Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome successful man
devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boy- friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked around that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him than at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
1.Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult?
A. He was silent most of the time. B. He was too proud of himself.
C. He did not love his children. D. He expected too much of her.
2.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel _____.
A. nervous B. sorry
C. tired D. safe
3.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A. More critical. B. More talkative
C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working.
4.When the author says“I’m delighted with my new friend”in the last paragraph ，he refers to ________as his new friend.
A. the author’s son B. the author’s father
C. the friend of the author’s father D. the café owner
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It was a year ago when Joshua got a bike for Christmas, but he rode it every day. One morning, he suddenly found the bike gone. Ran to his front yard, he saw a man loading it into his car. He shouted, but the man drive off. As a devoted Christian, he told his dad he real forgave the thief. What’s more, he wanted the thief know he was forgiven. So the next day, he posted the message on a poster-board and put it in the front yard. “To the person who stole my bike: You hurt my feeling. But I am a Christian and I forgive him!” When he left for home the next morning, at the end of the driveway, the bike was back with new brakes.
Welcome back to the hot topic of studying abroad! Last time, we talked about the general "software" needed to have a 1.(success) studying experience overseas, 2.refers to the ability to understand western culture, and problem solving skills when 3. (face) critical situations, etc.
Now, I will dig deeper into the concept of “software". Everyone is talking about culture shock nowadays, but you may wonder what it actually 4.(mean). Simply put: culture shock is the difficulty people may experience when being exposed and adjusting to a 5.(remarkable) different new culture. Usually, people often go 6. four distinct phases: the honeymoon phase, the negotiation phase, the adjustment phase and the mastery phase. Culture shock can happen immediately upon your 7. (arrive) in the country.
For international students, perhaps the most direct impact of culture shock is the variety of accents, especially in multicultural countries 8. the U.S. Canada or Australia. There are two main reasons: Firstly, these countries have highly diversified groups of residents from different cultural 9. (background). Secondly, there are many international students from all around the world every year studying in these countries, so you shouldn't be surprised 10.(find) all kinds of unfamiliar accents around the university campus.
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so _____! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball _____, Chuck Hart. _____ Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous _____, he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s _____ on the side of the box. He realized that something was _______ as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was _______for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ______ ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think? They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be ______ by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he _____ tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they _____ in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said _______“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) _____. The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I _______. Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ______? ”
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n) ______ when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, _______you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’ m hoping that someday, your ______ will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes _______. His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful ________.
1.A. surprised B. ashamed C. excited D. worried
2.A. team B. player C. coach D. game
3.A. Unless B. If C. Because D. Although
4.A. skill B. performance C. behavior D. action
5.A. name B. photo C. sign D. model
6.A. strange B. wrong C. true D. funny
7.A. known B. encouraged C. adopted D. influenced
8.A. fell B. froze C. shook D. folded
9.A. questioned B. noticed C. teased D. attacked
10.A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. wouldn’t D. couldn’t
11.A. pulled up B. put up C. took up D. turned up
12.A. peacefully B. hesitantly C. delightedly D. naturally
13.A. choice B. effort C. comment D. mistake
14.A. believe B. miss C. admire D. remember
15.A. danger B. anger C. sorrow D. trouble
16.A. teammate B. adult C. kid D. student
17.A. so B. and C. but D. or
18.A. honor B. courage C. name D. belief
19.A. clearly B. carefully C. patiently D. differently
20.A. gift B. smile C. wish D. lesson
We all know the importance of curiosity, and here are some tips on how to develop it.
Keep an open mind. This is essential if you are to have a curious mind. Be open to learning, unlearning, and relearning things. 1.Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your mind.
2.Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity”. Try to dig deeper beneath the surface of what is around you. A sure way to dig deeper beneath the surface is asking questions. What, why, when, who, where, and how are the questions curious people always ask.
Don’t label anything as boring. Whenever you label something as boring, you close one more door of possibilities. Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring.
3.Even if they don’t yet have time to explore them, they will leave the door open to be visited another time.
Take learning as something fun. If you see learning as a burden, there’s no way you will want to dig deeper into anything. That will just make the burden heavier. However, if you think of learning as something fun, you will naturally want to dig deeper.4..
Read diverse materials. It will introduce you to the possibilities and excitement of other worlds which may attract your interest in exploring further. One easy way to do this is through reading diverse materials.5.. It’ll feed your mind with the excitement of a new world.
A. Never take things as granted.
B. Don’t spend too much time on just one world.
C. Try to pick a book or magazine on a new subject.
D. Some things you know and believe might be wrong.
E. It doesn’t matter that you don’t agree to others’ opinions.
F. Instead, they always see these things as a door to an exciting new world.
G. So look at life through the glasses of fun and enjoy the learning process.
