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ecently died of old age. The same as my father, her funeral took place in the countryside. Even after my father died, we continued to think of our parents as one. They were a team in the traditional sense. Family is their lifeline. They worked hard, never plaining.Once during a conversation with Tom Brokaw, who wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Generation, I told him, “You left out my parents.” They didn’t go off to war, but they belonged to the Greatest Generation. They, too, were part of the foundation that made American truly great.Our mother is proud of being a housewife and mother. Having been a teacher in her early adult years, when education was more than important than anything else, she gave up her job to raise a family. She was an excellent cook, but she had to cook on a wood stove(火爐). There was no refrigerator, nothing electric. But nobody was ever better at making do(湊合著用). In addition to all the housework, she went to the fields every day to help produce a crop to pay the rent to provide food for the family.She and my dad worked hard to save every penny to buy a farm late in life. They also saved enough money to live out their respective(各自的)lives with home care without taking up residency in a nursing home. They were very independent. 29. What ’s the main idea of the passage? A. The author’s mother paid a lot for the family. B. The author’s mother was buried(埋藏)beside her husband. C. The author’s mother died at the age of 98 years old. D. The author’s mother survived(活得超過(guò))her husband by many years.30. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ______. A. the author’s mother tried to bee a modern housewife B. the author’s family lived a very poor life C. the author’s father was in poor health D. there weren’t many conveniences(便利) then31. What does the author think of her parents? A. Brave and hardworking. B. Modest(謙虛的) and warmhearted. C. Economical(節(jié)儉的)and independent. D. Kind and satisfied(滿(mǎn)足的). CPeople use sailboats mostly for pleasure, but ancient seafaring people depended on the wind in their sails to carry them all over the air is lighter than cold air. If you put hot air in a balloon(氣球),it rises and that’s how hotair balloonists(熱氣球運(yùn)動(dòng)員)go high in the sky. Birds like eag