【正文】 s. O F 閱讀技巧 隨 筆 Practice 自測 課文 Back ___ 5. And unfortunately, he looked much younger with his curly red hair, smooth pale skin, and the splash of orange freckles across his nose. ___ 6. In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily fettable, like somebody’s nephew at a funeral. O O 閱讀技巧 隨 筆 Practice 自測 課文 Back ___ 7. I felt pelled to defend on his behalf, a bit too heatedly as I raised my voice above the noise of the kitchen. ___ 8. He had brought a bottle of French wine, something he did not know my parents could not appreciate. O F 閱讀技巧 隨 筆 Practice 自測 課文 Back ___ 9. But the worst happened when Rich criticized my mother’s cooking, and he didn’t even have a clue about what he had done. ___ 10. As is the Chinese cook’s custom, my mother always made negative remarks about her own cooking. O F 閱讀技巧 隨 筆 New Words 1 Questions Previewing 2 Passage Reading 3 Choice Making 4 Text B 自測 技巧 自測 技巧 Back 隨 筆 閱讀理解 問題預(yù)覽 課文閱讀 New Words [U] 蒜，大蒜 n. 6. garlic 切成方塊；立方體 vt./n. 5. cube 前夕 。盧姆 (女子名 ) Shoshana 肖莎娜 (女孩名 ) 隨 筆 閱讀理解 問題預(yù)覽 課文閱讀 生詞學習 Questions Previewing Directions: For you to be better conditioned for reading as fast as 100 words per minute, as required in the new type of examination “Fast Reading”, Text B can serve to be your fastreading material. But, for this purpose, the best course of action is to know what to scan for in your skimming. Thus, the trick is to keep in your mind the key words of each question before you start off. That is where the “Question Previewing” es in. 自測 技巧 Back 隨 筆 閱讀理解 課文閱讀 Questions Previewing 自測 技巧 Back Q. 1. After much thought, the writer came up with an idea ____________________. Q. 2. The writer reminded her boyfriend to __________________________________. Q: 3. The writer’s mother thought she was more skillful than anyone else in cooking because _________________. Q: 4. The writer didn’t notice Rich the first year they worked together because _________. 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 課文閱讀 Questions Previewing 自測 技巧 Back Q. 5. In “I felt pelled to defend on his behalf, a bit too heatedly as I raised my voice ...” (Para. 9), “heatedly” can be best explained as ______________. Q: 6. Rich brought a bottle of French wine which the writer’s parents __________________. Q: 7. When Rich poured a riverful of the salty black stuff on the china plate it suggests that ______________________. Q: 8. From the writer’s point of view, her boyfriend _______________________ that night. 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 課文閱讀 問題預(yù)覽 自測 技巧 Back Rich Meeting His Future Motherinlaw Para. 1 After much thought, I came up with a brilliant plan for Rich to meet my mother and win her over. In fact, I arranged it so my mother would want to cook a meal especially for him. Para. 2 One day, my mother called me, to invite me to a birthday dinner for my father. My brother Vincent was bringing his girlfriend, Lisa Lum. I could bring a friend, too. Chinese Question 1 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 3 I knew she would do this, because cooking was how my mother expressed her love, her pride, her power, and her proof that she knew more than anyone else. “Just be sure to tell her later that her cooking was the best you ever tasted,” I told Rich. “Believe me.” Chinese Question 2 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 4a The eve of the dinner, I sat in the kitchen watching her cook, waiting for the right moment to tell her about our marriage plans, that we had decided to get married next July, about seven months away. She was cubing garlic and slicing cabbage into small pieces and chatting at the same time about Auntie Suyuan: Chinese 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 4b “She can only cook looking at directions. My instructions are in my fingers. I know what secret ingredients to put in just by using my nose!” And she was slicing so quickly, seemingly not paying attention to her sharp chopping knife, that I was afraid the tips of her fingers would bee one of the ingredients of the purple vegetable and pork dish. Chinese Question 3 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 5 I was hoping she would say something first concerning Rich. I had seen her expression when she opened the door, her forced smile as she surveyed him from head to toe, checking her judgment of him against that already given to her by Auntie Suyuan. I tried to anticipate what criticisms she would have. Chinese 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 6a Rich was not only not Chinese, he was also my junior, a few years younger than I was. And unfortunately, he looked much younger with his curly red hair, smooth pale skin, and the splash of orange freckles across his nose. He was a bit on the short side, pactly built. Chinese 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 6b In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily fettable, like somebody’s nephew at a funeral. This was why I didn’t notice him the first year we worked together at the firm. But, my mother noticed everything. Chinese Question 4 問題預(yù)覽 生詞學習 隨 筆 閱讀理解 自測 技巧 Back Para. 7 “So what do you think of Rich?” I finally asked, holding my breath. Para. 8 She tossed the garlic in the hot oil, which bubbled in a loud, angry sound. “So many spots on his