My Father-in-Law
徐州彭城大学 宋德富编辑
One afternoon my father-in-law (my husband's father) dropped in with some peaches (桃) he had just picked from the trees in his yard. He asked me if I'd bake (烤) him a peach pie(馅饼). I gladly said I would and the next day gave him the finished product.
My father-in-law is such a man that it's next to impossible to hear him sing the praises of something, but he told me how good the pie tasted. I smiled with pride, until he added, “Guess, I picked those peaches at the perfect time.”
1. My father-in-law came________.
A. specially to pick some peaches from the trees
B. specially to ask me to bake him a peach pie
C. without telling me at an earlier time
D. to ask how to bake a peach pie
2. I promised and________.
A. baked him a peach pie immediately
B. he tasted the peach pie the following day
C. the next day I began to bake it
D. he asked me to give him the finished product the next day
3. My father-in-law is such a man that ________.
A. he is used to giving praise to you if you have done something good
B. he is used to giving praise to you if you have done something good for him
C. he rarely gives praise to you even if you have done something good for him
D. he gives praise to you at the time when he is in merry mood（情绪好的时候）
4. After he tasted the peach pie he________.
A. sang his own praise
B. praised the peach pie for its good taste
C. praised me for the good taste of the peach pie
D. said something that made me smile with pride for a long time
5. In my eyes, my father-in-law ________.
A. is a pleasant old man
B. used to be a pleasant old man
C. used to be an unpleasant old man
D. proved to be an unpleasant old man
key, 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D
华中师范大学英语系
中学生英语2/1992
