Question

One evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response shocked me. "What’s a colander(漏勺)? " he asked.

I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody else’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for.

As parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers. I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, "What’s for dinner?" So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for roasting. Then he rolled out the piecrust (餡餅皮) and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.

I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother—he tried to beg off sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive— but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. "I appreciate what you do as a mom," he told me one day. Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine (男子氣概的) about being helpless.

Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That’s what I call a man. I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter-in-law.

1.Why was the author shocked at her son’s response?

A. Because he was not well behaved.

B. Because he refused to help with dinner.

C. Because he didn’t know the common kitchen utensils (器皿).

D. Because he was very curious about kitchen utensils.

2.In the author’s opinion, some parents pay little attention to _______.

A. building up children’s confidence

B. telling kids what is right and wrong

C. preparing children for their future life

D. making children live a hard life

3.After learning to do housework, Ray _______.

A. fell in love with sewing

B. did other work in the house

C. began to be more hardworking

D. acknowledged his mother’s efforts

4.We can infer from the text that Ray _______.

A. made great progress in cooking.

B. always thought housework interesting.

C. preferred sewing to cooking.

D. was unwilling to learn cooking at first.

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Useful education for boys

B. The importance of housework

C. Boys should be involved in housework.

D. Cooking and sewing make boys masculine.

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述母親震驚于兒子連漏勺都不認識決心讓兒子學家務，培養兒子成為一個真正的男人的故事。

1. response shocked me. "What’s a colander(漏勺)? " he asked他問什么是漏勺，這個回答震驚了我，可知我引他連最基本的廚房用具都不知道而感到震驚，故選C

2. parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers.作為家長，我們只關注孩子的自信和性格，卻沒有考慮到我們也是在培養他人未來的室友，老公甚至父親，可知家長不太關注使孩子為未來的生活做好準備，故選C

3. appreciate what you do as a mom," he told me one day.他說我欣賞你作為一個母親所做的事，可知Ray認可了母親所做的努力，故選D

4. not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family現在他不僅能做自己的晚餐而且能為全家做一頓大餐，從開始連餐具都認不全到現在能做大餐，可知Ray廚藝進步很大，故選A

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