1、When I got older and started going to school, we couldnt watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me, though, because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing: she never seemed to need the recipe
2、s but everything she made tasted delicious.At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch, even though I didnt understand what she was doing. As I got older, she let me help with the easy parts, such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs,I felt like I had found complete pl
3、easure.At last, my parents decided that I could take care of myself,and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking, however, stayed with me. I started baking by myself, and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes, more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new rec
4、ipes, and whenever I got to a thorny part, I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk, too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything.My grandmother passed away ten years ago, but I still think of her every day. Last week, I found a recipe book she made for
5、me. It included her recipes for brownies, cookies, and my favorite, lemon pie. As I looked through the pages, I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking, but about life.1The passage is developed in order of .A. time B. placeC. logic D. events2While helping
6、her grandmother bake, the author .A. missed the game showsB. refused to go to schoolC. showed great interestD. could take care of herself3What does the underlined word “thorny in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?A. Basic. B. Common.C. Difficult. D. Special.4From the passage we know the authors grandmo
7、ther .A. lived with her familyB. was very skilled at bakingC. published a recipe bookD. had been on a game showAfter Mom died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was frail and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for
8、me, along with an unsigned note reading, Drink your juice. Such a gesture, I knew, was as far as Dad had ever been able to go in expressing his love. In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned Mom Why doesnt Dad love me? Mom frowned, Who said he doesnt love you? Well, he never tells me, I compla
9、ined. He never tells me either, she said, smiling. But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. Thats how your father tells us he loves us.I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms
10、around me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and operated a small scrap (片) metal business, and after school I often hung around while he worked. Dad fed scrap steel into a machine which looked like a giant pair of scissors with blades thicker than my fathers body. If he didnt feed those terrifying
11、blades just right, he risked serious injury. Why dont you hire someone to do that for you? Mom asked Dad one night as she bent over him and rubbed his aching shoulders . t you hire a cook? Dad asked, giving her one of his rare smiles.Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the
12、juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, I love you, Dad. From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.5The father always prepared a glass of orange juice for
13、him because _.A. that was the authors favoriteB. that was a gesture of loveC. the author was always complainingD. he was sure the author would be thirsty6The authors father didnt hire a helper because _.A. his job was too dangerousB. his job required high skillsC. he was not good at communicating wi
14、th othersD. he wanted to save money7We may infer from the passage that _.A. the author quite understood his father as time went onB. the authors father lacked a sense of humorC. the authort love him very muchD. the authors father was too strict with him8What would be the best title for the passage?A. I just couldnt understand my father B. Silent fatherly loveC. My father never loved me D. My hard-working fatherIt was with heavy hearts that my son and I worked to prepare his car for a milestone journeythe day he moved across the country after
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