Question

    When I was small, my family was not rich. But my mum gave the family a funny special treat from time to time—she would make breakfast food for dinner.

I remember she did so one evening. She went back home after working hard for a whole day, but wanted to do something special for us all. But she made a mistake. She overburnt(烤过度) the toast(烤面包片). I saw her put a plate of eggs and the very burnt toast in front of my dad. I waited to see if anyone noticed. But my dad just took his toast and smiled at my mum. I remember watching him add butter to that toast. He ate it up as usual and said it tasted nice.

After dinner, I remember hearing my mum say sorry to my dad for burning the toast. I’ll never forget what he said, “Honey, I love burnt toast. It tastes nice.” Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night. I asked him if he really liked his toast burnt. He wrapped(紧抱) me in his arms and said, “Your mommy worked very hard today. She’s really tired. And a bit of burnt toast never hurts anyone!”

I learnt a lot that day. Life is filled with imperfect(不完美的) things. Nobody is perfect, either. I’m not the best at anything. I couldn’t remember birthdays and other important things. But I’ve learned something important from my father. Nothing is as important as understanding(理解) in life. Remember, burnt toast never hurts anyone. Life is beautiful because there are always people with kind thoughts who make life beautiful.

Burnt Toast
Background (背景)	My family was  ①   when I was young. But my mum sometimes gave us a funny special treat with dinner made from breakfast food.
The burnt toast	Mum overburnt the toast by  ②   . Dad  ③  butter to the toast and enjoyed the toast as usual.
Dad’s words	Mum said  ④  to Dad for the burnt toast and Dad replied that he loved burnt toast. Dad told me Mum was tired after a day’s   ⑤  work. He said burnt toast   ⑥  no one.
The  ⑦  I learnt	Life is  ⑧   of imperfect things. But understanding is the ⑨  important. People with kind thoughts make life   ⑩  .

1.①________

2.②________

3.③________

4.④________

5.⑤________

6.⑥________

7.⑦________

8.⑧________

9.⑨________

10.⑩________

Answer

1.poor

2.mistake

3.added

4.sorry

5.hard

6.hurt

7.lesson

8.full

9.most

10.beautiful

【解析】

本文讲述了一天晚上，妈妈将烤焦的面包端给爸爸，而爸爸却满不在乎地将它们全部吃掉，表现了爸爸很体谅妈妈的辛苦，通过这件事作者深受感触，认为人与人之间应该相互体谅、理解。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“When I was small, my family was not rich当我小的时候，我的家庭是不富裕的”可知我的家庭是贫穷的，poor贫穷的，故填poor。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段“ But she made a mistake. She overburnt(烤过度) the toast(烤面包片)但是 她犯了一个错误。她把面包片烤过度了”可知面包片烤过度是因为错误，by mistake错误地，符合语境，故填mistake。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段“I remember watching him add butter to that toast我记得看到他往烤面包片里加黄油”可知父亲把黄油加到烤面包上，add……to……把……加到……上，又因为语态为过去时，故填added。

4.细节理解题。根据第三段“ I remember hearing my mum say sorry to my dad for burning the toast我记得听到我妈妈为烤焦了面包向爸爸道歉”可知妈妈是向爸爸说抱歉，say sorry to sb向某人道歉，故填sorry。

5.细节理解题。根据第三段“Your mommy worked very hard today. She’s really tired你的妈妈今天工作很辛苦。她是非常累的”可知妈妈在一天辛苦工作之后是非常累的，hard work辛苦的工作，故填hard。

6.细节理解题。根据第三段“And a bit of burnt toast never hurts anyone!并且一点烤焦的面包对任何人都没有害处”可知烤焦面包对人没有伤害，hurt损害，符合题意，故填hurt。

7.主旨大意题。根据表格内容可知，前面讲了妈妈烤焦面包，但是爸爸却不在乎，而且还体谅妈妈的辛苦，后面相应的是我从中得到的感悟，lesson教训；感悟，故填lesson。

8.细节理解题。根据第四段“Life is filled with imperfect things生活充满了不完美的事情”，be full of sth充满……，故填full。

9.细节理解题。根据第四段“Nothing is as important as understanding(理解) in life. Remembe生活中没有什么比理解更重要”可知理解是最重要的，the most important最重要的，故填most。

10.细节理解题。根据第四段“Life is beautiful because there are always people with kind thoughts who make life beautiful生活是美好的，因为总有些人有善良的思想，让生活变得更美好”可知善良的人让生活变得更美好，故填beautiful。