During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom.  
Tiffany’s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was annoyed with her.
Whenever I didn’t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany’s mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say “Poor Tiffany”. I couldn’t understand her. “She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!” I thought. “She should be feeling sorry for me.”
One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?” I burst out crying.
My mom sat down next to me and said softly. “Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.”
I looked up at her. “What are you talking about?”   
Mom said with care, “One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.”  

It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.   
小題1:During the author’s elementary school years, she __________.
A．wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s
B．went to school with Tiffany every day
C．usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s
D．sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany
小題2:Why did the author’s mom always say “Poor Tiffany”? 
A．She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.
B．She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.
C．She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.
D．She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.
小題3:What do we learn about the author’s mother? 
A．She was strict and taught the author to be independent.
B．She cared for other people’s children more than her own.
C．She thought that life lessons were as important as money.
D．She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money.
小題4:What can we infer from the passage? 
A．The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.
B．The author’s mother felt sorry for Tiffany.
C．Tiffany’s mother took the author’s mother’s advice.
D．The author is thankful to her mother now.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D 

試題分析：作者由反感母親對自己嚴格對待到慢慢接受并珍視的故事
小題1:細節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom.  
可知在作者小學的時候，她希望自己的媽媽能和Tiffany 的媽媽一樣好，選A
小題2:細節(jié)題：從文章倒數(shù)第三段的句子; One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money,可知作者的媽媽總是說“Poor Tiffany”，因為她認為Tiffany被她媽媽寵壞了，選C
小題3:推理題：從文章第二段的句子：My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. 和倒數(shù)第二段的句子;可知作者的媽媽很嚴格，教孩子要獨立，選A
小題4:推理題：從文章最后一段的句子：It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.  可知作者現(xiàn)在很感激媽媽，選D 
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Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, “Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment.”
Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. “I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.”
He looked at us and said, “I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.”
Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze and rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink (畏縮) down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch (噴出) a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out the windshield. “ You’re right,” he said. “ You are a big boy....a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”
Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke. “It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet (船隊) stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats.”
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. “Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…to feel his rough old face… to smell the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”
小題1:When his father drove him to the school, Frank would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear because ________.
A．he was ashamed of his father’s old truck
B．he thought he was old enough to go to school alone
C．he didn’t want his schoolmates to see his father
D．he hated the way his schoolmates stared at his father
小題2:In Frank’s eyes, when his father said “You are a big boy… a man.”, he probably felt ________.
A．disappointedB．hurtC．excitedD．proud
小題3:According to the story we can conclude that Frank’s father ________.
A．was quite confident in his skills in fishing
B．loved his children but hardly expressed it
C．seldom gave up faced with challenges
D．was full of devotion to his family
小題4:Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A．The Smell of the OceanB．We All Need Love
C．A Goodbye KissD．Father’s Embarrassment

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