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Yesterday, after telling my brother, Rhys, and me to stop playing like wild animals, Mom went to take a bath. We were having a pillow fight when 36 one hit a vase. Mom 37 the loud crash. Wasting no time, she came 38 into the room. I was sure that she was going to shout at us, but instead she just knelt by the 39 and began to cry.
This made Rhys and me feel pretty 40 . We went over and put our arms around her, and she explained to us why she was so upset. In the pieces 41 a broken glass rose, one petal (花瓣)gone, which was given by Dad on their first wedding anniversary. Dad had said that if he ever forgot to bring flowers home 42 an anniversary in the future, Mom was to look at that one. It was like their love—it would last a 43 .
We began crying, and 44 to glue it. But Mom said that wouldn’t really fix it. 45 it had been broken, the 46 of the “limited edition” had reduced. As Mom 47 began to pick up the mess, we tried everything we could think of to 48 her up, but even our best funny faces didn’t 49 . Tears kept coming down her cheeks. Everything was picked up. Seeing Mom going back to the bath, I 50 her and put both hands on her shoulders, saying, “All things can be 51 ，Mom. The only thing that cannot be broken is our 52 . It’s the only thing that can never be broken. ”
Mom hugged me very tightly and 53 smiled. After dinner that night, Mom glued the petal back onto the rose. Then she softly said, “My rose is truly unique. Its tiny damage reminds me of 54 more important：the realization that love 55 forever. ”
36. A. gradually B. suddenly
C. surprisingly D. immediately
37. A. caused B. witnessed
C. heard D. ignored
38. A. dressing B. shouting
C. flying D. crying
39. A. pieces B. vase C. pillow D. ground
40. A. disappointed B. angry
C. awful D. sensitive
41. A. grew B. lay C. stood D. existed
42. A. for B. in C. from D. by
43. A. decade B. year C. season D. lifetime
44. A. offered B. supported
C. pretended D. agreed
45. A. Just as B. In case
C. Now that D. Even though
46. A. price B. wealth C. value D. treasure
47. A. skillfully B. hopefully C. kindly D. slowly
48. A. cheer B. make C. light D. get
49. A. smile B. work C. show D. say
50. A. prevented B. stopped
C. kept D. followed
51. A. destroyed B. mended
C. improved D. broken
52. A. friendship B. honesty
C. love D. happiness
53. A. finally B. quickly
C. confidently D. immediately
54. A. anything B. something
C. nothing D. everything
55. A. changes B. appears C. lasts D. keeps
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Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.
At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.
Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.
Thomas Coyate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.
Everybody go angry at that. Did Mr. Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers we had enough for us?
Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.
Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks.
1. Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to England?
A. He wanted to make his friends surprised.
B. He believed it was no nice to eat meat with fingers.
C. Forks were beautiful.
D. He wanted to make business selling forks.
2. Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians?
A. They believed that was bad manners.
B. Nobody ate meat with hands in England.
C. Everybody thought it was an amazing invention.
D. Nobody had seen a fork before.
3. Why did the first piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork?
A. The fork was very inconvenient to use.
B. The fork was had.
C. Thomas was not used to eating with a fork.
D. The steak was too tough.
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In 1608, an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote,“When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.”
Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.
At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.
Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.
Thomas Coyate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.
Everybody go angry at that. Did Mr. Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers we had enough for us?
Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.
Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks.
1. Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to England?
A. He wanted to make his friends surprised.
B. He believed it was no nice to eat meat with fingers.
C. Forks were beautiful.
D. He wanted to make business selling forks.
2. Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians?
A. They believed that was bad manners.
B. Nobody ate meat with hands in England.
C. Everybody thought it was an amazing invention.
D. Nobody had seen a fork before.
3. Why did the first piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork?
A. The fork was very inconvenient to use.
B. The fork was had.
C. Thomas was not used to eating with a fork.
D. The steak was too tough.
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After Mom died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved
slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with
an unsigned note reading, "Drink your juice." Such a gesture, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been
able to go in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom "Why doesn't Dad
love me!" Mom frowned. "Who said he doesn't love you!" "Well, he never tells me," I complained. "He
never tells me either," she said, smiling. "But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food
and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us."
I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms
around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap(片)metal business and after
school I often hung around while he worked. I always hoped he'd ask me to help and then praise me for
what I did. He never asked. His tasks were too dangerous for a young boy to attempt, and Mom was
already worried enough that he'd hurt himself. Dad hand fed scrap steel into a device that chopped it as
cleanly as a butcher chops a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades
thicker than my father's body. If he didn't feed those terrifying blades just right, he risked serious injury.
"Why don't you hire someone to do that for you?" Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and
rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment. "Why don't you hire a cook?" Dad asked,
giving her one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I
walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, Dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father
never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave
them.
1. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. I just couldn't understand my father
B. My father never loved me
C. Silent fatherly love
D. My hard-working father
2. The author's father always prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for him because _______.
A. that was the author's favorite
B. he was sure the author would be thirsty
C. the author was always complaining
D. that was a gesture of love
3. When the author complained in the first paragraph, his mother __________.
A. tried to comfort him
B. told him that his father loved him with action
C. tried to defend his father
D. got a bit angry with him
4. The author's father didn't hire a helper because __________.
A. his job was too dangerous
B. his job required high skills
C. he wanted to save money
D. he was not good at communicating with others
5. We may infer from the passage that __________.
A. the author's father lacked a sense of humor
B. the author quite understood his father as time went on
C. the author's father didn't love him very much
D. the author's father was too strict with him
阅读理解
In 1608, an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.”
Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.
At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.
Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.
Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one's fingers because they were not always clean.
Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr. Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren't the ten fingers we had enough for us?
Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.
Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks.
1．Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to England?
[ ]
A．He wanted to make his friends surprised.
B．He believed it was not nice to eat meat with fingers.
C．Forks were beautiful.
D．He wanted to make business selling forks.
2．Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians?
[ ]
A．They believed that was bad manners.
B．Nobody ate meat with hands in England.
C．Everybody thought it was an amazing invention.
D．Nobody had seen a fork before.
3．Why did the first piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork?
[ ]
A．The fork was very inconvenient to use.
B．The fork was bad.
C．Thomas was not used to eating with a fork.
D．The steak was too tough.
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