A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man —the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands．While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect m the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort．

This attitude toward manual （体力的） labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life．One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously （豪华地） furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, wil2 serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery．On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes．A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house．His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing．The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education．

1.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _____．

    A．people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

    B．people can always rise to the top through their own efforts

    C．college professors win great respect from common workers

    C．college professors feel it painful to mention their fathers as labors．

2.According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ______．

    A．servants in American are hard to get

    B．she takes pride in what she can do herself

    C．she can hardly afford servants

    D．It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3.The expression " wait on table" in the second paragraph means "______”．

    A．wait for others on a table           B．keep accounts in a restaurant

    C．wait to lay the table                D．serve customers in a restaurant

4.How does the author support his opinion?

    A．By analyzing causes and effects                          B．By giving examples

    C．By reasoning and concluding          D．By telling stories

When I learned that 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble —a word game, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggests we give her a computer to play against herself. I wasn’t sure whether my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of the computers.

It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything.

She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.

   It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing. This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. 

“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.

“No, of course not,” I said.”They already know how to use a computer.”

 My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.

1.What does the author do?

A．She is a cooker

B．She is a teacher

C．She is a housewife

D．She is a computer engineer

2.The author decided to give her mother a computer _____.

A．to let her have more chances to write letters

B．to support to her in doing her homework

C．to help her through the bad times

D．to make her life more enjoyable

3.The author asked her mother to write her a letter _____.

A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone

B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother

C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned

D．so that her mother could be free from the housework

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When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble  — a word game — against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against.

I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home . And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers.

It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teach-

ing  me all my life: to cook and sew: to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.

It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing（文字处理）This proved to be a bigger challenge（挑战）to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.

“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.

“No, of course not, ” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.”

My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy（过敏反应）. For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.

49．What does the author do?

       A．She is a cook.                                            B．She is a teacher.

       C．She is a housewife.                                     D．She is a computer engineer.

50．The author decided to give her mother a computer                     .

       A．to let her have more chances to write letters

       B．to support her in doing her homework

       C．to help her through the bad times

       D．to make her life more enjoyable

51．The author asked her mother to write her a letter                 .

       A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone

       B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother

       C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned

       D．so that her mother could be free from housework

52．After the computer was brought home, the author’s father            .

       A．lost interest in cooking

       B．took more phone calls

       C．played  more games

       D．began to use it