题目内容
-Sorry, I am afraid you _____. It's Li Ping's seat.
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B. May; may
C. May; can't
D. Can; can
Every American family has its own traditions on Thanksgiving Day, and mine is no difference. Once the national holiday arrives, my mom rises early to make the meal. She puts a turkey in the oven, chops carrots and bakes pies. I’m sorry to say that the men in the family – my dad, my younger brother and myself – rarely pitch in to help. Our job is to wash the mountain of dirty dishes after the meal is over.
Around 2 pm every Thanksgiving Day, family members seat themselves around the kitchen table. Plates of turkey, vegetables, salad, rolls and pies cover it. At this point, we can hardly keep ourselves from drooling (流口水) all over our fancy clothes, but it’s not yet time to eat.
First, we must bow our heads, close our eyes and say a prayer of thanks aloud to God for giving us everything we have. Under normal circumstances, I would have no problem making a list of things I am thankful for. I grew up in a loving family. My parents, who aren’t wealthy, took out loans to help me pay for university.
But, the funny thing is, every time I sit down for Thanksgiving dinner and try to say a prayer of thanks, my mind usually goes blank. I think it has something to do with my growling (咕咕叫) stomach and all of that food sitting right there under my nose.
Eventually, though, we all finish our short prayers and dig in. To be sure, the day includes other highlights – visiting with family and watching football. But usually around 6 pm we are all ourselves stuffed like turkeys and thankful to have a nice warm bed to sleep in.
【小题1】The purpose of the text is to ________.
| A.tell what the family do for Thanksgiving Day |
| B.tell how the family spends Thanksgiving Day |
| C.introduce foods served on Thanksgiving Day |
| D.introduce the American Thanksgiving Day |
| A.watching a movie | B.making visits |
| C.having a big meal | D.watching football |
| A.He is too thankful to say a word. | B.His mind is on the food before him. |
| C.He feels too excited to speak. | D.He is shy to speak in public. |
| A.chat with others | B.make a hole |
| C.mix things up | D.start eating |
Sitting in the play area of the doctor’s office, my children, Paul, four, and Bailey, three, built a Lego tower while we waited to be called for Paul’s examination.
“Good job, you guys,”I said, trying not to sound too tired. My husband was away on business, and it was difficult being alone with the kids. At times I felt like I was living in the jungle(丛林) rather than the suburbs.
“Don’t put the Lego in your mouth, Bailey,”I said. Paul grabbed(抓取) it from him.“That’s not nice, Paul,”I said. He gave back the Lego. I looked around the waiting room. A woman was eating something, a couple were talking, and an old gentleman in a blue jacket was reading a magazine. I wished I could sit quietly for a while. I wanted to be able to take a rest, or go shopping alone. At once, I was ashamed of myself. What kind of mother was I? “God,”I thought, “help me to be the very best mom I can be.”
The nurse came into the waiting room to get us. Just at that moment, the old gentleman in the waiting room put down his magazine and came up to me. With a smile on his face, he said, “Your children are most certainly lucky to have such a wonderful mother.”“Thank you,”I replied in a low voice and watched him walk back to his seat. We followed the nurse into the examination room. While she weighed Paul, I told her how that man had made my day.
Motherhood is still a jungle sometimes, but now when I feel tired I remember the encouraging words of the old gentleman.
1.The writer went to the doctor’s office because .
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A.one of her children liked to play there |
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B.her son Paul needed an examination |
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C.she was tired and needed to see her doctor |
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D.she wanted to have all her children examined |
2..From Paragraph 2, we know the writer felt that looking after her children alone was .
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A.unfair |
B.happy |
C.hard |
D.interesting |
3.The writer criticized(批评) Paul when he .
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A.put the Lego into Bailey’s mouth |
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B.took away the toy from Bailey |
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C.made trouble in the waiting room |
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D.didn’t follow her advice |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
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A.The writer often went shopping alone. |
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B.The writer’s husband was always on business. |
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C.The writer doesn’t know how to be a good mother. |
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D.The writer was greatly encouraged by the old gentleman’s words. |