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Waiting anxiously to be reunited with the son he had not seen for 13 years, Phil Baker took a walk along the

beach with his wife Lyn to relax himself. His boy Benji, 21, was finally back to Australia after living most of his

life in the UK, half a world away from his dad.

As

he

looked

out

at

the ocean,

wondering

how

his

son might

have

changed

over

the

years,

Phil

saw

some

people on the kayaks (

小艇

) in trouble on the water. Without hesitation, he dived into the sea to help. And as he

carried

a

stricken

young

man

trembling

and

semi-conscious

to

the

shore,

he

realized

the

young

man

was

his

long-lost son.

“I

looked

at

his

face,

and

something

occurred

to

me,”

says

Phil.

“Those

brown

eyes

were

very

familiar.”

Although Phil had seen just a few photos of his son since the boy was eight years old, he recognized him at once.

It would be reasonable to suppose it was a father?s instinct that

incited Phil to help ---- but at the moment he

dived into the water to go to the aid of the struggling group, he only thought he was helping a stranger in trouble.

He said, “Two people were desperately paddling on one of the kayaks and it seemed like someone fell into the

water. I told Lyn, ?Something is not right; I?m going to help.? ”

“l took off my T

-shirt and threw my keys on the sand. Diving into the water, I saw there were two instructors

on board and a man lying in the water. He was shaking violently. Linking arms with one instructor, I helped to carry

the man out of the water. He was drifting in and out of consciousness

and his hands and feet were blue.”

Then

Phil

looked

into

the

boy's

eyes

and

wept

as

he

realized

the

stricken

stranger

was

his

own

son.

Phil

recalled, “I asked the instructor, ?what?s his name?' ” He replied, ?Benji?. In an instant, I knew that strange

r was my

boy. I checked his breathing and pulse and said, “It's me, your dad. You're going to be OK.”

Benji

tells

how

it

felt

to

be

saved

by

his

long-

lost

dad.

“All

I

remember

was

waking

up

on

the

beach

and

seeing my dad there,” he says, “And I recognized his face straight away.”

1. What can we know about the Bakers?

A. Phil and his wife lived in Australia.

B. Phil knew he was going to save his son.

C. Benji was going to see off his son on the beach.

D. Benji and Phil were separated because of Benji?s educa

tion.

2. In Paragraph 4, the underlined word” incited

A. caused

B. reminded

C. forced

D. advised

3. From the passage, it can be inferred that ____________.

A. Phil is willing to help people in need

B. Benji drowned because he could not swim

D. the instructors told Phil that Benji was his son

C. Benji had the same brown eyes as his father

4. Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

a. Phil and his wife waited for their son on the beach.

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b. Benji left his father at the age of eight.

c. Phil saved a boy and recognized he was his own son.

d. Benji recognized his father Phil.

e. Phil saw some people were in trouble and decided to help.

A. a, b, c, e, d

B. b, a, e, c, d

C. a, b, e, d, c

D. b, e, a, d, c

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The world's first hamburger doesn't come from where you think it comes from. It wasn't invented in the United

States, and it didn't originate in Germany. No, the world's first hamburger comes from China.

If

you're

scratching

your

head

right

now,

you're

not

alone.

But

Chinese

hamburgers

are

very

real

and

they

definitely

predate

the

hamburgers

we

call

our

own

in

the

U.S.

Known

as

rou

jia

mo,

which

translates

to

burger

Qin

Dynasty,

from

about

221

BC

to

207

BC.

Despite

the

differences

between

this

Chinese

street

food

and

our

American-style burgers, the rou jia mo has been called the world's first hamburger.

The rou jia mo originated in the Shanxi Province of China, and is now eaten all over the country. It's typically

prepared and eaten on the street. The dough for the bun, or mo, consists of a simple mixture of wheat flour, water

and maybe yeast. Of course recipes may vary, but this basic equation makes for a chewy and subtle pillow for the

delicious filling. While the mo is traditionally baked in a clay oven, today it's often fried in a pan. They may look a

little like Chinese steamed buns or baozi, but the dough for those are, of course, steamed, not baked or fried.

The meat filling might consist of chopped pork, beef, lamb or chicken that has been stewed with a variety of

spices, like ginger, cloves, coriander and star anise. You might also find herbs like cilantro or greens like lettuce

garnishing the sandwich.

5. What does the underlined word mean?

A. noodle

B. food

C. bread

D. beverage

6. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The mo people eat today is baked in a clay oven.

B. The world's first hamburger which was originated in the Shanxi Province of China is popular around the world.

C. The rou jia mo has a history of more than 2200 years.

D. The rou jia mo and American-style burgers share a similar cooking process.

7. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Delicious hamburger

B. How to cook hamburger

C. Chinese invented hamburger

D. History of hamburger

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In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my

mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of

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Cornell, she tore it up.

“You can?t say it?s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”

“That?s not it at all. And it is a top university. ”She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can?t

afford to send you to college.”

“I wouldn?t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things

aren?t that bad, are they?”

“No,” she said. “I don?t expect you to help support us.”

Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop, His chief customers were his

old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in

the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into

customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small

investment (

投资

) could show returns. What?s more , t

hey had not wanted enough to be rich and successful

；

otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their

mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college

scholarship

（奖学金）

.My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my

success.

author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because

A. his father graduated from the university

B. his mother did not thinks it is a great university

C. his parents needed him to help support the family

D. his parents did not have enough money for him

father started his small shop with the money from

A.a local league

relatives

college friends

did the mother renew her membership in the league?

help with her husband?s business

raise money for her son

meet her long-forgotten friends

better manage her life

ing to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?

A. To get a well-paid job for himselfB. To improve relations with his mother

C. To go to his dream universityD.

To carry on with his father?s business

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6.

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