“Hey, Dad. one of my kids asked the other day, “what was your favourite fast foo

 “Hey, Dad，” one of my kids asked the other day, “what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up？”

“We didn't have fast food when I was growing up，” I informed him. “All the food was slow.”

“Come on, seriously. Where did you eat？”

“It was a place called ‘home’” I explained.“Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it.”

By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it：

I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza. It was called “pizza pie”. When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, and plastered itself against my chin. It's still the best pizza I ever had.

Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was. Bread and rolls came from the Omar man. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week even when the snow was 18 inches deep. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents, I had to get up at 4：00 a．m. every morning. On Saturdays, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers.

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

1. Hearing what the author said, his child probably thought ________.

A. he was lucky to have fast food

B. it was unbelievable to live without fast food

C. how happy his own life was

D. his father was joking with him

2. When he used to have meals with the adults, the author ________.

A. had to watch his table manners

B. could choose what he liked

C. was not given much freedom

D. had to eat everything offered to him

3. What do we know about the first pizza the author had?

A. It left a good memory on him.

B. The author didn't like it at all.

C. It was too poorly made.

D. He didn't know how to eat it.

4. Why did the author talk about his experience of delivering newspapers?

A. To show that his family used to be quite poor.

B. To show that children before had to make a living by themselves.

C. To show that he had gained a lot from the experience.

D. To show that growing experience was quite different before.

5. What's the author's attitude towards today's children?

A. He thinks they are spoiled.

B. He thinks they are too obsessed with fast food.

C. He thinks they should go through some hardship.

D. He doesn't give his personal opinion.

试题答案

1. 解析：选B。推理判断题。从文章前五段内容，孩子们问作者在哪儿吃饭，听到作者说“在家里”时，孩子大笑可推知：他认为作者在家里吃饭而且不吃快餐简直不可思议。 

2. 解析：选C。细节理解题。文章第四段说明：如果不经过大人的允许，作者不能离开饭桌，大人对他有严格的要求。

3. 解析：选A。细节理解题。文章倒数第三段说明：作者首次吃比萨，虽然出了点洋相，但仍旧认为那是他吃过的最好的比萨，比萨留给了作者美好的回忆。

4. 解析：选D。推理判断题。结合文章最后一段判断，作者叙述自己送报纸的经历是为了说明原先的孩子必须吃苦。更重要的是为了说明：时代不同，人们的成长经历也不一样。

5. 解析：选D。推理判断题。综合全文可知：作者仅仅叙述了两代人不同的成长经历，但作者并没有对当今孩子的成长经历发表个人的看法。