Dancing the night away

    It is a measure of how little control I have over my own life that in middle March I am escorting （護(hù)送） a pretty young redhead to a debutante ball．（A formal presentation of young ladies when they reach the age of maturity．This is originally used in the past to introduce young ladies to society so that they could meet a possible marriage partner, so it was for the upper class．At a debutante ball，the expensively-dressed girls stand in a line to be introduced individually．Their fathers then walk them，arm-in-arm around the dance floor, followed by a waltz．）

    “Daddy, you OK?”she asks．

    “Never better”I lie．

    “Good．”she says，hugging my shoulder and giggling（咯咯笑）

    Generally, deb balls belong to the upper class，and that is decidedly not us The other day, I was trying to decide which to buy-a garage door opener, or a DVD player Both were broken．yet we could afford to replace only one．That’s how“upper class”we are．

    So it’s a mystery how we ended up at this deb ball, Two mothers are checking for alcohol．making sure the debs aren’t drinking．

    Anyway, they won’t let the dads eat dinner till we“present”the girls．which means we have to escort our daughters around the dance floor one by one．a(chǎn)s the mistress of ceremonies reads out the young lady’s accomplishments．

    “Trish plans to attend Stanford where she will study molecular（分子）engineering．”“Dorothy hopes to grow food on Mars．”…

    After the introductions we finally get to the Big Waltz．For the last month，the dads and daughters have all been taking lessons for the Big Waltz under the direction of the widow（遺孀）of Otto．Her gentle directions have worked miracles Suddenly, on this night．we are a well-organized team of 27 father-daughter dance pairs

    The relative success of this Big Waltz comes as a huge relief to the mothers who have been planning this ceremony for six years and have been a little tense lately．

    In the end，everything turned out OK at the deb ball．The 27 dads developed into a fairly supportive fellowship．And the little red-haired girl? She hugged my shoulder and giggled happily．making it all-the waltz lessons，the rental tuxedo（男士禮服），the l4 years of coaching softball-worth every awful-wonderful moment．

  1．We know from the passage that at the debutante ball_____．

    A．27 father-daughter dance pairs presented a successful waltz Show

    B．the mothers felt relieved after the ceremony began

    C．well-dressed girls were introduced to their future husbands

    D．the writer’s daughter a red-haired girl．was the focus of attention

  2．By saying“it s a mystery how we ended up at this deb ball”the writer suggests that____．

    A．the deb ball is usually held for rich families but his is not

    B．a(chǎn)s a member from the upper class he can attend the ball

    C．it’s the first time for him to attend such a grand ceremony

    D．many families want to attend the ball so it wasn’t easy for him to get in

   3．The writer feels all his efforts were worthwhile because his daughter ______．

    A．showed her accomplishments at the ball

    B．was introduced into the upper class

    C．really enjoyed the experience

    D．had a chance to meet a good marriage partner

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