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When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely lame and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would feel ashamed at the unwanted attention. If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on, nor did he say anything about it.

It was difficult to coordinate (协调) our steps — his pausing, my impatience — and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was how he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite bad weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. A matter of pride.

When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, NY, on a child’s sleigh to the subway entrance. Once there, he would grasp the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice-free. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.

When I think of it now, I wondered at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such indignity and stress. And at how he did it — without bitterness or complaint.

He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.

Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don’t know precisely what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.

My father has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about incident, when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.

At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance, and say, “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

【小题1】What wouldn’t the author like others to see?(No more than 10 words)
【小题2】What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “let on” in the first paragraph? (No more than 5 words)
【小题3】According to the third paragraph, what conclusion can you get about the father’s attitude toward his work? (No more than 8 words)
【小题4】Find an example in the passage that shows the father was a man with a “good heart”.(No more than10 words)
【小题5】What does the author learn from his father? (No more than 15 words)
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When my family decided to move to Europe, we were excited . But we had a problem. We couldn’t find a vehicle that had enough space to work for our five-member family, so my dad decided he’d just made one. No matter where we were , our new home took some getting used to (花时间适应). I had to leave a lot of my stuff behind because so little of it would fit into my tiny new room. We had to be careful to save our water. And we were doing home school, which worked out great.
No matter what, I made sure to look out my window every morning , because the view was different every day — England, then France, Italy,Greece... each special in its own way. In country after country, we touched around and tried to pick up little bits of the local language, but that didn’t help us much. Luckily we kept finding people who knew some English. Everywhere we went , we saw the most amazing things. I love reading about places in my textbooks and then getting out of our vehicle to look right at them . I can’t pick a favourite spot, because whichever one we were at seemed to be the best at the time.
After our trip ended , we moved to Florida. But it makes me happy that my family had this great year-long experience together. I’m thankful for that.
【小题1】Compared with the seventh-grade school year, Grace’s sixth-grade year was ____
A.normalB.painful
C.unusualD.successful
【小题2】How did Grace and her family travel in Europe?
A.By carB.By taxi
C.By bikeD.By plane
【小题3】Grace had to throw away many of her things because________
A.her parents didn’t allow her to keep them
B.there was not enough room to keep them
C.she had other similar things
D.they were out of style
【小题4】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.Grace likes Italy very much
B.Grace prefers travelling to reading
C.Grace can speak different language s well
D.Grace enjoyed the experience with her family
【小题5】Which one of the following phrases can best describe the whole passage?
A.Getting along with my family
B.Looking out of my window
C.My new moving home
D.My life on the road
One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap.
On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is. “ What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.
“Christmas was coming. Don't expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He's all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!”   I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home.   I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
【小题1】What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?
A.He got a baby brother.B.He got a Christmas gift.
C.He became four years old.D.He received a doll.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Impossible.B.Boring.
C.Difficult.D.Fearful.
【小题3】The sock the author hung in the living room are probably used to ________.
A.decorate the roomB.receive gifts
C.amuse his doll brotherD.wear on Christmas
【小题4】Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A.Excitement.B.Happiness.
C.Sadness.D.Disappointment.
【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?
A.A sad Christmas dayB.Life with a lovely baby
C.A special Christmas gift.D.Memories of a happy family

The relationship between Jeffrey Pang and his son, Kevin Pang, was like hot-and-sour soup. It boiled over easily. The Pangs, who moved to the United States in 1988, wanted their son and daughter to know Chinese culture. As a video game-playing American teen, Kevin wasn’t interested.

But when Kevin became a food writer for the Chicago Tribune, he realized he had a valuable resource: his cook-laving dad. “My father and I shared, for the first time, a common interest. I would call to ask about recipes and cooking techniques. He would school me on the world of Chinese food,” Kevin writes in the introduction to the cookbook he has just published.

When it comes to cooking Chinese food, he points out that there is no one definition of Chinese food. “Chinese cooking is not hidebound. For example, consider baked pork chop rice, popularized in Hong Kong. It is a pork chop with egg-fried rice. And then you top it with this thick tomato sauce,” explains Kevin. “And then you top that with some cheese. It’s a very interesting combined dish that has some Western British influences, and it’s altogether very Chinese as well.”

By the time Kevin joined America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) staff in 2020 as its editorial director for digital content, his dad had become an Internet celebrity demonstrating the family’s recipes. Kevin recognized an opportunity not only to share his own family’s food stories but also to apply the ATK method of breaking down recipes into simple steps for the home cook.

“I think this cookbook can teach fathers and sons how to connect, how to find a common interest and improve their relationship, ” Kevin says. That feeling has found an enthusiastic fan base, generating nearly 3 million views, for their online cooking series “Hunger Pangs”, where viewers speak highly of their father-son bond as much as they do of their attractive dishes. Today the Pangs’ relationship is rarely sour or hot.

【小题1】Why would Kevin phone his father after becoming a food writer?
A.To publish his Chinese cookbook.B.To inquire about hot-and-sour soup.
C.To seek permission for video games.D.To ask about cooking Chinese food.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “hidebound” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Inflexible.B.Inclusive.C.Unpleasant.D.Uncertain.
【小题3】What can we infer about Kevin and his father from the passage?
A.Their relationship has improved.B.They run America’s. Test Kitchen.
C.They do dishes to attract followers.D.Their cookbook is about low-fat food.
【小题4】What is the best title of the passage?
A.Cooking at home helps you cook well for less.B.Father and son jointly teach Chinese cooking.
C.Chinese culture is becoming popular in the us.D.Recipes and cooking techniques are really easy.

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