Tiger Mom,

You’ve been criticized(批评) a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don’t get your humor. They think you’re serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true.

But for real, it’s not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don’t hear us laughing over each other’s jokes. They don’t see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don’t know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix.

I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I’d gone to and some piano camps I wish I’d got away from. But now that I’m 18 and about to leave the tiger den(穴), I’m glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did.

A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can’t think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent(独立的).

Everybody’s talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren’t good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let’s face it: It took me 30 second; I didn’t put my heart into it. That’s why, when you rejected it, I didn’t feel hurt at all.

There’s one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it’s about knowing that you’ve tried your best, body and mind. You feel it when the piano piece you’ve practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel it when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you.

Yours,

Sophia

1.In the writer’s opinion, why do some people criticize her mother

A.They don’t know what her family is really like.

B.They have a different culture.

C.They aren’t strict with their children.

D.They don’t have a good sense of humor.

2.The passage tells us her mother’s strict parenting raised the writer to be _________.

A.a robot kid

B.a kid with no play dates

C.a kid uninterested in the piano

D.an independent thinker

3.Which of the following sentences is Wrong

A.Sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her

B.Sophia has never been disturbed by tea parties.

C.Sophia is satisfied with her parents’ way of raising her.

D.Tiger Mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters’ birthday cards.

4.The underlined words “it” in the last paragraph refer to_________.

A.Making personal achievements

B.Having lived your life at 110 percent

C.Practicing piano pieces

D.Doing something on your own

读短文回答问题。

CCTV reported that every year Chinese people throw away a lot of food which can feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Programme, there were 900million hungry people all over the world in 2013. About six million children die of hunger every year.

So think about it. We should say no to people who waste food every day. An old saying goes, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” It tells us everybody must save food.

Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Jiangsu, once lost her job because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. But many people were by her side and criticized (批评) the waste of food.

What should we do in our daily life to stop wasting food? We can do many things to prevent it from happening. Here are some tips:

Don't order too much food in a restaurant. Only order as much as you can eat. If you can’t eat all the food you order, take the rest of it home.

Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. some food may not be tasty, but put body need it.

Don’t keep too much food at home, especially for fruit and vegetables.

1.How many hungry people were there over the world in 2013?

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2.Why did Li Hong lose her job?

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3.What should you do if you can’t eat all the food you ask for?

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4.Can you keep too much food at home?

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5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

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