Question

    One evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response took me by surprise. “What’s a colander (漏勺)?” he asked.

I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody’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. I felt confident that I’d raised a self-reliant boy, as we all try to do. But could he boil water? Suddenly it hit me: He’d be leaving the house in a year to attend college. No way was I going to send a spoiled prince into the world.

As parents, while we focus on our children’ s confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommate, boyfriend, husband, or father. 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 and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.

Grandparents being tailors, Ray was genetically programmed to quickly master the basics like refastening a button. One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white or put sweaters in the dryer. 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 (男子气概的) about being helpless. 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.

1.Hearing her son’s question, the author felt ______.

A.angry B.shocked

C.disappointed D.calm

2.What can we learn from the text?

A.Ray made great progress in cooking.

B.Ray preferred sewing to cooking.

C.Ray was unwilling to take the course initially.

D.Ray always thought it attractive to do housework.

3.The underlined part “more than just housekeeping” in the 5^th paragraph shows that Ray ______.

A.fell in love with housework

B.did other work in the house

C.acknowledged his mother’s efforts

D.began to be more independent

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

A.Are women Programmed for Housework?

B.Should Boys be Involved in Housework?

C.I’m Proud of My Private Cooking Course

D.A Present for My Future Daughter-in-law

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了母亲震惊于儿子连漏勺都不认识，决心教会儿子做家务，培养儿子成为一个真正男子汉的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容：One evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response took me by surprise. “What’s a colander?” he asked. (去年夏天的一个晚上，我请17岁的儿子雷帮忙做饭，他的回答让我大吃一惊。“漏勺是什么?”他问道。) 可知，作者对于儿子的问题感到吃惊。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章末尾段落内容“Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing masculine about being helpless. Not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. (Ray现在懂得了烹饪的精妙之处，更重要的是，他意识到无助并没有什么阳刚之处。他不仅可以自己做饭，还可以为他的家人做一顿大餐。)”可知，作者的儿子不仅可以自己做晚饭还可以为家人做饭，因此他的厨艺有了很大的进步。故选A项。

3.词义猜测题之句意猜测题。根据划线句子之后的内容：“I appreciate what you do as a mom,” he told me one day. (“我很感激你作为一个母亲所做的一切，”有一天他对我说。)可知，Ray向作者表示感谢，认可了作者的努力。C项“acknowledged his mother’s efforts(感谢母亲的努力)”表述正确。故选C项。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章体裁为记叙文，1，2段讲述了儿子不认识漏勺而引发作者的一系列思考，第3段承上启下，提出了设想：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.”（我想知道，我养育的这个男孩，他这辈子从来不会问这个女人:“晚饭吃什么?”于是我想出了一个计划：我将为Ray提供一门私人家庭经济学课程。），并在后面段落讲述了对儿子的培训。因此，选项D“A Present for My Future Daughter-in-law (送给我未来儿媳妇的礼物)”概括了文章内容，又吸引读者，适合作本文的最佳标题。故选D项。