From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  11  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  12  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of     13  for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they  14  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 15  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  16  my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  17  them but I still needed to write them, I  18  until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  19  for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   20  two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   21  , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento,  22  short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   23   happy to have Marc back. Since I was  24  making lunch for his younger brother, I    25  one for Marc, too. Imagine my   26  when I got a call from my 24-year-old son,   27  his lunch.

“Did I do something   28 ? Don’t you love me  29  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 30  asked him what was wrong. “My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

1.                A.carried         B.found          C.included  D.held

 

2.                A.difficult         B.special         C.comfortable   D.separate

 

3.                A.congratulation   B.improvement    C.explanation    D.encouragement

 

4.                A.loved          B.answered       C.wrote    D.examined

 

5.                A.lately          B.by the way      C.by the time    D.gradually

 

6.                A.received        B.understood      C.enjoyed  D.collected

 

7.                A.copy           B.read           C.take D.send

 

8.                A.held up         B.gave up         C.followed  D.continued

 

9.                A.out            B.home          C.to college D.to Sacramento

 

10.               A.organizing      B.planning        C.comparing D.completing

 

11.               A.hopefully       B.finally          C.particularly D.certainly

 

12.               A.Because of      B.Instead of       C.Except for D.As for

 

13.               A.especially       B.immediately     C.equally    D.generally

 

14.               A.once          B.again          C.still   D.even

 

15.               A.packed         B.fetched        C.bought    D.filled

 

16.               A.fear           B.surprise        C.anger D.disappointment

 

17.               A.waiting for      B.worrying about   C.caring for  D.asking about

 

18.               A.wrong         B.funny          C.strange    D.smart

 

19.               A.any more       B.enough         C.once more D.better

 

20.               A.interestingly     B.bitterly         C.politely    D.laughingly

 

 

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his now place and meet his friends.

My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult(成年人)I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boy friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

1.Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?

A.He was silent most of the time              B.He was too proud of himself

C.He did not love his children                D.He expected too much of her

2.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel         .

A.nervous          B.sorry             C.tired             D.safe

3.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

A.More critical                           B.More talkative

C.Gentle and friendly                      D.Strict and hard-working

4.The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to           .

A.the author’s son                       B.the author’s father

C.the friend of the author’s father           D.the cafe owner

 

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