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“BANG”the door caused a reverberation．“Never set foot in this house again!”shouted father．With tears weiling(涌出)up in my eyes，I rushed out of the hofase and ran along the street．
A young father who held a child in his arlzis walked past rile．I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space：happy and harmonious(和谐)
But now I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old．We are just like two people coming from two different worlds．It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened．
1 wandered the street，without a destination in my n'nnd．My heart was frozen oil this hot summer night．As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people m the streets，until I had only streets to keep me company When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I livegt，I saw that the light was still on．
I thought to myself，“Is father waiting for rile．or is he still angry with me?”
In fact，it was nothing．Perhaps，Dad was throwing some of his old stamps．Perhaps he thought they were useless．I never had th,e courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps．
All the lights were off except father’S
Dad was always 1ike this．Maybe he didn’t know bow to express himself．After shouting at me，he never showed any mercy or regret After an argument he will creep(蹑手蹑脚)up in my sleep and then tuck rile underneath the covers
This was how he always was．Fie has been a leader for So long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature．
The fight was still oil With the key in hand，1 was as nervous as 1 had ever been．At last，I decided to open the door．As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks．I suddenly realized that the iron door that l had imagined between us did not exist at all Love－it is second to none．
The underlined word“reverberation”refers to ．
A．an earthquake B．a heavy Mow ．
C．a shake D．a sound forced back
When seeing a young father with a child in his arras．the writer might have
the following feelings EXCEPT
A．She／He admired them very much
B．She／He wished that the relation between him／her and his／her father could
also be so harmonious
C．She／He felt that happiness had been far away from him／her
D．She／He felt disappointed with his／her father
Why do you think the father often shouts at his child?
A．The father is getting older and older．
B．The child had already grown up．
C．They never agree with each other．
D．The father has got used to doing that．
What conclusion can you draw after reading the text?
A．The father treats his child in an unfair wav．
B．The father is actually kind to his child
C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his child
D．The father is always finding fault with his child．
SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999 , Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well , chatting about sport , life and “ anything else that came up . ”
Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay .
Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics .
Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould fie years ago .
“ I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been good friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”
“ She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp . She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team . It was really interesting . ”
Next time , things will be more serious . “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals , so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould , ” said Schipper , who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly .
1. What is the passage mainly about ?
A. Stories happening in swimming competitions .
B. Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds .
C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships .
D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers .
2. Gould and Schipper are going to ________ .
A. talk about sport and life B. go back to elite competition
C. set a qualifying time and win gold D. take part in the same sports event
3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was ________ .
A. 15 B. 17 C. 22 D. 30
4. The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to ________ .
A. the Olympics B. the youth camp
C. the friendship D. the Australian team
5. What Schipper said showed that she ________ .
A. was no longer Gould’s friend B. had learned a lot from Gould
C. was not interested in Gould’s stories D. would not like to compete against Gould
“ I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train , ” Schipper explained . “ It seemed as if we had long been god friends . I don’t know why . We just started talking and it went from there . ”
1 What is the passage mainly about ?
2 Gould and Schipper are going to .
3. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was .
4 The underlined word “ it ” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to .
5 What Schipper said showed that she .
