I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn’t know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.
My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. So, she had to take cooking classes to prepare(准备) our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn’t want me to have the same experience.
I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her. Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes. Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don’t need help to cook a meal. I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn’t matter.
I will do the same with my children because I don’t want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.  
【小题1】 The writer’s mother learned cooking _______.
A. from the writer’s grandmother
B. all by herself
C. by taking cooking class
【小题2】The underlined word recipes in this passage most probably means _______.
A. instructions on how to cook food
B. experiences of cooking food
C. some well-known cooks
【小题3】We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will _______.
A. hate cooking
B. learn cooking
C. teach cooking
【小题4】 The writer must think cooking is _______ to learn in life.
A. interesting          B. difficult          C. necessary
【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. the writer’s mother didn’t know how to cook anything but an egg.
B. the writer’s mother started to cook after 25 years old.
C. the writer’s mother taught the writer how to cook because she disliked cooking.

I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.

My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. So, she had to take cooking classes to prepare(准备) our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience.

I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her. Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes. Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don't need help to cook a meal. I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn't matter.

I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.  

1. The writer’s mother learned cooking _______.

A. from the writer’s grandmother

B. all by herself

C. by taking cooking class

2.The underlined word recipes in this passage most probably means _______.

A. instructions on how to cook food

B. experiences of cooking food

C. some well-known cooks

3.We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will _______.

A. hate cooking

B. learn cooking

C. teach cooking

4. The writer must think cooking is _______ to learn in life.

   A. interesting           B. difficult            C. necessary

5.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. the writer’s mother didn't know how to cook anything but an egg.

B. the writer’s mother started to cook after 25 years old.

C. the writer’s mother taught the writer how to cook because she disliked cooking.

1.What can you find in Parker’s Sweet Shop ?

        A. Books.       B. Chocolate.       C. Pictures.        D. CDs.

2.What time does Happy Days Club open?

        A. 9:00 am.     B. 9:30 am      C.7:30 pm.      D. 10:30 pm.

3.What should you paint if you want to join the painting competition?

        A. An egg.      B. A girl.          C. A bicycle.       D. An animal.  

Tom was three years old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after supper, but his parents never let him stay long. Mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now. It’s time for you to go to bed, Tom.”

“But why don’t you go to bed, too?” Tom always asked.

“We are adults (大人),” mother would say, “And adults go to bed late.”

One evening Tom asked his mother for an apple.

“But it’s too late,” his mother didn’t want to give him anything to eat at bedtime. “The apples are already asleep.”

“But not all of them, Mom.” Tom said, “The baby apples are perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”

1.Tom liked to watch TV with_________ after supper.  

A. his father and mother                B. his sister 

C. his grandparents                     D. his brother

2.His parents _______let him stay long.  

A. never        B. sometimes        C. often            D. usually

3.One evening Tom asked his mother for_________.

A. an egg       B. an apple             C. an orange    D. a pear

4.His mother didn’t want to give anything to him to eat________.

A. in the morning                   B. in the afternoon        

C. at bedtime                       D. at noon

5. From the story we know__________.

A. Tom was a quiet boy              B. Tom was a bad boy

C. Tom was a lazy boy                   D. Tom was a clever boy