-Jim should have been informed of the wedding place.

-________but he simply forgot about it.

A. So he had??????? B. So had he?????????? C. So was he?????? D. So he was? .

"Hey, Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?"
"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him．"All the food was slow．" "Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home'．" I explained．"Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it．"
Some parents never owned their own houses, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card．
My parents have never driven me to soccer practice．This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer．I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed．We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11．I was 13 when I tasted my first pizza; it was called "pizza pie"．When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered（粘贴）itself against my chin and burned that, too．It's still the best pizza I ever had．
I delivered newspapers, six days a week ．The paper cost 7 cents, of which I got to keep 2 cents．I had to get up at 4:00 a．m．every morning．On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers．My favourite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change．
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren．
Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
【小题1】By saying "All the food was slow", the writer implies that ____．

It might have been a really bad stressful day, feeling trapped inside by the cold and snow which surrounded us. My husband got dressed and  36   that he was going outside to build a giant snowman.

At first he stood alone, 37   massive amounts of snow. Soon after a neighbor joined in. Then we reluctantly put on our snow gear(装备) and  38   outside. It wasn’t long  39   we were smiling and enjoying the  40   of snow that Mother Nature had provided. Others came to our yard one by one to give a  41   in the making of our giant snowman.

In the end we all stood back and  42   at what we had created. He was eleven feet high, twenty-five feet around at the base and  43   with many household items supplied by various  44   .People drove by and smiled. Some even stopped just to enjoy his  45  .

With the passing of time, the spring made its  46   back into our yard and the snowman changed form  47   .In a final effort to save what we created for just a little bit  48   ,somebody stopped by and changed the snowman’s  49   to look like a rabbit.

As I prepared for the start of another week, I decided to  50   my email before going to bed. I found a  51   message that contained the subject line: 52   the snowman.

The email said:… your neighbor looks on in disbelief! Now you people are relishing(享受) the sounds and smells, along with  53   of spring. But I am sure people will never forget the  54   energy displayed in Mr Snow-man. You and your family keep it up, as this is what the world needs now. More power to you and your loved ones, keep  55   with the world around!

1.A. announced   B. stated       C. informed      D .insisted

2.A .pressing    B. pouring      C. clearing       D. piling

3.A. looked      B. headed      C .rushed        D. wandered

4.A. when       B. since        C. before        D. after

5.A. softness     B .flexibility    C whiteness      D .abundance

6.A. hand        B .tip          C. design       D. tool

7.A. worked      B. stared       C. wondered     D. suspected

8.A. decorated    B .wrapped     C .provided      D .equipped

9.A. societies     B .families      C. communities  D .neighborhoods

10.A. occupation  B. survival      C .sculpture     D .existence

11.A. way       B .entrance      C. warmth     D .appearance

12.A .roughly     B. considerably   C. instantly    D. steadily

13.A .longer      B. further        C .deeper      D. stronger

14.A. figure       B .version       C .form        D .remains

15.A. answer      B. delete        C. check       D .sort

16.A .curious      B. serious       C. elegant      D. punctual

17.A. recall        B. enjoy        C. keep       D. praise

18.A. attraction     B. scenes       C. sights      D. beauty

19.A. various       B. spiritual     C. significant   D. joyous

20.A. communicating B. sharing      C. advancing   D. developing

"Hey, Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?"

"We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him．"All the food was slow．" "Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home'．" I explained．"Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it．"

Some parents never owned their own houses, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card．

My parents have never driven me to soccer practice．This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer．I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed．We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11．I was 13 when I tasted my first pizza; it was called "pizza pie"．When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered（粘贴）itself against my chin and burned that, too．It's still the best pizza I ever had．

I delivered newspapers, six days a week ．The paper cost 7 cents, of which I got to keep 2 cents．I had to get up at 4:00 a．m．every morning．On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers．My favourite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change．

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren．

Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

1.By saying "All the food was slow", the writer implies that ____．

A．when he was growing up, he never ate fast food

B．he didn't like fast food when he was growing up

C．his grandma made food slowly

D．he had to wait for a long time for the fast food

2.When the writer didn't like the food his grandma cooked when he was growing up, _______．

A．his grandma would make something he liked

B．his grandma would buy him fast food

C．he would sit there waiting for his favourite pizza pie

D．he had to eat it or go without

3.The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to _____.

A．tell his children there was no fast food in the past

B．tell us that life has been changing

C．tell us how hard it is to deliver newspapers

D．made us understand the meaning of life

There's always been a debate on whether human beings are born good or bad.Depending on how you view the world，you can think of all the crimes and injustice and conclude that we're bad，so we need a system of laws to keep us in check.However，there are also a lot of stories of good deeds.I think we're all born good.

Today，I took a trip to South Bend to attend my friends' wedding reception.I had__16__the night before at the forecast and it said we were going to get about 3 inches of snow，so I thought，“That's not so__17__．” I set out on my journey and it was completely clear until I__18__to get towards Niles，M1…

I was__19__with this ominous(不祥的) cloud. I thought to myself，“Hmm，this can't be a good__20__．” Soon enough，the highway became a snow­packed wall of white.I should have remembered that such severe changes in__21__are common in this part of America.I then tried to get to the populous area of South Bend and got__22__in the snow，__23__to turn left onto a street. I__24__for 20 minutes to dig myself out with only a scraper(刮刀)．

It wasn't a very__25__street，so I didn't see many people.Just as I was starting to give up，a few people stopped by my car and then helped push me out of the snow bank.It was one person at first，and then a few others.

Then，on the way to my destination，another lady got stuck.__26__，I got out and was__27__to offer the same help that I had received.At least five others joined me in my__28__to get her car unstuck.It is kind of storm that makes roads undrivable.South Bend__29__up getting over 3 feet of snow.

In these__30__of kindness though，I was once again__31__of my belief that all people are born good.These people didn't have to stop and help me out.They ran the__32__of having their own cars stuck.Even for myself，it was a(n)__33__reaction to get out and push the lady's car out too.I didn't think about it__34__a second.

I believe these situations really helped remind me that this world is a good place.Real life situations can__35__good deeds.It happened today，and it will happen again and again.

16．A.spent  B．checked

C．observed  D．looked

17．A.late  B．cold   C．bad  D．far

18．A.hoped  B．stopped   C．started  D．planned

19．A.concerned  B．met

C．involved  D．pointed

20．A.way  B．event   C．result  D．sign

21．A.weather  B．direction

C．position  D．system

22．A.frozen  B．stuck   C．hurt  D．lost

23．A.attempting  B．needing

C．realizing  D．having

24．A.waited  B．stayed

C．insisted  D．struggled

25．A.long  B．smooth   C．busy  D．quiet

26．A.Immediately  B．Carefully

C．Eventually  D．Obviously

27．A.requested  B．attracted

C．inspired  D．convinced

28．A.efforts  B．group

C．donation  D．spirits

29．A.made  B．ended   C．came  D．grew

30．A.attitudes  B．characters

C．manners  D．acts

31．A.informed  B．reminded

C．warned  D．told

32．A.favor  B．course   C．caution  D．risk

33．A.automatic  B．generous

C．valuable  D．accurate

34．A.with  B．by   C．for  D．in

35．A.find  B．produce   C．admire  D．judge