教师公开招聘考试小学英语-阅读理解
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I was nine when my father first nt me flowers. I had been taking tap dancing lessons for six months, and the school was giving its yearly recital. As an excited member of the beginners' chorus line, I was aware of my lowly status.
So it was a surpri to have my name called out at the end of the show along with the lead dancers and to find my arms full of long-stemmed red ros. I can still feel mylf standing on that stage, blushing furiously and gazing over the footlights to e my father's grin as he applauded loudly.桂林诗句
Tho ros were the first in a ries of large bouquets that accompanied all the milestones in my life. They brought a n of embarrassment. I enjoyed them, but was flustered by the extravagance.
半期总结 Not my father. He did everything in a big way. If you nt him to the bakery for a cake, he came back with three. Once, when mother told him I needed a new party dress, he brought home a dozen.
His behavior often left us without funds for other more important things. After the dress incident, there was no money for the winter coat I really needed—or the new ice skates I wanted.
Sometimes I would be angry with him, but not for long. Inevitably he would buy me something to make up with me. The gift was so apparently an offering of love he could not verbalize that I would throw my arms around him and kiss him—an act that undoubtedly perpetuated his behavior.
Then came my 16th birthday. It was not a happy occasion. I was fat and had no boyfriend. And my well-meaning parents furthered my miry by giving me a party. As I entered the dining room, there on the table next to my cake was a huge bouquet of flowers, bigger than any before.
I wanted to hide. Now everyone would think my father had nt flowers becau I had no boyfriend to do it. Sweet 16, and I felt like crying. I probably would have, but my best friend, Phyllis, whispered, "Boy, you're lucky to have a father like that."
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As the years pasd, other occasions—birthdays, recitals, awards, graduations—were marked with Dad's flowers. My emotions continued to esaw between pleasure and embarrassment.
When I graduated from college, though, my days of ambivalence were over. I was embarking on a new career and was engaged to be married. Dad's flowers symbolized his pride, and my triumph. They evoked only great pleasure.
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Now there were bright-orange mums for Thanksgiving and a huge pink pointtia at Christmas. White lilies at Easter, and velvety red ros for birthdays. Seasonal flowers in mixed bouquets celebrated the births of my children and the move to our first hou.
As my fortunes grew, my father's waned, but his gifts of flowers continued until he died
of a heart attack a few months before his 70th birthday. Without embarrassment, I covered his coffin with the largest, reddest ros I could find.
Often in the dozen years since, I felt an urge to go out and buy a big bouquet to fill the living room, but I never did. I knew it would not be the same.
Then one birthday, the doorbell rang. I was feeling blue becau I was alone. My husband was playing golf, and my two daughters were away. My 13-year-old son, Matt, had run out earlier with a "e you later", never mentioning my birthday. So I was surprid to e his large frame at the door. "Forgot my key," he said, shrugging. "Forgot your birthday too. Well, I hope you like flowers, Mum." He pulled a bunch of daisies from behind his back.
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"Oh, Matt," I cried, hugging him hard." I love flowers!"
1. The underlined phra "to do it" in Paragraph 8 means ______.A. to give a party B. to nd flowers C. to nd gifts D. to help her
2. The writer's n of embarrassment disappeared becau she realized her father's symbolized ______.A. his love B. his pride C. her triumph D. his pride and her triumphkcl方程
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. The writer received her father's flowers for the first time at the age of nine. B. The father bought her gifts when she got angry with him. C. The father's flowers always made the writer happy but embrrasd. D. The writer came to realize that her father loved her very much.
4. At the end of the passage the writer's son came back again, mainly to ______.A. get her keys B. say "sorry" to his mother C. hug his mother D. bring his mother flowers for her birthday
沙拉水果5. The best title of the passage is ______.A. Love in Bloom B. Father and Me C. Pleasure and Embarrassment D. Father's Flowers
