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On Sunday I took part in Tomato Sauce Day of my friend Deb's family. I am thankfulfor my beautiful friend to share this family milestone (里程碑) event.Nine family members, myself and a few friends, took part in the day. Sunday was aspecial day because it was the last time that Tomato Sauce Day event would be carried out atGrandma's home. Tomato Sauce Day is going to be different next year in terms of thesurrounds (环境), however, I have a feeling that all else will remain unchanged.Grandma passed away 5 years ago, and Deb and her uncle bought the property (地产).Plans are in progress to begin building two new homes on the same place.I listened to the family discussing the activities of the day, past sauce days andmemories. A love of the tradition of the day and happy memories of sharing the day withfamily members who have passed away were recounted. The value of spending time togetheras a family was obvious.The basic process and recipe (菜谱) for the sauce made by Deb's family remains thesame way as it is still done in Grandma's village today:• The event takes place once a year.

• Sauce is made by the family, for the family for the year ahead.

• The sauce is made with just salt added to the tomatoes. This allows the family to use it throughout the year in various dishes as the base ingredient (食材). They add their own preferred ingredients in the cooking process.

• The women prepare and make the sauce, the men are not involved. The women start theday with a visit to the community garden to collect the tomatoes and then they began thepreparation. Once the sauce is cooking, it is lunch time and time for the family to catchup. Tomato Sauce Day is relived by the family all over the year as they open each bottleof red tomato goodness. I am looking forward to trying my sauce tonight. I feel like Ineed to make home?made pasta to eat it!

1.What event did the writer take part in on Sunday?

2.Where was the event carried out this year?

3.How do the family use the sauce?

4.What do the women do to start the day?

5.Why is the event a family milestone event?

Over seven years ago when I first started rock climbing I was frustrated(挫败的). I thought I would be natural for climbing. I was always an athlete and naturally good at sports. So, I didn’t understand why I was so bad at rock climbing.

I went to the rock gym and climbed all the time, and everyone kept telling me “just climb more and you’ll get better.” “Well, however, nothing I did was working. It felt like the harder I worked at it, the less progress I was actually making. After a while, I even started hating any climber who was stronger and better than me---especially the climbers who made it look so easy.

After a long time, I started making friends with some of the most experienced climbers around… professionals(专业人员)and full-timers. In fact, I felt so comfortable with them that one afternoon I just came out and simply asked for help.

There is a saying, “If you want a shortcut to success, find someone who is successful and ask them to show you how to get there.” It is true in just a few short months. I learned far more from these climbing professionals than what I had learned during the previous(之前的) years of struggle on my own. My climbing changed…my strength, skills, mental toughness, formwork, confidence, everything.

I was no longer the average climber that no one knew. I discovered that climbing like the experts is more about working smarter, not harder(no training 7 days a week). What I discovered is so simple that, looking back now, I realized the biggest thing holding me back from being a better climber and having more fun doing it…was Me!

1.According to the passage, we can learn that _____.

A. the writer had no gift for rock climbing

B. the writer didn’t get the skill of rock climbing at first

C. the writer didn’t work hard at rocking climbing

D. the writer thought too much of himself

2.The writer once hated other good rock climbers because _____.

A. they didn’t want to teach him B. they always made fun of him

C. he envied their good skills D. he began to dislike rock climbing

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The writer never lost heart when he studied rock climbing.

B. It took several years for the writer to become a good climber.

C. The writer felt uncomfortable staying with those climbing experts.

D. The writer hated to learn from those better than him.

4.What the writer wants to tell us is that _____

A. the more you climb, the better you’ll be. B. mends always make you progress

C. the way of learning is important D. it’s not necessary to work hard

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