“Hey, Dad,” one of my kids asked the other day, “what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?”

“We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,” I informed him. “All the food was slow.”

“Come on, seriously. Where did you eat?”

“It was a place called ‘home’” I explained.“Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it.”

By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it:

I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza. It was called “pizza pie”. When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, and plastered itself against my chin. It's still the best pizza I ever had.

Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was. Bread and rolls came from the Omar man. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week even when the snow was 18 inches deep. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents, I had to get up at 4:00 a.m. every morning. On Saturdays, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers.

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

1. Hearing what the author said, his child probably thought ________.

A. he was lucky to have fast food

B. it was unbelievable to live without fast food

C. how happy his own life was

D. his father was joking with him

2. When he used to have meals with the adults, the author ________.

A. had to watch his table manners

B. could choose what he liked

C. was not given much freedom

D. had to eat everything offered to him

3. What do we know about the first pizza the author had?

A. It left a good memory on him.

B. The author didn't like it at all.

C. It was too poorly made.

D. He didn't know how to eat it.

4. Why did the author talk about his experience of delivering newspapers?

A. To show that his family used to be quite poor.

B. To show that children before had to make a living by themselves.

C. To show that he had gained a lot from the experience.

D. To show that growing experience was quite different before.

5. What's the author's attitude towards today's children?

A. He thinks they are spoiled.

B. He thinks they are too obsessed with fast food.

C. He thinks they should go through some hardship.

D. He doesn't give his personal opinion.

1. 解析:選B。推理判斷題。從文章前五段內(nèi)容,孩子們問作者在哪兒吃飯,聽到作者說“在家里”時,孩子大笑可推知:他認(rèn)為作者在家里吃飯而且不吃快餐簡直不可思議。 

2. 解析:選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第四段說明:如果不經(jīng)過大人的允許,作者不能離開飯桌,大人對他有嚴(yán)格的要求。

3. 解析:選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章倒數(shù)第三段說明:作者首次吃比薩,雖然出了點洋相,但仍舊認(rèn)為那是他吃過的最好的比薩,比薩留給了作者美好的回憶。

4. 解析:選D。推理判斷題。結(jié)合文章最后一段判斷,作者敘述自己送報紙的經(jīng)歷是為了說明原先的孩子必須吃苦。更重要的是為了說明:時代不同,人們的成長經(jīng)歷也不一樣。

5. 解析:選D。推理判斷題。綜合全文可知:作者僅僅敘述了兩代人不同的成長經(jīng)歷,但作者并沒有對當(dāng)今孩子的成長經(jīng)歷發(fā)表個人的看法。

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