In the kitchen of my mother's houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can't be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen these days. ”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby     Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.
小題1:Why has the author's mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
A.To leave messages.
B.To list her everyday tasks.
C.To note down maths problems.
D.To write down a flash of inspiration(靈感).
小題2:What is the author's original opinion about the wooden stand?
A.It has great value for the family.
B.It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C.It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D.It should be passed on to the next generation.
小題3:The author feels embarrassed for ______.
A.blaming her mother wrongly
B.giving her mother a lot of trouble
C.not making good use of time as her mother did
D.not making any breakthrough in her field
小題4:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.The mother is successful in her career.
B.The family members like traveling.
C.The author had little time to play when young.
D.The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
小題5:In the author's mind, her mother is ______.
A.strange in behavior
B.enthusiastic about her research
C.fond of collecting old things
D.careless about her appearance

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析:媽媽的廚房里總是放著一個(gè)記事本架子和一支鉛筆。我很不解為什么她到現(xiàn)在還保持這用鉛筆的習(xí)慣。母親向我講述了這件事請(qǐng)的起因……
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知這是母親用來(lái)記錄下自己突然的靈感的工具。故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.”及下文可知我對(duì)母親一直用很早以前的工具不解,認(rèn)為她早就應(yīng)該換新的了。故選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“ I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. ”可知我后悔沒(méi)能像母親那樣珍惜自己的時(shí)間和精力。故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。文中講述了母親大多數(shù)時(shí)間是在廚房干活,因此利用這小小的工具使得她能做得很好。故選A
小題5:推理判斷題。由“Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently.”可知我腦海中構(gòu)建了母親在輕松悠閑的狀態(tài)下勞作的情景,因此母親是很熱情的對(duì)待她的“研究”。故選B。
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While watching the Olympics the other night,I came across an unbelievable sight.It was not a gold medal,or a world record broken,but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks.For one reason or another,two of them false started,so they were disqualified.That left only one to compete.It would have been difficult enough,not having anyone to race against,even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong.I’m not an expert swimmer,but I can tell a good dive from a poor one,and this was not exactly medal quality.When he resurfaced,it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle.The crowd started to laugh.Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time.Finally he made his turn to start back.It was pitiful.He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.But in those few awful strokes,the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing,but beginning to cheer.Some even began to stand and shout “Come on,you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer,this young man finally finished his race.The crowd went wild.You would have thought that he had won the gold,and he should have.Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history,this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago,he had never even swum,let alone race.His country had been invited to Sydney.
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold,or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors,it is nice to watch an underdog
小題1:From the passage we can learn that the young man        
A.made his turn to start back pitifully
B.was skillful in freestyle in the game
C.swam faster than the average swimmer
D.was not capable enough to win the medal
小題2:The crowd changed their attitudes because         
A.they felt sorry for the young man
B.they were moved by the young man’s courage
C.they wanted to show their sympathy
D.they meant to please the young man
小題3:According to the passage,“it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means         
A.it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself
B.it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills
C.it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors
D.it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The event started with three men,two of whom were disqualified later.
B.The crowd started to laugh at the athlete’s arms waving in an attempt at freestyle.
C.The athlete,as well as the author,is an expert swimmer.
D.The swimming event is a show of courage rather than a fierce competition.
小題5:What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Compete for Gold!B.Try again!
C.Break a Record!D.Go for it!

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