My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living．Dad worked in Plant C．Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall．Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula． she'd gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky．
"Wave to daddy!" she'd shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air．I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery （手术） on his shoulder and hand．At 48, he had his first heart attack．He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college．But the damage was done．A few years later, the next heart attack killed him．
I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him．That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason．
Recently my father' s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there．I knew my father never wanted me to see it．At every station, he described the job and the danger．It was like listening to a foreign language．I walked past many DANGER signs．Toby put his hand on my shoulder．"look," he said, "you need to understand something．Your dad was a maintenance mechanic．He worked the most dangerous job．If something broke, he fixed it．"
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college．I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots．"
1.How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____．
A．Three siblings B．Two siblings C．One sibling D: Four siblings
2.Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author's father? ____
A．He didn't suffer a heart attack until he retired．
B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all．
C．He was hardly angry in his daily life．
D．He did physical work in Plant C.
3.When Toby Workman described the author' s father' s job, the author ____．
A．felt familiar with the job B．didn’t quite understand
C．wanted to learn a foreign language D．decided to do the same work
4.The author gave her daughter the hat, hoping that her daughter could ____．
A．remember her grandfather B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it
C．get encouraged by her grandfather D．follow her grandfather' s work
I was sitting at the counter having breakfast at a restaurant the other day．It' s a small place． A man walked in and sat next to me．On top of the milk-dispenser （ 自动售货机） is a small 1_ placed there for both the customers' enjoyment and the owners when things get 2 The news was mostly about the local people．There was a little girl 3 through some coats in a shop on the screen now．The reporter asked her if she found something that 4 ．She smiled, "I like this store．Mommy said I could have any coat I wanted, 5 I'm getting this one for my friend, Mandy．All I know is that Mandy 6 a coat．"
Out of the comer of my eye I could see the man lower his head and begin to 7 his eyes．"Hey, don't feel bad," I told him．He turned 8 me．I could still see the 9 ．
He said, "I'm Mandy' s father．That's the first time I've seen that．"
Oh, my God! My hands 10 and I also wept．"It must be raining," he 11 ．We spoke for a few more minutes．It turns out that he' s been 12 for more than a year and now does odd （零散的） jobs to pay bills．We said 13 and I went to the cash register．I said in a low voice that I 14 his check．"He only gets coffee," the 15 said．"Well, here．This is for my meal, his coffee and tell him this is for Mandy．"
Many years ago I spoke at my friend' s church in Atlanta．A woman came up to me and gave me everything she had in her 16 ．I was shocked and began to 17 it．"It isn't very much , but God said it would multiply．Please take it," she said．
It was $ 57．I 18 carried it with me until that very day．I gave it away and replaced it． I turned to walk away and another man sitting at the counter said, " I heard your 19 with that man．I'll help him, 20 ．"
His eyes watered and he said," He' s right．It must be raining．"
1. A．radio B．television C．recorder D．computer
2. A．busy B．easy C．fast D．slow
3. A．putting B．looking C．waiting D．taking
4. A．fitted B．happened C．mattered D．started
5. A．until B．so C．but D．designs
6. A．needs B．buys C．donates D．designs
7. A．protect B．close C．describe D．wipe
8. A．toward B．at C．behind D．for
9. A．anger B．eyes C．tears D．joy
10. A．cleaned B．shook C．helped D．touched
11. A．sighed B．guessed C．screamed D．joked
12. A．sick B．sad C．jobless D．hopeless
13. A．okay B．hello C．nothing D．goodbye
14. A．examined B．wanted C．watched D．accepted
15. A．clerk B．teacher C．president D．nurse
16. A．glass B．purse C．house D．basket
17. A．forget B．praise C．refuse D．advise
18. A．always B．sometimes C．never D．rarely
19. A．discussion B．problem C．conversation D．decision
20. A．though B．yet C．still D．too
There are many reasons why some children have bad manners, ______ is the ill information on the Internet and in TV programme．
A．one of them B．it C．one of which D．that
I think this is a good spot to get out．Can you pull over please and ______ me off here?
A．shut B．drop C．take D．put
______ our team seems to lack at the moment is the determination to win the match．
A．That B．What C． Whether D．If
It's really unwise of you ______ him the news yesterday so that it has been disturbing him all the time．
A．having told B．to tell C．telling D．to have told
