综合英语（二） |
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Conversation continued. Finally I realized that I should pick up the bill! After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents and after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed. I reached for the bill, and my view of myself suddenly changed. I had become an adult.
Some people mark off their life in years；I measure mine in small events. I did not become a young man at a particular age, like 13, but rather when a kid walked into the store where I worked and called me "Mister." He repeated it several times, looking straight at me. The realization hit like a punch（重击）: Me! I was suddenly a mister.
There have been other milestones（里程碑）. The policemen of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was. Then one day they were suddenly neither. In fact, some were kids. The day came when I suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was. They were just big kids. With that milestone went the fantasy that someday, maybe, I too could be a football player. Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it.
I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did. Now it's what I do best. I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean. I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra appeal to me. I never thought that I would prefer to stay home at evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties. I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I found myself watching them. And, maybe, I'll get a book on the subject. I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I'd want, feel close to ancestors long gone, and support my father in arguments with my son. I still lose.
One day I bought a house. One day - what a day! I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the bill for my own father. I thought then it was a milestone for me. One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him too, another milestone.
51.The author realized his responsibility as an adult ____________ .
A、when the waiter set the bill in the middle of the table
B、when he bought a house and became a father
C、when a small boy addressed him as "mister"
D、when his father didn't reach for the bill
52."Then one day they were suddenly neither." The sentence implies that suddenly the writer ____________.
A、found himself no longer a kid
B、knew that they were not that powerful
C、realized he and made a mistake
D、believed he was no longer afraid of them
53.The central idea of Paragraph 5 is that as the writer is getting on in years, ____________.
A、he is frequently losing things
B、his interest, habits, and beliefs keep changing
C、he is often defeated in his arguments with his father
D、he is no longer enjoying life
54.Which of the following is NOT true?
A、The author appreciates operas. |
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| 2007年10月大考时间 |
| 2007年10月27日-10月28日 |
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