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If there's one thing I've learned from my years of being a kid, it's that you have ZERO control over your own life.
Ever since school ended, I haven't had anything I've needed to do or anywhere I've needed to be. As long as the air conditioner(空调) was working and the TV remote had batteries in it, I was ready for a relaxing summer holiday.
But then, out of the blue, this happened－“Pack your bags. We're going on a road trip！” Mom said excitedly.
This isn't the first time Mom has sprung a trip on us without any warning. Last year on the first day of summer, she said we were going to visit Aunt Loretta at the nursing home.
It wasn't exactly my idea of a fun way to kick off the summer. One time when we visited Aunt Loretta, her roommate grasped me and wouldn't let me go until someone gave her a chocolate cookie!
Mom kept talking about going to the nursing home for a whole day, which made me worry a lot. But at breakfast the next morning, she told us where we were really going－Disney World.
I was very happy, because I was really worried about spending the whole week at the nursing home. So was Dad.
But when my little brother, Danny, heard about the change he became very angry. Mom had talked up the Aunt Loretta trip so much that Danny was actually excited about going there.
We ended up putting off our trip to Disney so we could visit Aunt Loretta.
I tried to talk Mom into letting us do something normal, like going to a water park for the day, but she didn't want to hear it. She said that spending a lot of time together in the car would be a “bonding” experience for the whole family.
( D )21．What did the author prefer to do during his summer holidays?
A．Visit Aunt Loretta.
B．Travel with his family.
C．Look after his little brother.
D．Watch TV comfortably at home.
( C )22．From the passage, we can learn that the author________．
A．loved his aunt very much
B．got pretty excited about the road trip
C．felt helpless with his mother's surprise trips
D．blamed Danny for not going to Disney World
( B )23．Who makes the final decision in the family?
A．The author. B．Mom.
C．Dad. D．Aunt Loretta.
答案及解析：
【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要是向我们介绍了童年时期妈妈的“荒唐旅行”破坏作者的完美假期的经历。
21．D 细节理解题。由第二段“As long as the air conditioner(空调) was working and the TV remote had batteries in it, I was ready for a relaxing summer holiday.”可知，只要空调还能用，电视遥控器还有电池，作者就已经准备好过一个轻松的暑假了。由此可知，作者喜欢暑假里在家舒舒服服地看电视。故选D。
22．C 推理判断题。由三、四段“But then, out of the blue, this happened－“Pack your bags. We're going on a road trip！” Mom said excitedly. This isn't the first time Mom has sprung a trip on us without any warning及第五段“It wasn't exactly my idea of a fun way to kick off the summer．..”可知，妈妈的“旅行”总是来得很突然，并且作者很不乐意和她去这些地方。因此判断出作者对她的“旅行”是很无助的，感到没什么希望的。所以选C。
23．B 推理判断题。由最后一段“She said that spending a lot of time together in the car would be a ‘bonding’ experience for the whole family.”可知，她说，对整个家庭来说，花很多时间在车里会是一种“凝聚感情”的体验，以及文章中关于妈妈的描述来看，是妈妈一直在拿主意去旅行的目的地，其他人包括作者、爸爸和弟弟都只是对她产生影响，但最终决定只能听她的。所以选B。
