Paula and Rory Ward have five kids, three dogs, and a rabbit．When the house is very noisy, Megan, one of the children, is quietly inventing．A year ago, the 10-year-olds had to design an anti-smoking poster for a school project．Rather than a poster, she came up with the idea of creating something that shows the average amount of tar(尼古丁)a smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes．
“I like people to play with things more than read and write, ” she says．So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket money and got her idea made．
Paula says her daughter “thinks differently”：Ideas jump into her mind．After she got sunburnt on holiday, Megan invented a small plastic bracelet(手镯)that changes color in the sun, telling you when to put on sunscreen(防晒霜)．Several sunscreen companies have expressed an interest in the idea．She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty．“But we didn't do anything with it,” says Paula．
Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod(钓鱼竿)she has designed．“ There is a camera on the hook(钩), ” she explains, “and the screen is on the handle，and it shows you if you've caught a fish or not．”
Megan doesn't want to go to university．She keeps her pink-and-cream bedroom tidy．Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter．“Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says．“Her brothers and sisters go with the flow, but with Megan, it's ‘What time will that be happening?' or ‘Where am I being picked up from today?' ”
(1)
From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Megan ________．
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A．
is not willing to go to school
B．
likes to play with her brothers sand sisters
C．
prefers making something by herself
D．
is good at reading and writing
(2)
What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt on vacation?
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A．
The anti-smoking poster．
B．
The ball providing water for thirsty dogs．
C．
The fishing rod telling whether you've caught a fish．
D．
The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreen．
(3)
The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “________”．
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A．
set an example to others
B．
do what most people usually do
C．
follow the fashion closely
D．
do something differently from others
(4)
According to the passage, which of the following about Megan is TRUE?
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A．
She would like to keep everything in order．
B．
She is quite the same as her other four brothers and sisters．
C．
Her mother Paula doesn't want her to go to university．
D．
Her parents always help her invent something special．
Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard．After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table．That’s when it happened：my father did not reach for the check．
Conversation continued．Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed．I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed．I was an adult．I was no longer a kid．
Some people mark off(区分)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events．I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister．” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)
There have been other milestones．The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was．Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was．They were just big kids．With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player．Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it．
I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did．Now it’s what I do best．I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean．I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra attract me．I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties．I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I fond myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject．I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I’d want, feel close to my ancestors(祖先)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son．I still lose…
One day I bought a house．One day－what a day!–I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father．I thought then it was a milestone for me．One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone．
(1)
The tone established in the passage is one of ________．
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A．
sad regret
B．
amusement
C．
happiness
D．
deep feeling
(2)
The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________．
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A．
that was one of his milestone
B．
he paid the bill but he didn’t want to
C．
he became a father with dollars
D．
that was the last restaurant meal with his parents
(3)
“Then they were suddenly neither．” Suggests that ________．
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A．
suddenly they became older than I was
B．
suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was
C．
suddenly I realized that I made mistake
D．
suddenly I found myself no longer a kid
(4)
Which of the following best expresses the author’s thinking?
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A．
One day is worth two tomorrow
B．
To save time is to length life
C．
When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you
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