题型：阅读选择 题类： 难易度：困难
河北省承德市2023届九年级中考一模英语试卷
"Have you checked the oil in the car?" My father used to say to me. "Hello, hope you are well." Sometimes our phone calls would begin with a question about the oil and end with a question about the oil, with not a lot in between.
Fathers have a lot of love to give, but it's often supplied through the medium (方法) of practical advice. In my experience: It's mostly about my car.
"How's the car running?" "Did you get it serviced?" "How did you get that scrape (刮痕) on the side?"
Why can't fathers just say "I love you" or "It's great to see you"? The point is: That's exactly what we are saying. You just have to translate from the language that is Fatherlish.
The words "You made my life better from the moment you were born" may be hardly heard, but the key is there in the more common "I'll hold the ladder while you get the leaves out of the gutter (排水沟)."
When I was 17, I went on my first road trip—a friend and I in that old car. My father stood on the corner early on a cold morning to say goodbye to us.
"Highways are dangerous," he said, "so don't try to catch up with anything faster than a horse. And take a break every two hours. And every time you stop for gas, you really should check the oil."
At the time we thought his speech was pretty funny and would chant "car and horse, car and horse" every time I drove faster and passed other speeding cars.
Dad's long gone now. But after all these years, I realize that had I owned a copy of the Fatherlish-to-English dictionary, I'd have understood that the speech my friend and I so casually mocked (嘲笑) was simply Dad's attempt at affection.
Found Is it your ring? Please call Lucy at 2687-5398. | Lost My new bike. It is white. My name is David. Phone number: 8740-2093. |
Is this your bag? Please call Jane. The telephone number is 6501-7362. | My baseball. My name is Jimmy. Please call 7952-1603. |
Emma Smith likes playing basketball very much. She often plays basketball after school. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Zhao Luhan loves purple. Her schoolbag is purple. Her pens and pencils are purple too. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Ding Peng doesn't like cold weather. Now he's in Sanya. He goes swimming every day. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Tony White is from America but he's in Guangzhou now. He likes playing football. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Betty Green is from London. Her favorite teacher is her Chinese teacher, Mr. Yang. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} |
A. My best friend's first name is Luhan and her last name is Zhao. Purple is her favorite color. She has a lot of purple things. B. My good friend Mike is in Beijing, the capital of China, now. His last name is White. He's an American boy and his favorite sport is table tennis. C. My new friend is Tony and his last name is White. He's American but he's in my city, Guangzhou. His favorite sport is football. We often play it on weekends. D. My good friend is Chinese and his family name is Ding. He loves swimming a lot. He is in my city, Sanya. We go swimming every day. E. My friend Betty is English and her family name is Green. Mr. Yang teaches her Chinese. He is Betty's favorite teacher. She can speak some Chinese now. F. My new classmate is from England. Her name is Lucy Green. We are in Class 7 Grade 8. Her favorite sport is swimming and her favorite teacher is Miss Wang. G. My classmate is Emma and her last name is Smith. Her favorite sport is basketball. I love basketball too. We often play it after school. |
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