I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!
【小题1】The first paragraph talks about_____________.

A.what the children have for breakfastB.how busy the man is in the morning
C.why the man cooks lunchD.when the children go to school
【小题2】We know from the second paragraph that_____________.
A.they take the subway to school when the weather is bad
B.the man drives a car and his wife walks to work
C.the man goes to meet the boys before school is over
D.it doesn’t take them long to arrive home
【小题3】Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.
A.the children’s mother is very strict with them
B.the man’s wife works in an office very near the school
C.the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them.
D.the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing
【小题4】We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.
A.what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot
B.before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories
C.what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday
D.the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot
【小题5】This passage tells us_____________.
A.never to call a man Mr. Mom
B.the man doesn’t enjoy working at home
C.something about the children’s school life
D.what kind of people the man and his wife are

Mrs. Thompson came to the 5th grade class and noticed that Teddy was always alone. Also, he did badly in his studies.When she reviewed Teddy’s past records,she find he was a good child at first,but he began to change when his mother got ill. Finally he lost interest in school after his mother’s death.
Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and felt sorry for him.She felt even worse when her students brought her beautifully-covered Christmas presents.His presents were covered with some old paper. Some children laughed when she found a bracelet(手镯)with some of the stones missing, and a bottle with a little perfume(香水). But she said how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some perfume on her hand.Teddy stayed after school for a long time just to say,“Mrs. Thompson,today you smelled just like my mom used to.”After the child left,she cried for quite a long time.
On that very day,she taught not only knowledge but also children. As she worked with Teddy,his mind seemed to come alive. By the end of the year,Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.
A year later,Teddy left school. She found a note under her door,from Teddy,saying that she was the best teacher he ever had in his life. After that, these words were repeated in each of his letters to her.
Then after he finished college, Teddy wrote telling her that he had met a pretty girl and was going to get married. He explained that his father was dead,and that he wondered if Mrs. Thompson might sit at the wedding in the place for the mother of the groom(新郎).
Of course,Mrs. Thompson did. She wore the bracelet and the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.
They hugged(拥抱)each other,and Teddy whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear,“Thank you,Mrs. Thompson,for making me feel important,and showing me that I could make a difference.”
Mrs. Thompson,with tears in her eyes,whispered back,“Teddy,it’s not like that. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
【小题1】What made Teddy change before Mrs. Thompson came?

A.His mother’s illness and death.B.His classmates’’ laughing at him.
C.His past records by his teachers.D.His interest in some other things.
【小题2】Teddy left a note for Mrs. Thompson when he left school mainly to say _______.
A.sorryB.helloC.thanksD.goodbye
【小题3】What kind of person was Mrs. Thompson?
A.Wise and humorous.B.Kind and helpful.
C.Selfish and impatient.D.Strict and stubborn.
【小题4】 We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.Mrs. Thompson became Teddy’s mother at last.
B.Mrs. Thompson didn’t know how to teach all her life.
C.Teddy didn’t finish college before he got married.
D.Mrs. Thompson and Teddy each made a difference.

 

How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16    without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17    and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18   .

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19    shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20   , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21   .

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22    this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23   , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24    

    Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25   the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26    the coat.

I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27    with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(丝带). I don’t remember    28    I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29    and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30   —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

1.A. Easter         B. Christmas        C. Halloween    D. Thanksgiving

2.A. child          B. son          C. student      D. teacher

3.A. tree           B. bag          C. coat         D. ribbon

4.A. children’s    B. women’s     C. girl’s      D. men’s

5.A. big            B. wide         C. thin         D. long

6.A. tried it on    B. put it on    C. kept it on   D. turned it on

7.A. though         B. or           C. for          D. and

8.A. price          B. design       C. color        D. material

9.A. taste          B. feel         C. sound        D. smell

10.A. through       B. over         C. past         D. across

11.A. sell          B. send         C. keep         D. wash

12.A. tank          B. basket       C. bag          D. box

13.A. how           B. why          C. whether      D. when

14.A. development   B. excitement   C. improvement D. advertisement

15.A. courage       B. confidence   C. love         D. honesty

 

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