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Hey, mom, I want you to stop dropping me off at the airport for some trip that I am about to take and start becoming my seatmate.  I want to travel with you---just you.
I want to explore a new place alongside a woman who raised me, who put up with my teenager anxiety and my rebellious (叛逆的) college years.  I want to see my favorite cities with the lady who taught me basic life lessons, such as looking both ways before crossing the street, how to use a glue gun, and that the most important thing in the world is to help others.
I always appreciated the vacations you planned for our family. I also remember how you watched me as I read The Great Gatsby on the balcony at midday.  I wonder if you felt proud of me.  These days, I am sick of traveling to places with wishy-washy(无主见的) friends.  I want to travel with a strong woman who can see how capable I am of learning to speak French or hiking on a glacier or eating something as unpleasant-smelling fruit.
Now I want you to see how much I grow up while abroad---I’m a different person, Mom.  And I know you’d be different too.  I know that someone has shared a similar burst of emotion while diving into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for the first time.
So what do you say, Mom? Will you throw responsibility to the wind? I want to travel with you.  Let’s just go---we can go anywhere in the world, just you and I.  You can pick the place, and I will do the rest.
Love,
Katka
Which life lesson does Katka think the most valuable?

A. Exploring a new place alongside her mother.
B. Visiting favorite cities with her mother.
C. Looking both ways when crossing the street.
D. Offering help to others when it’s possible.

What do the underlined words in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Keep my promise.
B. Take care of me.
C. Bear much responsibility.
D. Have a break from work.

What’s the daughter’s purpose of writing this letter?

A. To thank her mother for all she has sacrificed for her.
B. To invite her mother to see the world together.
C. To recall her childhood with her mother.
D. To show her mother how talented she is.
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知识点: 日常生活类阅读
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According to Morrissey, trying to find a diet that can cure your illnesses, or make you superwoman is a fruitless search. As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food.
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think cooking is especially complicated
do not share the same views with registered dietitians
are busy and not interested in cooking
D. are likely to eat healthfully
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A. it contains only a small percentage of real juice
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53. In Paragraph 4, “a fruitless search” means .
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D. vitamins are some kind of substitutions (替代品) for food
55. By “if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless”, the author means .
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C. over-crowdedness of places of interest  
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  D. we can't build too many support facilities
  45.The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will ____________ .
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