I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!
【小题1】The first paragraph talks about_____________.

A．what the children have for breakfast	B．how busy the man is in the morning
C．why the man cooks lunch	D．when the children go to school

【小题2】We know from the second paragraph that_____________.

A．they take the subway to school when the weather is bad

B．the man drives a car and his wife walks to work

C．the man goes to meet the boys before school is over

D．it doesn’t take them long to arrive home

【小题3】Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.

A．the children’s mother is very strict with them

B．the man’s wife works in an office very near the school

C．the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them.

D．the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing

【小题4】We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.

A．what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot

B．before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories

C．what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday

D．the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot

【小题5】This passage tells us_____________.

A．never to call a man Mr. Mom

B．the man doesn’t enjoy working at home

C．something about the children’s school life

D．what kind of people the man and his wife are

I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!
【小题1】The first paragraph talks about_____________.

A．what the children have for breakfast	B．how busy the man is in the morning
C．why the man cooks lunch	D．when the children go to school

【小题2】We know from the second paragraph that_____________.

A．they take the subway to school when the weather is bad

B．the man drives a car and his wife walks to work

C．the man goes to meet the boys before school is over

D．it doesn’t take them long to arrive home

【小题3】Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.

A．the children’s mother is very strict with them

B．the man’s wife works in an office very near the school

C．the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them.

D．the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing

【小题4】We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.

A．what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot

B．before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories

C．what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday

D．the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot

【小题5】This passage tells us_____________.

A．never to call a man Mr. Mom

B．the man doesn’t enjoy working at home

C．something about the children’s school life

D．what kind of people the man and his wife are

The weather is something no one can control. Maybe that is   16  there are so many expressions about the weather, especially about   17 .
Sometimes, when you need rain, you do not get any. Other times, you get rain when you don’t need it.   18  a baseball game for example, a sudden rainstorm can stop an exciting game. If the game cannot continue, people who bought the tickets are given “rain checks”. These are   19  tickets that will let them see a   20  game for free.
“Rain Check” now means a second chance at something. Shops may offer “rain checks” when they sell out all of a product(产品) — a television set, for example, at a special low price.   21  all the TV sets have been sold out, the shop gives rain checks to those who wanted to buy   22 . The rain check allows a person to buy the TV set later at the same low price after the shop receives some   23  TV sets from the factory.
“Rain Check” is also used in social situations. It’s a way of   24  an invitation, but for a later time.
You may ask for a “Rain Check” if you are invited to a friend’s house for dinner, but can’t be there right now. You say, “I would love to go, but I’m busy. Could I have a rain check?”  25  you are asking if you could have dinner with your friend at another time. It seems that your friend will probably ask you to dinner very soon next time.

【小题1】

A．what B．where C．why D．when

【小题2】

A．weather B．cloud C．sky D．rain

【小题3】

A．Bring B．Take C．Give D．Carry

【小题4】

A．beautiful B．special C．expensive D．cheap

【小题5】

A．better B．larger C．later D．earlier

【小题6】

A．But B．Before C．Where D．After

【小题7】

A．it B．one C．this D．that

【小题8】

A．much B．better C．more D．less

【小题9】

A．refusing B．printing C．sending D．accepting

【小题10】

A．In fact B．Of course C．By the way D．At least