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Mom's Recipe for Life
I have a lot of Mom's recipes in a blue box where all my special ones were put，like the
pumpkin pie she made during my growing up years. Even so，the recipe I treasure most is not on any index card， nor did she send it to me in a letter. Instead，she lived this recipe all of her life.
My mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa. My grandfather once told me that she knew no stranger;she considered everyone in that community her friend. That attitude
continued wherever she lived for the rest of her life.
As a teen，I was embarrassed(尴尬的 )every time my mother talked to strangers and offered a smile to everyone in the store or on the city bus. Almost all of them responded(回 应 )with a bright smile of their own. Some spoke，others nodded their heads at this elderly woman who brought a little light into their day.
What really sold me on Mom's approach to life was her experience on the senior bus. The weeks I could not be there， she used this low cost transportation to the grocery store. After her first trip， I asked her how it went.
“ Ha!”she said，“ I got on that bus and what did I see?Thirteen little old ladies and one old
man，and not one word was spoken.”
I wondered how long it would be until the silence on that bus would change. On my next visit，Mom mentioned the 13 little old ladies on the bus and something one of them had told her.
“ Oh，are you talking with them now?”I asked.
“ Of course，”she said. “ One day I climbed up the steps of the bus and before I looked for a
seat，I gave them a big smile and I said，‘ Isn't it a wonderful day? I noticed a few shy smiles.”
Mom didn't give up. She greeted them all each time she got on the bus and before long，the
whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just transportation.
When we went to the various stores，I watched as she smiled and chatted with perfect strangers. Some of them looked like the poorest person you'd ever met，but once Mom smiled at them and started a conversation， most responded favorably. My mother didn't embarrass me any longer. I found myself admiring her.
She's been gone for ten years but I've carried on her recipe for life. It was me who had done the
smiling first and all those people had responded. My mother didn't lecture but taught me by example. She'd given me a recipe for life.
【1】Where did the writer's mom grow up?
【2】Did the people talk on the bus on Mom's first trip?
【3】What did Mom do to make the bus more than transportation?
【4】How did the writer feel about Mom in the end?
【5】What is Mom's recipe for life?
【答案】
【1】In a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa.
【2】No，they didn't.
【3】She greeted them all each time she got on the bus.
【4】Proud.
【5】The attitude of considering everyone her friend.
【解析】试题这是一篇记叙文，文章以菜谱引出人生的食谱。讲述了母亲以微笑待人，把每个人都当做了朋友，她对人对事的人生秘诀对我的影响很大。
【1】题意：作者的妈妈是在哪里长大的？考查细节理解题。根据My mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa.，可知填In a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa.。
【2】题意：在妈妈的第一次旅行中，人们在车上说话吗？考查细节理解题。根据妈妈的介绍Thirteen little old ladies and one old man，and not one word was spoken.，可知答案是否定的，故填No，they didn't.。
【3】题意：妈妈做了什么使公共汽车超越了交通工具？考查细节理解题。根据She greeted them all each time she got on the bus and before long，the whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just transportation.，可知填She greeted them all each time she got on the bus.。
【4】题意：作者到底是如何看待妈妈的？考查文意理解题。根据最后一段My mother didn't lecture but taught me by example. She'd given me a recipe for life.，可知作者以母亲为荣，故填Proud.。
【5】题意：妈妈的人生秘诀是什么？考查综合理解题。根据第一段Instead，she lived this recipe all of her life.第二段My grandfather once told me that she knew no stranger; she considered everyone in that community her friend. That attitude continued wherever she lived for the rest of her life.和最后一段She's been gone for ten years but I've carried on her recipe for life. It was me who had done the smiling first and all those people had responded.，结合文中对妈妈的描述，可知妈妈把每个人都当做了朋友，故填The attitude of considering everyone her friend.。
