ________ comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were 50  but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been 51  in science.

1.A. others            B. few             C. some          D. all

2.A. science           B. nature          C. weather       D. universe

3.A. sure              B. fond            C. tired         D. afraid

4.A. depth             B. words           C. gestures      D. data

5.A. understanding B. knowledge           C. command       D. confidence

6.A. but               B. and             C. for           D. or

7.A. above             B. to              C. along         D. through

8.A. shone             B. burned          C. expanded      D. broke

9.A. fill              B. make            C. avoid         D. break

10.A. trying           B. proving         C. hoping        D. pretending

11.A. clap             B. remark          C. voice         D. crash

12.A. cold             B. bright          C. clear         D. foggy

13.A. explore          B. foresee         C. imagine       D. identify

14.A. committed        B. exposed         C. related       D. led

15.A. heat             B. protect         C. extend        D. light

16.A. ever             B. also            C. even          D. still

17.A. selected         B. arranged        C. absorbed      D. delivered

18.A. consider         B. promise         C. explain       D. learn

19.A. memories         B. blankets        C. mysteries     D. thunders

20.A. engaged          B. interested      C. successful    D. skillful

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Some of my fondest memories with my family are from when I was in middle school， when the three of us enjoyed trips that I remember vividly to this day. But during my younger days， like 4 or 5 years old， we vacationed in places like Cancun， Jamaica and Hawaii and I can't tell whether I actually recall those memories or whether I'm filling in the gaps through photo albums.

A frequent discussion I have with my coworkers and friends，' who are also in their 20s， is how we wish our parents had taken us on more vacations when we were much older. What I suggest is to hold off on those grand vacations until your kid is about 12， when they can begin to understand what a privilege is， and you can save the international travel until they're in high school. Of course， I do understand that sometimes， it's not the kids but the parents who just want to enjoy a vacation. But in other cases， when the main goal is to create family memories， you can still accomplish that in other ways.

It wasn't until college that I realized how important travel is， and I can't tell you how many times I've thought about wanting to redo those family trips now. Especially during a time in my life when an international trip is outside of my budget， I think about how much money my parents spent on our vacations that ended up being a complete blur.

I'm not telling you to deprive （剥夺） your children of fun family memories， either. I'm simply arguing that you should travel locally or within your state. Although your little ones might not care about the destination， they will remember that you are all together and have a great time. That's the　 most important thing， anyway.

1.When recalling the previous trip to Hawaii，the author may feel _____________ .

A.disappointed B.excited

C.touched D.frightened

2.What time does the author think is the right time for children to travel abroad?

A.When they start to go to school.

B.When they 'are4 or 5 years old.

C.When they study in high school.

D.When they are eager to have a trip.

3.What does the underlined word “blur” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Jokes that are made between families.

B.Efforts that are made to achieve a goal.

C.Memories that can't be remembered clearly.

D.Expectations that may be reached in future.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A.Create Chances of Vacations with Children

B.My Memories of Previous Vacations

C.Older Children Hope to Travel with Their Parents

D.Take Children on Vacation until They Are Old

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We’ve got two dogs, Roxie and Cosita. My childhood memories are full of the cats we’ve loved, from my dad’s cat, Bandit, to our beloved white cat Cecelia, whose gray fur formed a perfect heart shape across her stomach. But since our last cat friend, Sunny the orange cat, died too young, we’ve been cat-less. The sudden loss of Sunny was hard to move on from, especially for my mom.

This year, Mom finally thought she was ready for a new kitten. It was all she wanted for her birthday on June 16. “Roxie and Cosita need a new friend!” she said. In the week leading up to her birthday, something happened. She started to hear a kitten’s meow (喵叫声) in the garage. Every time she went in and out of the garage, she could hear the soft cries but couldn’t tell the exact position of the sound. She asked my dad if he heard it too. He only shrugged (耸肩). At last, Mom’s birthday was arriving. She kept her fingers crossed, hoping for a kitten.

Over the past week, my dad had heard the kitten’s meow every time he walked past my mom’s car. One day he opened the hood (车盖) of the car, and a yellow kitten stared back at him. How in the world did she get there? And where did she come from? Dad didn’t know, but he fed the kitten every day, waiting for the day he’d give her to Mom.

The little kitten was such a perfect birthday gift, and Dad even didn’t need to leave the house to find her for my mom’s happy birthday! When it came time to name our new furry friend, we took inspiration from a song famously performed by Wilson Pickett and called her “Sally”.

1.What was difficult for Mom to forget?

A. The young orange cat’s death.

B. The moving of one of her friends.

C. The sudden death of the cat Bandit.

D. The heart shape across Cecelia’s stomach.

2.What gift did Mom hope for?

A. A new car.　　 B. A little cat.

C. A little dog.　　 D. A new cassette.

3.What can we learn about Sally?

A. Dad hid her in Mom’s car.

B. Sally was bought for Mom.

C. Sally was named after a song.

D. Mom received her ahead of the birthday.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. A new home for Sally　　 B. My pet friends in memory

C. My mom’s happy birthday　　 D. An unexpected birthday gift

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My father was against my suggestion while my mother was ________ it.

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My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled (翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller (耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions，watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

1.Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.

B. He loved being in the garden with his father.

C. The garden was full of his favorite food.

D. The garden was just freshly tilled.

2.When all the kids started their own families，the author’s father 　　　　 .

A. stopped his gardening

B. turned to other hobbies

C. devoted more to gardening

D. focused on planting tomatoes

3.What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A. There was a great harvest.

B. The garden was almost deserted.

C. No plant grew in the garden at all.

D. The author’s son took charge of the garden.

4.Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A. He wanted to honor his father.

B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C. He only knew how to grow tomatoes.

D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

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In the depth of my memory, many things I did with my father still live．These things come to represent, in fact, what I call 1and love.

I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool．But he did 2the water．Any kind of 3ride seemed to give him pleasure． 4he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did．I liked being 5the water, moving through it, 6it all around me．I was not a strong 7, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 8．But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and 9those summer days with my father, who 10come by on a break．I needed him to see what I could do．My father would stand there in his suit, the 11person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go 12his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me 13anything I found in his top desk drawer．Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk 14he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his 15．But my father always 16and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s 17.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get 18an ice cream…

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is 19.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but 20, in that childhood, look at us．

1.A．desire                 B．joy                 C．anger              D．worry

2.A．avoid                 B．refuse              C．praise            D．love

3.A．boat                  B．bus               C．train              D．bike

4.A．But                   B．Then           C．And             D．Still

5.A．on                    B．off               C．by               D．in

6.A．having                 B．leaving            C．making           D．getting

7.A．swimmer             B．rider              C．walker           D．runner

8.A．hopes                 B．faiths              C．rights             D．fears

9.A．spending               B．saving             C．wasting           D．ruining

10.A．should                  B．would            C．had to             D．ought to

11.A．next                 B．only              C．other              D．last

12.A．away from           B．out of            C．by                D．inside

13.A．put up                B．break down      C．play with           D．work out

14.A．the moment          B．the first time       C．while               D．before

15.A．fishing net           B．office things       C．wooden chair     D．lab equipment

16.A．stood up               B．set out              C．showed up        D．turned out

17.A．fine                     B．strange              C．terrible             D．funny

18.A．the student           B．the assistant       C．myself              D．himself

19.A．memory               B．wealth              C．experience         D．practice

20.A．which                 B．who                  C．what                D．whose

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From my earlier memory of Mother, it seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady.

I was always inquisitive about Mother’s age. She never had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mother’s words that such celebrations were only foolish.

“Nothing but deception,” she would say. “As though life can be marked by birthdays. It’s deeds, not years, that matter.”

Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born.

“I was born. I’m alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know?” she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again.

In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring houses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out.

1.How did Father impress the author?

A.He liked writing stories. B.He talked a lot.

C.He was a very young man. D.He was popular with children.

2.Before the end of her life, Mother ______.

A.looked quite young B.looked like an old lady

C.looked younger than she was D.looked like a 40-year-old woman

3.What does the underlined word “inquisitive” (in Paragraph 2) probably mean?

A.Certain B.Curious.

C.Cautious. D.Confident.

4.What do we learn about Mother?

A.She was lazy. B.She was strict.

C.She was proud. D.She was special.

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From my earlier memory of Mother it somehow seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother was older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady.

I was always inquisitive about Mother’s age. She never had birthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mother’s words that such celebrations were only foolish.

“Nothing but deception,” she would say. “As though life can be marked by birthdays. It’s deeds, not years, that matter.”

Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born.

“I was born. I’m alive as you can see, so what more do you want to know?” she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again.

In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring hoses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Mother regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out.

1. How did Father impress the author?

A. He liked writing stories.　　 B. He loved making friends.

C. He was a very young man.　 　 D. He was popular with children.

2.Before the end of her life, Mother ___________.

A. looked quite young

B. looked like an old lady

C. looked younger than she was

D. looked like a forty-year-old woman

3.What does the word “inquisitive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Certain　　 B. Curious.　　 C. Cautious.　　 D. Confident.

4.What do we learn about Mother?

A. She was lazy. 　 B. She was strict.

C. She was proud.　 D. She was special

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Some of my favorite childhood memories come from Halloween. I love it all! Pumpkins, costumes and the thrill of trick-or-treating. But I think it would be funny to give me a child who was deathly afraid of my favorite holiday. If you have kids who are scared of Halloween, these tips should help!

Don’t minimize your child’s fears

It is helpful to let your kids know that you understand their fears. Halloween can be a scary holiday. Kids are just making sense of their world. We might think terrible monsters and bloody eye balls are cheerful—but to some kids they are pure terror. Young kids have a harder time telling reality from fantasy-making Halloween—a real-life horror movie.

Start preparing your child for Halloween early

It is impossible to keep your kids in a bubble for the entire month of October. Instead of avoiding Halloween, help prepare your kids for the holiday.

Tell your kids that during Halloween people find it fun to dress up like scary things. Let them know that the monsters and scary creatures they will see are not real.

Save the bloody zombies for another year

I love decorating for Halloween. I have two huge cabinets full of Halloween decorations! So there is no way I would tell anyone not to decorate for Halloween! However, to help your kids get used to Halloween—keep your decorations festival and pleasant. Pumpkins, friendly witches and cute ghosts are all kid-friendly decorations.

Don’t get too attached to those cute little costumes

The stores are packed with cutest costumes. Your little one might beg you to buy that $ 40 Frozen costume—only to refuse to wear it on Halloween. Kids are moody. What is exciting one week is boring the next. There is nothing more frustrating than spending lots of money on a costume your child refuses to wear.

Halloween is a fun, exciting holiday. Once your kids moves through their fears—they will see this holiday for what it really is—free candy. And who can be scared of that!

1.What’s the problem with young kids during Halloween?

A.They can’t understand the meaning of the holiday.

B.They can’t find out beauty from terrible monsters.

C.They are frightened by the terrible characters.

D.They are afraid to see horror films.

2.What should parents tell their kids about Halloween early?

A.People wear scary things for pleasure.

B.People scare them with scary things.

C.The scary things are not harmful.

D.They should enjoy themselves.

3.What might disappoint parents most on Halloween day?

A.Their terrible decorations scare their kids.

B.There are too many costumes to choose from.

C.They have to spend lots of money on the holiday.

D.A child denies putting on an expensive costume.

4.Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Why Halloween Gives My Favorite Childhood Memories.

B.How to Help a Child Who is Scared of Halloween.

C.Halloween, A Frightening Holiday for Children.

D.Every Coin Has Two Sides.

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My 17-year-old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watching Peter Pan when she was little. In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs. Darling puts her children into bed. As she turns off the last of the night light, she takes one last look at the bedroom and says, “Dear night lights, protect my sleeping children.” As a mother, I know how much she loves her children.

It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjusting well after a short period of homesickness. For us, though, it’s another story. Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night. But now she’s gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest. I miss her most at night.

In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college are dealing with similar melancholy. My husband is filled with anxiety. One friend talked about getting this sick feeling in her stomach as she prepared for the college drop-off. We complained that many of us were too busy to truly enjoy being with our children while we had them.

For us moms, seeing Toy Story 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college. And it’s not just “first-time” parents like me. Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didn’t get any easier. “You feel like something has been taken away from inside you” said one of them.

I imagine things will get easier with time, especially as I see my daughter adjust to college life. Meanwhile, as I keep my cell phone close to me in bed and text my daughter goodnight and sweet dreams every night, I like to think that messages serve as a night light that keeps her safe.

1.The writer was deeply impressed by the scene in Peter Pan because ________.

A. she watched the scene with her daughter

B. the scene was very exciting and interesting

C. the scene taught her and her daughter a good lesson

D. the scene showed a mother’s deep love for her children

2.After her daughter went to college, the writer ________.

A. realized she hadn’t done enough for her daughter

B. often cried as she missed her daughter so much

C. failed to have a good sleep every night

D. didn’t get used to the change for a long time

3.What is the underlined word “melancholy” in Paragraph 3 similar in meaning to?

A. Happiness.　　 B. Sadness.

C. Excitement.　　 D. Anger.

4.According to the last paragraph, why did the writer keep her cell phone close to her in bed?

A. To say good night to her daughter.

B. To wait for her daughter’s calls.

C. To wait for her daughter’s messages.

D. To call her daughter any time.

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