It feels like every time my mother and I start to have
a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as
dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. All these because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her
sadness, I don’t want to do any job related(和…相关) to science, either. In fact, when I said that I
planned to major(主修) in English and communications, Her heart
was broken.
“Why can’t you be like my friend’s son
?”
she bemoans(抱怨) all the time. Her fr
iend’s
son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year
as an engineer. I can’t be like him. He is Mr. Perfect. I’m the type of person
who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most
of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary(薪水).
I understand why my mother is worried about my future
major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work
long hours. She leaves the house around 6.30 a.m. and usually comes home around 5 p.m. or even 6 p.m. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams
and create my own future.
1. Which topic do the writer and his mother often talk
about?
A. The writer’s studies. B. The writer’s
future job C. Dinner plans D. World War III
2.From Paragraph 1,we know that
the writer’s mother ____________.
A. doesn’t want the writer to major in English
B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor
C. gets along very well with the writer
D. thinks working in the science field is a good idea
3.Which sentence is probably TRUE about the writer?
A. He wants to be like his mother’s friend’s son.
B. He wants to find a job in his community in the
future.
C. He doesn’t think his mother’s friend’s son is
perfect.
D. He wants to do something he really likes in the
future.
4.We can know from the last paragraph that ____.
A. the writer’s mother works very hard for the family
B. the writer doesn’t know what his future will be
like
C. the writer doe
sn’t
think being a doctor is a good job
D. the writer sometimes thinks his mother’s advice is
very good