[填空题]In “The Day I Was Fat”, the author’s mother once said, “ ________ ”, which was the closest anyone had ever come to calling the author fat.

[判断题]My mother once helped me make up fairy tales for my dolls.

[填空题]In fact, Emma’ s mother once suspected her husband.

[单项选择]The baby monkey ______to its mother all day.
A. held
B. grasped
C. stuck
D. clung

[填空题]In”The Day I Was Fat”, the author was abused by a teenager in a parking lot. Ironically, the teenager’s words helped the author ______ as well as her figure.

[填空题]In“The Day I Was Fat”, the author thought that ______________had helped her regain her self-esteem, not just her figure.

[单项选择]Mother Knows the Best
Once while being prepped for a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. I made the point that one reason we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it’s no longer a given that a man makes more money than his wife. Many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.
At that point, one of the male crew members commented, almost to himself but loud enough for my benefit, "It should be the better parent who stays home." A lot .of guys say things like that. Usually it’s code for, "My wife (read: any woman) is the better parent."
I was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me bristle. It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a "better" parent than my wife.
I think men shoot themselves in the foot with this kind of thinking. I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife
A. Men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home.
B. In more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband.
C. The author works at a TV station.
D. More and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children.

[单项选择]第二篇　 Mother Knows Best？ 　　Once while being prepped （准备） for a television interview， I was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers. I made the point that one reason we’re seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that it’s no longer a given （假定的事实） that a man makes more money than his wife. Many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home. 　　At that point, one of the male crew members commented, almost to himself but loud enough for my benefit, "It should be the better parent who stays home." A lot of guys say things like that. Usually it’s a code for, "My wife, (read: any woman) is the better parent." 　　I was a stay-at-home father for eight years， so his declaration made me bristle （激动）。 It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a "better" parent than my wife. 　　I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the "better" parent: She I-Dad spent more time with Ry,
A. Men like staying at home.
B. The author works at a TV station.
C. In more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband
D. The husband is the better parent.

[填空题]In The Day I Was Fat, Lois never realized that she was fat because___________.