Now,if I'm visiting or we're together,it's rare for her to wear anything without checking with me first．But every so often，it seems like she asks me just to be able to disagree with my answer and pick out something on her own．And when she does，I just tell her what I think of the way she looks. Sometimes it's"great"．And sometimes it's"awful．''

　　　4．When the author was young，she____.

　　　A．could never know what to wear

　　　B．always wore trendy clothes and hairstyles

　　　C．was not allowed to go to parties at night

　　　D．had to pick her clothes according to her mother's rules

　　　5．The first time the author's mother asked her for advice on clothes，she____.

　　　A．was happy to do something for her mother

　　　B．came to realize that her mother needed her care

　　　C．was worried that her mother was too old to live alone

　　　D．had no idea what was suitable for her mother

　　　6．When the author gives her opinion about clothes，her mother____.

　　　A．always accepts her suggestions happily

　　　B．sometimes chooses to follow her own ideas

　　　C．is often surprised by what the author says

　　　D．still shows uncertainty about what to wear

　　　7．The author wrote this article mainly to____.

　　　A．show what it is like to have a strict mother

　　　B．remind readers to visit their parents often

　　　C．stress her mother's great influence on her

　　　D．show how the role of parents and their children call change

　　　Moments before I could lift my case to put it in the plane's overhead locker ahead of our recent holiday to Europe, my father gently urged me to stop. He held the thick handles of the case and lifted it with his thin arms, pushing it into place with a sigh. "You should relax and be the lady, and let me do the heavy tasks," he said seriously. "In the future, someone special will come into your life and take over such tasks from me, but that will never happen if you do everything yourself."

　　　I was stunned into silence. This was not the father I remembered from childhood, who trained me to study hard at school, asked me to earn my own pocket money as a teenager at a local coffee shop, and even taught me household chores so that my life alone in London wouldn't turn into a mess. But then, eight years after I left home and started a new life in the UK, I realized for the first time that my dad still has expectations for me to be like a princess and to stay dependent and delicate, which were considered necessary qualities of women in traditional China.

　　　Well, that came a little late, Little did Dad know that over the three years of my university life, I moved flats five times all by myself, dragging suitcases of books and clothes, and waiting for the taxi in the rain while holding tight onto cardboard boxes. Meanwhile, living in the UK - a country currently led by a female prime minister - I have never thought there is anything girls cannot do. Most of my female friends are professionals working in the City of London, and after work, we frequently go down to the pub for a drink, just like the guys do - something my mother never did.

　　　I wondered how I might make Dad understand the new world his little girl has entered. Perhaps one day, he will realize the "someone special" in my life will appreciate my confidence and independence above dependence, and admit that times have changed.

　　　8．What does the underlined word "stunned" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

　　　A．Annoyed. B．Embarrassed.

　　　C．Surprised D．Excited.

　　　9．What qualities of women did traditional China appreciate according to Paragraph 2?

　　　A．Dependent and gentle. B．Hardworking and tough.

　　　C．Beautiful and confident. D．Independent and ambitious.

　　　10．What's the author's purpose by mentioning her stay in London?

　　　A．To complain how strict her father was.

　　　B．To describe how hard her life in the UK was.

　　　C．To regret not working hard enough at school.

　　　D．To show she was used to living independently.

　　　11．What can we infer about the author according to the last paragraph?

　　　A．She has a misunderstanding of her father.

　　　B．She thinks women should be independent.

　　　C．She longs to meet her life partner in the UK.

　　　D．She is thankful for her father's strict training.

To travel abroad, we often meet the problem of what to take and how to take it. Take as little as possible. Choose clothes for your use in different kinds of situations and when you have made your final