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When I learned that 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble —a word game, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggests we give her a computer to play against herself. I wasn’t sure whether my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of the computers.

It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything.

She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.

   It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing. This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. 

“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.

“No, of course not,” I said.”They already know how to use a computer.”

 My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.

1.What does the author do?

A．She is a cooker

B．She is a teacher

C．She is a housewife

D．She is a computer engineer

2.The author decided to give her mother a computer _____.

A．to let her have more chances to write letters

B．to support to her in doing her homework

C．to help her through the bad times

D．to make her life more enjoyable

3.The author asked her mother to write her a letter _____.

A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone

B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother

C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned

D．so that her mother could be free from the housework

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是作者帮助自己71岁的妈妈学习电脑的故事。

1.B 推理题。根据文章倒数第三段“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.可知妈妈问我是不是对幼儿园的孩子也这样严格？说明我是一名老师。故B正确。

2.D 推理题。根据第一段After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home.可知作者把旧电脑给妈妈，是想让她学习新的电脑知识，让她的生活更精彩。故D正确。

3.C 推理题。根据文章第四段After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing. This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.可知我是在给妈妈一些练习，让她经常练习以取得进步。故C正确。

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