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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son.   36   in the crowded store, I had my pocket   37  and my whole salary was gone with it. I was so angry that I almost lost   38  of myself. What could I do? We were not very   39 . The money was really not a small sum for my family. It would   40  our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?
I felt very sad and even   41  for losing the money when I got home. To make up for my   42  mistake, I gathered all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and then   43  a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to   44  her.
When she came home, I   45  a smile to greet her. She was   46  to see the neat house and   47  meal. We sat at the table and began to eat. I told my story   48 . She did not respond. It was as if she had not heard my words.
“I’ve   49  my salary,” I murmured to her again.
“I see,” she did not shout at me as I had   50 . She didn’t lose her   51 . So I was afraid she was trying hard to   52  her anger.
A moment later, my wife was still   53  and seemed to be enjoying her favorite dish. At last I could not help asking, “I’ve lost the money. Why not shout at me?”  She   54  her eyes, looking at me and said, “Oh, on the contrary, I’m thinking about how to comfort you. It’s the   55  who is to blame.
小题1:
A．FortunatelyB．UnfortunatelyC．SecretlyD．Surprisingly
小题2:
A．robbedB．stolenC．pickedD．gone
小题3:
A．controlB．heartC．interestD．habit
小题4:
A．happyB．poorC．healthyD．wealthy
小题5:
A．enrichB．improveC．affectD．please
小题6:
A．guiltyB．ashamedC．frightenedD．worried
小题7:
A．carelessB．unforgivable C．unforgettable D．unbelievable
小题8:
A．preparedB．servedC．providedD．chose
小题9:
A．comfortB．meetC．surpriseD．please
小题10:
A．gaveB．pretendedC．forcedD．made
小题11:
A．satisfiedB．surprisedC．pleasedD．interested
小题12:
A．expensiveB．excellentC．coolD．attractive
小题13:
A．gladlyB．calmlyC．excitedlyD．nervously
小题14:
A．spentB．wastedC．donatedD．lost
小题15:
A．hopedB．desiredC．expectedD．wished
小题16:
A．wayB．temperC．interestD．control
小题17:
A．hideB．expressC．maintainD．show
小题18:
A．unhappyB．silentC．worriedD．surprised
小题19:
A．movedB．shutC．raisedD．opened
小题20:
A．storeB．policemanC．societyD．thief

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C    
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:C   
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D

本文讲述的是拿到薪水后作者去购物钱被偷，但他不敢告诉他的妻子，于是他决定以打扫房间和做顿好饭来对他的妻子再讲出事实。结果讲出后，他妻子没发脾气，她沉默是不知道怎么安慰作者。
小题1:Ｂ　不幸的。上文写到他领到薪水，下文说my whole salary was gone可知是不幸被偷。A. Fortunately幸运地，与文题意不合。
小题2:Ｃ I had my pocket picked意为：我的钱包被人偷了，属于固定说法。
小题3:Ａlost control of sth意为失去控制。B. heart心C. interest 兴趣 D. habit习惯，都不符合题意，故选Ａ。
小题4:Ｄ从下文The money was really not a small sum for my family.可知当时作者不富有。
小题5:Ｃaffect意为影响，此处指钱被偷这事将会极大影响他们的生活。
小题6:Ａguilty内疚，该句意思为：回家后我感到伤心并有内疚感。B. ashamed 遗憾C. frightened害怕 D. worried担心，故选Ｃ。
小题7:Ｂunforgivable不可原谅的。to make up for 弥补，本句意思：为了弥补这个不可原谅的错误。A. careless粗心的C. unforgettable不可忘记的D. unbelievable难以置信的。
小题8:Ａprepare准备，作者为了弥补错误而彻底打扫房间和准备做饭。
小题9:Ｄplease让..高兴。彻底打扫房间和准备做饭和最喜欢吃的菜都是为了让她高兴，选Ｄ。A. comfort安慰B. meet遇见C. surprise 吃惊，不符合意思。
小题10:Ｃforce to smile意为强装笑脸，作者钱被偷觉得不好意思的结果。
小题11:Ｂsurprise 吃惊,作者的行为让他妻子觉得吃惊。A. satisfied满意C. pleased高兴 D. interested对…感兴趣，故选Ｂ。
小题12:Ｄattractive富有吸引力的，指作者做的饭菜吸引他妻子。
小题13:Ｄnervous紧张不安的，指作者吃饭时讲这天的事件心里感到不安，钱被偷了不好交待肯定是不安的，不可能A. gladly高兴的B. calmly镇定的 C. excitedly兴奋的。
小题14:Ｄlost丢失，属于固定搭配，lost money丢钱，从I’ve lost the money也知选Ｄ。
小题15:Ｃexpect期望，指作者妻子的反应超出作者的意外。A. hoped 希望B. desired愿望D. wished希望，选Ｃ。
小题16:Ｂlost one’s temper发脾气，是固定搭配，从下面的her temper也可知道答案。
小题17:Ａhide隐藏，指作者怕他妻子试图隐藏她的脾气。
小题18:Ｂsilent沉默，此处指作者妻子同样保持沉默。
小题19:Ｃraise抬高。不可能A. moved转动B. shut合上D. opened打开眼镜，故选Ｃ。
小题20:Ｄchief小偷，指该责备的是小偷而不是商店，警察或是社会。
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.
My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36__ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _37__ all night from a base near Washington, _38__ he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39___ him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said _40__ calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother_41__ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _42___ he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: _43__ alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44__ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were _45__ .
I kept holding my son, the way I _46__ when he was two and came into our bed after a _47__ dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48___ later.
With the  49___ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _50__ I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _51__ for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _52___.
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53__ me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54__”.  They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55___. Sometimes it’s all we can do.
小题1: 
A．angryB．excitedC．frightenedD．alive
小题2: 
A．droveB．was drivingC．had drivenD．would have driven
小题3:
A．whereB．whenC．whichD．who
小题4: 
A．meetB．congratulateC．permitD．accept
小题5:
A．onceB．whenC．unlessD．since
小题6:
A．abolishedB．pattedC．ratedD．embraced
小题7:
A．make sureB．set downC．get acrossD．make sense
小题8:
A．periodB．chanceC．timeD．moment
小题9:
A．hesitatedB．stretchedC．supportingD．spreading
小题10:
A．factsB．truthC．proofsD．lies
小题11:
A．used toB．ought toC．shouldD．must
小题12:
A．happyB．cheerfulC．scaryD．sleep
小题13:
A．adviceB．discussionC．talkD．sleep
小题14: 
A．chatB．worriesC．meetingD．curiosity
小题15:
A．conversationB．observationC．sleepD．independence
小题16: 
A．cryingB．marchingC．screamingD．regretting
小题17: 
A．friendsB．neighborsC．strangersD．soldiers
小题18:
A．persuadedB．changedC．frightenedD．arrested
小题19:
A．anotherB．otherC．othersD．one
小题20: 
A．functionB．adventureC．shameD．duty
I paid 30 yuan for a watermelon the other day. When I ate it at home I found it more bitter than sweet. I was 36   to throw it away for it cost me money 37  . But to eat it was a 38  thing no better than tasting goldthread(黄连)
Things like this  39  occur in our daily life. For example, last week when going on a tour we failed to find the  40  we had been seeking.  41  we were so uncomfortable as if on pins and needles(如坐针毡).In such a case we had better  42  home immediately, but most of us tourists still chose to  43  our way until we finished visiting all the scenic spots,  44  actually we did not quite enjoy them.
If we   45   , we’ll get nothing; we would have spent money  46  .If we don’t give up, what we’ve got is something to cause suffering or pain, or    47  disaster. Since that’s the case, why are we still unwilling to  48 with it? The only 49 _ is: it means money.
Then what 50 __does money contain? Its importance lies in none 51 __the following two aspects: (1) it can be used for our living;(2) it can be used for daily life. When a sum of money that should be able to obtain joy or enjoyment is certain to 52 the purpose, isn’t it wise to give it up? Isn’t it a sort of 53 for money-spending or even for enjoying ourselves?
To abandon and forget a sum of money that is to be of no value or to produce   54  values can be counted as   55 value of money. Isn’t it so?
小题1:
A．unwillingB．readyC．uncertain D．anxious
小题2:.
A．above allB．after allC．in allD．for all
小题3:.
A．pleasantB．painfulC．dangerousD．special
小题4:.
A．regularlyB．recentlyC．hardlyD．frequently
小题5:.
A．friendshipB．memoryC．pleasureD．experience
小题6:.
A．On the wholeB．In this wayC．In other words D．On the contrary
小题7:.
A．callB．leaveC．arriveD．return
小题8:.
A．feelB．continueC．stopD．make
小题9:.
A．becauseB．sinceC．althoughD．unless
小题10:.
A．give awayB．give upC．give outD．give in
小题11:. A, in relief     B. in fact      C. in reality      D. in vain
小题12:.
A．evenB．stillC．everD．more
小题13:.
A．stayB．partC．takeD．break
小题14:.
A．excuseB．reasonC．topicD．ambition
小题15:.
A．valueB．messageC．secretD．surprise
小题16:.
A．less thanB．better than C．rather thanD．other than
小题17:.
A．ignoreB．serveC．failD．meet
小题18:.
A．possibilityB．mistakeC．wisdomD．choice
小题19:.
A．properB．negativeC．wonderfulD．various
小题20:.
A．littleB．wholeC．otherD．another
完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Everywhere, you will find "the white-haired boy", sometimes called "the fair-haired" boy．He gets special   36  , as if he were above everybody else．You will find him in school, in college, at home, or  37  you work．
In school, he is teacher's   38  , her favorite who can do nothing   39 ．Sometimes she lets him do little jobs for her．He comes to class in the morning, all shiny and clean．" He is always raising his hand,  40  with answers to the teacher' s questions．And he knows all the answers．
He gets into your hair, especially if you are at the  41  of the class and die teacher thinks you are slow at learning things．How you   42  the guy!
At college, he walks across the school ground as if he  43  it．Sometimes he wears a, colorful football or basketball shirt or sweater, with a bright red, or green or yellow college letter   44 worn on the front of it．What   45  shoulders, what muscles he has! He   46  the girls happy by just smiling at them．He has the mark of _47_ on him．   
At home, "the fair-haired boy" is  48  choice．Sometimes, he is the oldest son— 49 , the youngest．If you are in between, you are out of  50   ．
Then, you discover that there are others who   51  your feelings, ready to tell you their private  52  ．One of them asks, "What does he have that I haven't got?" You ask yourself the same question．
  53 , there comes a day when you decide to stop hating him. Is it  54 because he has been made boss and you  55  yourself working for him?
小题1:
A．treatmentB．beliefC．courageD．encouragement
小题2:
A．somewhereB．anywhereC．whereD．everywhere
小题3:
A．petB．friendC．workmateD．child
小题4:
A．correctB．wrongC．specialD．difficult
小题5:
A．curiousB．willingC．interestedD．ready
小题6:
A．frontB．topC．bottomD．point
小题7:
A．hatedB．envyC．admireD．like
小题8:
A．broughtB．wonC．ownedD．gained
小题9:
A．freelyB．quicklyC．delightedlyD．proudly
小题10:
A．greatB．broadC．mannedD．bright
小题11:
A．makesB．lesC．takesD．keep
小题12:
A．successB．challengeC．faithD．innocence
小题13:
A．Father’sB．Mother’sC．Sister’sD．Grandma’s
小题14:
A．seldomB．neverC．usuallyD．at times
小题15:
A．pityB．luckC．shameD．sight
小题16:
A．understandB．realizeC．shareD．reach
小题17:
A．opinionsB．suggestionsC．expressionsD．thoughts
小题18:
A．GraduallyB．FinallyC．SurprisinglyD．Actually
小题19:
A．certain B．trueC．perhapsD．possible
小题20:
A．seeB．knowC．noticeD．find
完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of  36 . I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final  37 . During the test, the girl  38  next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me  39 . I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40  was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been  41 , the teacher asked me to  42  in the room when all the other  students were  43 . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about   44 it meant to grow up; she mentioned how important it was to stand  45  your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized（强调）the fact  46 people do something dishonest, they are really  47 themselves. She made me promise that I would think  48 about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could  49 , I walked out of the room wondering  50 she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated in the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked  51 I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t  53 anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.
  54 I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor  55  letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the test.
小题1:
A．panicB．invasionC．actionD．trouble
小题2:
A．testB．lessonC．classD．papers
小题3:
A．risingB．standingC．livingD．sitting
小题4:
A．whyB．whetherC．whereD．that
小题5:
A．sheB．thatC．hersD．it
小题6:
A．turned inB．handedC．given outD．marked
小题7:
A．workB．readC．studyD．stay
小题8:
A．talkingB．studying C．dismissedD．expected
小题9:
A．howB．whyC．whichD．what
小题10:
A．onB．byC．toD．with
小题11:
A．whenB．that whenC．thatD．whether
小题12:
A．punishingB．amusingC．believingD．cheating
小题13:
A．wellB．highlyC．seriouslyD．honestly
小题14:
A．stayB．leaveC．continueD．refuse
小题15:
A．ifB．whetherC．howD．why
小题16:
A．as thoughB．atC．even ifD．that
小题17:
A．onB．inC．fromD．at
小题18:
A．askedB．mentionedC．answeredD．realized
小题19:
A．Long beforeB．As long asC．Even thoughD．Just as
小题20:
A．unlessB．byC．beforeD．for
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good   36  in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I   37  to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be   38  ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was   39  . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to  40  that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,  41  , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very   42  city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he   43   to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main  44  in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he  45  had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming  46  , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   47  like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He    48  that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he   49  but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me   50  my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a   52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I  said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had   53  the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He   54  and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my  55   to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
小题1:．
A．brotherB．teacherC．neighbourD．friend
小题2:
A．managedB．happenedC．triedD．wanted
小题3:
A．expecting B．lyingC．jokingD．talking
小题4:
A．funnyB．seriousC．carefulD．disappointed
小题5:
A．thinkB．findC．realizeD．see
小题6:
A．indeedB．actuallyC．insteadD．exactly
小题7:
A．famousB．interestingC．noisyD．big
小题8:
A．beganB．stoppedC．refusedD．failed
小题9:
A．problemB．interestC．choiceD．work
小题10:
A．justB．everC．evenD．surely
小题11:
A．suitB．habitC．poolsD．river
小题12:
A．peopleB．playersC．strangersD．friends
小题13:
A．advisedB．arguedC．admittedD．announced
小题14:
A．recognized B．realizedC．visitedD．found
小题15:
A．howB．whetherC．whenD．where
小题16:
A．becauseB．ifC．thenD．though
小题17:
A．doctorB．friendC．neighbourD．player
小题18:
A．hiredB．visitedC．designedD．sold
小题19:
A．smiledB．laughedC．criedD．nodded
小题20:
A．chanceB．pleasureC．timeD．turn
She was born to wealth and power in an era when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham became one of America’s most powerful women.
Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her children. Katharine’s love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933. At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharine’s father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didn’t object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.
While Phil’s successful efforts to restore the Post to prominence (显著) made the Grahams popular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered tremendous pain from her husband’s increasingly abusive behavior and wild mood swings caused by severe depression. When Phil committed suicide (自杀), the 46-year-old Katharine found herself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.
In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents disclosing the truth about the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. What’s more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate, one of the greatest scandals (丑闻) in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most chaotic (disorder) of situations when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.
小题1:
Katharine Graham was born in a time when women were not ________.
A．given the chance to receive educationB．considered as intelligent as men
C．permitted to achieve their goalsD．allowed to enter every field
小题2:
When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ________.
A．was strongly against the idea
B．was not happy to be rejected
C．was willing to take her share of responsibility
D．didn’t believe her husband would do a good job
小题3:
Which of the following statements is true?
A．It was Katharine Graham’s husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.
B．When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.
C．Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.
D．Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.
小题4:
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Ups and downs of The Washington Post.
B．Katharine Graham’s family life and career.
C．Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher.
D．Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism.
“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting. “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped. “What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.
小题1: What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?
A．The writer is a good athlete.B．The writer scolds herself too much.
C．She is encouraging the writer. D．A gold medal is not a big deal.
小题2: What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?
A．She has low self-esteem over some small things.
B．She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.
C．She is a third-grade teacher.
D．She cares too much about her appearance.
小题3: We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.
A．something untidyB．someone dangerous
C．something dirtyD．someone lazy
小题4: What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?
A．She is ready to turn to God for help.
B．She will be kind to all children.
C．She won’t insult herself as well as others.
D．She is willing to be a child of God.
“Mom, can I bake some bread?” We were 15; my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread.
“It’s not worth the trouble,” my mother said. “It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort.”
Begging was useless. Mom’s “no” meant “No!”
But several weeks later, opportunity knocked. My parents were going out for the evening. I immediately invited Hanna to be my partner in bread-baking crime.
We studied the recipe. That was easy. “Mix oil into flour then beat in four eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt.”
We were not good at breaking eggs. I tried to learn from my mother.
“Gradually add eight cups of flour. When dough (面团) holds together, squeeze it.”
We took turns working like that. “Is the dough ‘holding together’?” we asked each other.
I remembered my neighbor’s instructions: “If it’s too sticky, add some flour; if too dry, add water.”
We added water. Then more flour. Then more water. By then, the mass of our dough had grown very much.
“Place dough on floured surface and squeeze till smooth,” the recipe instructed.
We took turns burying our hands in the damp dough, pinching, squeezing, and feeling it leak between fingers. “Clean and oil bowl, and then return dough to bowl. Cover and let dough rise in a warm place for one hour.”
This was good news—we’d have a break. On the dirty kitchen chairs, we dreamed about our beautiful bread. “See?” we would tell my mom. “Isn’t it worth the work?”
Hanna and I couldn’t help glancing at the rising process every few minutes. But nothing happened.
“Maybe something will happen in the hot oven,” I said.
Unfortunately, when we removed the loaves from the oven, they were like hard stones.
Mom was right; it takes time and effort. It sometimes makes a mess. But still it feels good, somehow, to be part of that long, ongoing chain of bread bakers. Since that night, both Hanna and I have learned to do it right.

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