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  Being thirteen has certain problems that only another thirteen-year-old would understand.The biggest, I think, is learning to get along well with adults.I have found that when dealing with grown-ups, it is wise to remember two things.

  1.Always use your head

  2.Never use your head

  For instance, one day just before supper, my mother sent me to the store for a loaf of whole-wheat bread.They didn’t have any.When I told my mother, she said, “Well, what kind did you get?” I told her I didn’t get any.She looked as if I had just announced that I was leaving home for good.“For goodness’ sake!” She said, “If they hadn’t had whole-wheat, you should have got something else! Why don’t you use your head?”

  Not long after that, she sent me to the store for red oilcloth.They didn’t have any, so I bought seven yards of purple.I thought it was pretty.Mother didn’t.She said, “Who ever heard of purple oilcloth in a red kitchen?” I told her I was only trying to use my head.She said.“Well, don’t ! And in the future, if you can’t get what I send you for, don’t get anything.”

  See what I mean?

  There are other things that seem a little strange, too.If my father goes out for the evening, he tells me to “look after” my mother and sister.But if the family goes out, and I want to stay home, my father won’t let me.He doesn’t feel comfortable if I am home alone.That means I am old enough to “look after” my mother and sister but not old enough to “look after” myself.

  Another problem is what to do when you trip over the cat and land with your head in the refrigerator, causing a large lump(肿块)to appear just over the right eyebrow.In that case, your father could feel free to say with a few choice words.Your sister could shed(流出)enough tears to dampen the whole room.Your mother could, and probably would, do both.But you? You are thirteen and can’t do anything! You are too young to curse(咒骂), and “big boys” don’t cry.So you just stand there looking more stupid than usual.But in spite of all this I still think thirteen is a wonderful age!

(1)

The main idea of the passage is that _________.

[  ]

A.

young children are boring

B.

being thirteen means too many responsibilities

C.

a thirteen-year-old boy is the sun of the family

D.

thirteen-year-old boys have special problems

(2)

The author says the biggest problem is _________.

[  ]

A.

learning how to use one’s head

B.

taking on responsibilities

C.

showing you can be depended on

D.

learning how to get along with grown-ups

(3)

The author complains that there is no acceptable way for a thirteen-year-old boy to _________.

[  ]

A.

prevent his sister from crying

B.

act when he is in the kitchen

C.

prevent himself tripping over the cat

D.

behave when he hurts himself

(4)

The author believes being a boy of thirteen is _________.

[  ]

A.

frustrating

B.

painful

C.

delightful

D.

tiring


Most people watching Jeremy Lin these past two months saw Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks star; but I, watching him, saw someone else. That was my elder brother, Bob, who is athletic and energetic. He could never sit still when he was in second grade; he had to get up every now and then and run around the room. And sure enough, he grew up to be a starting player for an N.C.A.A. championship lacrosse(长曲棍球)team. He was a Nike-endorsed marathoner, too, and reached the top of Mt. Everest, unguided, in his 50s.
And yet my family never watched his lacrosse games. We did watch some of his marathons, but that wasn’t until he was in his 20s. When Bob was in his glory days, our Shanghainese-born parents were bent on getting him into medical school. There was a loving aspect to it: I can remember my father working through math books with him, lesson by lesson, at the big blackboard in the attic. Bob never did become a doctor, though; and neither did I. It wasn’t until my younger sister came along that someone in the family finally wore a white coat.
Bob today could be the fittest 58-year-old on the planet. His doctor estimates his biological age at 35; he’s still climbing big mountains in the Himalayas. And, like Jeremy Lin, he’s charming. No one sees Bob without leaving with a laugh. He sometimes jokes he could be mayor of his building, and it’s true. To know him is to cheer for him.
And yet my parents did not cheer for him. What if my mother had sat on the sidelines with her statistics, like Jeremy Lin’s mother? What if my father had played videos of athletes for my brother to watch and imitate? It’s hard not to wonder.
And how did Jeremy Lin’s parents manage to do these remarkable things? Amy Chua, the tiger mother, recalls her immigrant father beating the kids whenever they mispronounced a Chinese word. How is it that Jeremy Lin’s immigrant father in particular, Gie-Ming Lin, encouraged his son to follow such an untraditional path?
【小题1】Bob’s glory days were those ________.

A.when he was doing well in math
B.when he was in second grade
C.when he was made mayor of his building
D.when he showed his talents in sports
【小题2】From the passage we can tell that Bob is ____________.
A.active and optimistic
B.clever and determined
C.brave and helpful
D.considerate and independent
【小题3】Which of the following statements is probably TRUE?
A.Bob was always ignored by his parents
B.Bob could also have been a sport star.
C.Bob’s parents often watched his games.
D.Nobody in the author’s family was a doctor.
【小题4】From the last two paragraphs we can infer that ___________.
A.parents should always study together with their children
B.parents should know how to educate their children properly
C.children should be punished when they do anything wrong
D.children should try to live up to the hopes of their parents

My father met my mother in a poker (扑克牌) game. He couldn't   1   his eyes off her. It was her company's annual   2   , and he walked her home that night. The next week, from his home in Chicago, he  3  her a postcard:" Remember me? Please  , because I'll be calling you one of these days. David".

       She still has that postcard. I'm not sure what made her  5   it. Though he already had his heart  6  her, she hadn't chosen him yet,  7  not consciously.

       As my father often told us   8   we were growing up, it was  9  luck that he was at the picnic that day. As a salesman for a big electronics company, he was in town to  10  customers and happened to stop by the branch office that Saturday morning to  11   some calls. The telephone rang;it was the  12  of a local radio station with whom my father had done some business. So the manager  13   my father to come right over to their annual picnic.

       My mother was a writer at that radio station. If my father hadn't  14   by the office that morning,he told us,  15   if he'd gotten there two minutes later, the life--our lives-- would have been   16  .

       A few months after the wedding, my father was transferred East. They  17 in New York, in the house where I grew up.

       Sometimes I think about that, how time sweeps us   18   and puts us in a certain place where we're faced with one choice or another. By chance or by the  19  we make, we leave behind other lives we could have lived, full of 20  passions and joys, different problems and disappointments.

1.A.take                B.meet             C.fix               D.put

2.A.game              B.competition       C.picnic           D.meeting

3.A.booked             B.wrote            C.sold             D.sent

4.A.do                 B.forget            C.wait             D.read

5.A.bring               B.save             C.let               D.gather

6.A.look for             B.set on            C.stare at          D.fall to

7.A.at least              B.more or less      C.as a result        D.at last

8.A.because             B.until             C.though           D.while

9.A.blind                B.sad              C.sorrowful        D.tiresome

10.A.fight with         B.agree with       C.argue with     D.meet with

11.A.produce           B.develop           C.make            D.get

12.A.friend            B.manager          C.salesman         D.customer

13.A.invited             B.refused           C.forced           D.allowed

14.A.slept              B.spoken           C.stopped          D.grown

15.A.and              B.but              C.then             D.or

16.A.missed            B.lost              C.stolen            D.gone

17.A.married           B.settled            C.met              D.separated

18.A.away             B.off              C.along            D.up

19.A.choices           B.places            C.lives              D.times

20.A.similar          B.familiar             C.different         D.dangerous

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