When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble – a word game – against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a puter to play against. I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 10 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old puter and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of puters.
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(文字处理). 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 puter.”
My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the puter, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应). 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.
【小题1】What does the author do?A．She is a cook.B．She is a teacher.C．She is a housewife.D．She is a puter engineer.【小题2】The author decided to give her mother a puter .A．to let her have more chances to write lettersB．to support her in doing her homeworkC．to help her through the bad timesD．to make her life more enjoyable【小题3】The author asked her mother to write her a letter .A．because her mother had stopped using the telephoneB．because she wanted to keep in touch with her motherC．so that her mother could practice what she had learnedD．so that mother could be free from housework【小题4】After the puter was brought home, the author’s father .A．lost interest in cookingB．took more phone callsC．played more gamesD．began to use itB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章讲述了一个家庭生活故事。作者知道妈妈在家玩拼字游戏时，决定给妈妈一台电脑，来使每天的生活更有趣。作者教妈妈使用电脑，这不是一件容易的事情。家里有了电脑之后，接电话的活儿就落到哪里爸爸身上。
【小题1】根据第二段“ I’ve taught people of all ages,”可知，作者是教师。故选B。
【小题2】根据第一段“I knew I had to do something...My husband suggested we give her a puter to play against”可知，当作者知道妈妈在玩拼字游戏时，她决定做点什么，于是把家里的旧电脑寄给了爸妈。作者给妈妈一台电脑是为了让她的生活更有趣。故选D。
【小题3】根据第三段“...introduce her to word processing(文字处理). 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，作者想让妈妈练习她学到的电脑操作知识。故选C。
【小题4】根据最后一段“...my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应). 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.”可知，自从电脑寄到爸妈家里之后，妈妈把时间都花在学电脑上了，爸爸就有机会接听电话了。故选B。