OneeveninglastsummerwhenIaskedmy14-year-oldsonRayforhelpwithdinnerhisresponseshockedme."What’sacolander(漏勺)?"heasked.Icouldonlyblamemyself.Inthefamilynobodyelse’shandswentinthesauceexcept

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One evening last summer when I asked my 14-year-old son Ray for help with dinner his response shocked me. "What’s a colander(漏勺)? " he asked.

I could only blame myself. In the family nobody else’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.

As parents while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates boyfriends husbands or fathers. 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 (馅饼皮) and filled it with apples all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.

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.

Now 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. I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter-in-law.

1.Why was the author shocked at her son’s response?

A. Because he was not well behaved.

B. Because he refused to help with dinner.

C. Because he didn’t know the common kitchen utensils (器皿).

D. Because he was very curious about kitchen utensils.

2.In the author’s opinion some parents pay little attention to _______.

A. building up children’s confidence

B. telling kids what is right and wrong

C. preparing children for their future life

D. making children live a hard life

3.After learning to do housework Ray _______.

A. fell in love with sewing

B. did other work in the house

C. began to be more hardworking

D. acknowledged his mother’s efforts

4.We can infer from the text that Ray _______.

A. made great progress in cooking.

B. always thought housework interesting.

C. preferred sewing to cooking.

D. was unwilling to learn cooking at first.

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

A. Useful education for boys

B. The importance of housework

C. Boys should be involved in housework.

D. Cooking and sewing make boys masculine.

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

分 析：
本文讲述母亲震惊于儿子连漏勺都不认识决心让儿子学家务，培养儿子成为一个真正的男人的故事。

1. response shocked me. "What’s a colander(漏勺)? " he asked他问什么是漏勺，这个回答震惊了我，可知我引他连最基本的厨房用具都不知道而感到震惊，故选C

2. parents while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates boyfriends husbands or fathers.作为家长，我们只关注孩子的自信和性格，却没有考虑到我们也是在培养他人未来的室友，老公甚至父亲，可知家长不太关注使孩子为未来的生活做好准备，故选C

3. appreciate what you do as a mom " he told me one day.他说我欣赏你作为一个母亲所做的事，可知Ray认可了母亲所做的努力，故选D

4. not only can he make his own dinner but also he can make a big meal for his family现在他不仅能做自己的晚餐而且能为全家做一顿大餐，从开始连餐具都认不全到现在能做大餐，可知Ray厨艺进步很大，故选A

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