My husband and l were talking about possible colours
because it was time for painting the kitchen again. The children, sat nearby
and suddenly shouted, "Not the measuring（测量）stick!”
The measuring stick isn't a real
stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and the dining room.
Along the edge we have each child's growth by making a
mark showing his or her on every birthday. Over
the ten years so many pens, pencils and markers
were used that the door came to be like a painting.
Names and dates
different hand-writing, and I can by the script(手迹)who measured 
whom.
An eight-year-old brother measured his three-year-old sister, a grandchild
measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At parties, when this door
swings, friends stop to the names and
dates. When we ask if they would like to leave their marks, they usually had a
smile.
Many of these listed on the door
are still While some have stopped. Some is still
with us only in memory. When my mother came to see our eldest daughter
graduating from university, we measured her, too. It was her last visit to our
home.
We haven't decided on the new
kitchen colour plan yet, but one thing is :Whether we
paint the trim curry gold, Chowning's Tavern red or Federal blue, the back of the
kitchen door will be always with lots of
names and dates in different colors.
1.A. celebrated B.
explain C. encouraged D.
congratulated
2.A. progress B.
weight C.
height D.
size
3.A. new B.
coloured C.
long D.
short
4.A. simply B.
clearly C.
unusually D.
unclearly
5.A. make B.
show C.
give D.
keep
6.A. tell B.
understand C. remind D.
think
7.A. find B.
notice C.
read D.
write
8.A. changing B.
adding C.
putting D. growing
9.A. curious B.
certain C.
ready D.
common
10.A. white B.
red C.
gold D.
blue
