Let’s Go Bug Hunting More Often
Kids spell love T – I – M – E
John Crudele
One fall afternoon I rushed home from the university where I taught. I prepared a simple dinner, threatened (恐吓，威胁) my nine – year – old daughter, Christi, to hurry and finish her homework “or else,” and told Del, my husband, not to leave his dusty shoes on the good carpet any more. I then hurriedly cleaned the entry – way because a group of respectable ladies were coming by to pick up some good used clothing for a worthwhile cause; and then later a graduate student would be at our house to work on a very important thesis (论题) – one that I was certain would help a lot with research.
As I paused to catch my breath, I heard Christi talking with a friend on the telephone. Her words went something like this: “Mom is cleaning house－some ladies we don’t even know are coming by to pick up some old worn-out clothes… and a college student is coming out to work on a thesis… no, I don’t know what a thesis is… I just know Mom isn’t doing anything important… and she won’t go bug(小虫) hunting with me.”
Before Christi had hung up the phone, I had put on my jeans and old tennis shoes, persuaded Del to do likewise, pinned a note to the door telling the graduate student I’d be back soon, and set out the box of used clothing on the front porch(门廊) with a note on it that Del, Christi and I had gone bug hunting.
1．The first paragraph mainly wants to tell us that the writer .
A．was a good housewife B．was really busy every day
C．showed too little care to her daughter D．showed too much love for her work
2．What made the writer change her idea?
A．Her daughter’s phone call. B．Her sudden understanding of love.
C．Her talk with her lovely daughter. D．Her daughter’s friend’s advice.
3．What did she do in the end?
A．She played tennis with her husband daughter.
B．She took the box of used clothing to the ladies.
C．She did what her daughter wanted her to do.
D．She continued to do everything as planned.
4．What did we learn from the story?
A．People should not keep themselves so busy every day.
B．People should do more important things instead.
C．People should do more bug hunting with children.
D．Parents should spend more time with their children.