This Thursday, across the US, kids are skipping school(缺課)and going to work with their parents. They’ll be making copies, sending faxes(傳真)and sweeping floors. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to miss school, but I also got to sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.
But after only 20 minutes of driving around the city. I was very bored. I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(暈車)and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. people wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. I actually started to miss school.
While the point of the day is to give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs and give them an idea of the possibilities(可能性) for their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to appreciate(重視) school. Where else do you get to play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?
Just as you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t already, try spending the day at work with your dad.
【小題1】When is the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”all over the US?

Frank began to tell us of his childhood.“My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. It was hard making a living on the sea. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean.”

Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad, he would drive me to school. When his noisy old truck reached my school, it seemed that everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!”

　 He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean towards me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad. I’m too old for a goodbye kiss’. My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to have tears up. I had never seen him cry. ‘You are right’, he said, ‘You are a big boy...a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.’”

The tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke.“ It wasn’t long before my Dad went to sea and never came back. Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek...I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good bye kiss.”

56. Frank’s family used to make a living by ______.

A. driving a taxi　　　　　　 B. fishing 　　 C. planting crops　 　 D.buying and selling fish

57. How did Frank usually go to school when he was a boy?

A. His father drove him to school　　　　　　　　 B. He went to school by bus.

C. His friends gave him a lift.　　　　　　　 　 D. The writer didn’t mention it.

58. What was Frank’s most embarrassing thing?

A. His father was a fisherman　　 　　 　 B. His father used an old truck to drive him to school

C.His father gave him a good bye kiss　　 D.He told his father not to kiss.

59. Why did Frank’s father have tears up?

A. Because his father didn’t have a new truck.

B. Because Frank said he was too old for a goodbye kiss.

C. Because he knew he would die soon.　　　 D. Because he felt he was too poor.

60. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Frank told an unforgettable experience that happened to him.

B. Frank didn’t love his father and hated his father’s kiss.

C. Frank hoped to be a man like his father.　

D. Frank’s father went to sea and never came back.

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there.” said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”

‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”

1.How did the young woman get to the square?

A. She arrived in a taxi             

B. She got there by bus.

C. She got there on foot.           

D. The story didn’t tell us about it.

2.The young lady was ___________.

A. 45 minutes late                                    B. not late at all    

C. l5 minutes late                                       D. one hour 1ate

3.She wanted to take a taxi because she .

A. didn’t want to be late for the date.               

B. thought the square was too crowded.

C. wanted to be seen in a hurry.                    

D. was too tired to walk.

4.Has she tried not to be too late ?

A. Yes, she took a taxi there.   

B. Yes, she had tried her best though she couldn’t succeed.

C. No, she thought being late was better than being earlier.

D. No, she was just going to pretend(假裝) that she had tried.